112 General Notes. [j^_ 



Weston, quite common for past four years. 



French Creek, quite common in spring and summer during the past 

 five years. At least four pairs seem to have nested on a Uttle farm of about 

 one hundred acres during the summer of 1910. The sweet song of this 

 bird might be heard coming from many directions on any morning in 

 spring or early summer. On May 1, 1911, a male was taken at French 

 Creek. It was singing when shot, and had been singing near the same 

 place for about two hours. This specimen was identified by W. E. Clyde 

 Todd of the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, and the skin is now in my 

 possession. 



Melospiza georgiana. — Quite common in the Cranberry Glades, 

 Pocahontas County, in August, 1909. Old birds were observed with 

 young just from the nest. — ■ Earle A. Brooks, Weston, W. Va. 



New Records from Arkansas. — During December of 1910 Mr. 

 Logan Evans of Wilsey, Kansas, spent a few days in Mena, Arkansas, and 

 while there collected and made up a small series of bird skins. The species 

 represented are mainly those commonly found in that region in winter 

 but I note one specimen of Spinus p. pinus, a female taken December 21, 

 1910, which is apparently the first record of this bird for the State, though 

 it is undoubtedly a more or less irregular winter visitant, (c/. Howell, 

 Birds of Arkansas, Bull. Biological Survey, No. 38, p. 61.) Other records 

 of interest are a pair of Dryohates borealis, the female taken December 23 

 and the male December 26, 1910. These are to mj^ knowledge the first 

 noted from this locality. — Alex Wetmore, Biological Survey, Washington, 

 D. C. 



Notes from the Magdalen Islands. — Spatula clypeata. Shoveller. 

 — One shot at Grindstone Island by a native during the first week of Sep- 

 tember, 1906. It was examined by Mr. Stanley Cobb and myself but 

 decomposition was too advanced to save the skin. 



Limosa hsemastica. Hudsonian Godwit. — On September 11, 

 1908, I took a female of this species on the North Beach (between Grind- 

 stone Island and Grosse Isle). The skin is in my collection. I have 

 seen no others of this species during three trips to the Magdalen Islands. 



Tringites subruficollis. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. — A male of 

 this species was secured on September 13, 1908, by my companion Mr. 

 J. R. Oilman, on the North Beach. 



Micropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. — On September 24, 

 1908, a single Stilt Sandpiper lit within a few feet of the blind I was occupy- 

 ing while shooting shorebirds on Grindstone Island. I had an excellent 

 opportunity to observe the bird but unfortunately failed to secure it. 

 I am positive that this bird was Micropalama himantopus, for I was 

 close enough to observe its most striking characteristics. This is the 

 latest date for the latitude that I am able to find. — Winthrop S. Brooks, 

 Milton, Mass. 



