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pen slip on my part for what I intended to state was that " This is the 

 second recorded specimen and the third noted in Wayne County," as there 

 are a number of Michigan records for the Yellow Rail in various parts of 

 the state. — B. H. Swales, Grosse Isle, Mich. 



An Albino Semipalmated Sandpiper. — In view of modern inquiry 

 into the significance of abnormal color phases among animals, it may be 

 of interest to record a totally albino specimen of Ereunetes pusillus. 

 The specimen, No. 10466, Museums of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts 

 and Sciences, sex undetermined, age apparently adult, was purchased 

 at auction from the estate of the late J. J. Crooke, Esq., of Great Kills, 

 Staten Island, N. Y. Superficially it is entirely white save where the 

 plumage is fat-stained, but the feathers are uniformly dark at their bases. 

 The inscription on the label reads, — ■ " (?) Shot on the shore of Long Is., 

 Oct. 20, '62, out of a flock of sanderlings (T. arenaria). Resembles a T. 

 pusilla in everything but color.'" — Robert Cushman Murphy, Museum 

 of the Brooklyn Institute. 



Last Record of the Piping Plover {Mgialitis meloda) in New Jersey. — 



The statement in Stone's Birds of New Jersey that the last record of this 

 species in New Jersey was a bird, observed by Mr. Wm. L. Baily, August 

 18, 1897, recalled to my mind the collection of a maie in the late " nine- 

 ties." Examining my collection I found the specimen with a tag attached, 

 stating that it was taken at Ocean City, N. J., August 3, 1899. Appar- 

 ently, then, this is the last recorded bird collected in the state. It was shot 

 out of a small flock of Least Sandpipers, which had settled on the beach to 

 feed. I remember my surprise at finding it among the other victims of my 

 shot and I believe it was the only bird of this species in the flock. — Robert 

 Thomas Moore, Haddonfield, N. J. 



Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse in Wisconsin. — A new record for 



the state is the capture of a specimen of Pedioecetes phasianellus colum- 

 bianus by Mr. A. J. Schoenebeck in Oconto County. — In his list of the 

 birds of this county dated October 27, 1902, he says " On October 25, 

 1897, I shot an old male of this species near the Peshtigo Brook." — He 

 also records Pedioecetes phasianellis campestris as " Resident: common. 

 I found several nests of this bird on the plains in the northwest part of 

 this county. Begins laying the last part of May." — The above is to 

 correct a misprint in my " Notes on Some Rare or New Birds to Wisconsin 

 on page 275-276, 'The Auk,' Vol. XXVIII, April, 1911.— Henry K. 

 CoALE, Highland Park, Illinois. 



Nesting of the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) in New 

 York. — On May 17-19, 1878 I was camped on the west bank of Moose 

 River, Herkimer County, N. Y., near the confluence of the South Branch. 

 The heavy spruce and hemlock had been recently cut out but the hard- 

 woods and much of the smaller growth of conifers remained. 



