Vol.^^IVJ General Notes. 327 



1896. The mountain is about 2500 feet in height, and the birds stayed at 

 the top, which is a few feet above timber line, but after the young were 

 well grown all the Juncos formed a small flock, and frequented the tract 

 comprising the border of the timber, rarely going more than a few rods 

 from the timber line. — Glover M. Allex, Nexvton, Mass. 



Three Birds rare in Framingham, Massachusetts. — Hydrochelidon 

 nigra surinamensis. — June 20, 1SS9, found my brother with the writer 

 floating in our canoe, down the Sudbury River in Wayland near the 

 dividing line of Wayland and Sudbury. We had arrested the canoe's 

 progress opposite a bunch of lillypads, hoping to draw a pickerel from the 

 shady depths, when our attention was drawn towards a small dark colored 

 bird, also fishing for some member of the finny tribe. I caught up the 

 gun and fired but missed. Further down the river we again met the bird 

 and at long range dropped it into the water. I had never seen the bird 

 before, but descriptions pronounced it a Black Tern, which it proved to 

 be ; a perfect adult male in full plumage. The bird was so near the line 

 when first seen that I enroll it in the list of our birds. Since then, I 

 understand that Mr. C. J. Mavnard, of Newtonville, Mass., secured a 

 companion bird, possibly about ten days previous, near the same place. 



Colymbus holbcelii. — A fine adult female of this species in perfect 

 plumage, was brought me by a boy who said he shot it in a pond entirely 

 surrounded by a medium growth of hardwood trees located at the westerly 

 part of the town. It was accompanied by a second, possibly the male, 

 which remained near by for some time, but he was unable to get a shot at 

 it. Two young birds of this species in fall plumage were shot on the 

 Sudbury River this last fall. 



Sylvania mitrata. — On going out to the barn Sunday evening, Oct. 15, 

 1S93, to do the accustomed chores, I found a small bird flying about the 

 arain room. At first, thinking it was an English Sparrow, I paid little 

 attention to it but a second glance in its direction, when the light from 

 the lantern revealed the coloring of the head, I saw it was not a Sparrow. 

 I, therefore, shut the door and an exciting chase ensued ; finally the little 

 bird dropped exhausted behind the grain barrels, and none but ornitholo- 

 gists in localities where the Hooded Warbler is so rare, can judge of my 

 delio'ht when in looking over the barrels I beheld the upturned face of this 

 beautiful bird. I carried it into the house and gave it full possession of 

 the birdroom. On returning from business Monday noon I found the 

 little bird Iving dead on one of the cases, probably from starvation, as the 

 stomach was entirely empty. I judge the bird was driven from its course 

 bv the severe storm of two days previous. In plumage it is equal to any 

 adult male in my collection taken during the months of May and June in 

 the South. — H. D. Eastman, Framingham, Mass. 



Bibliographical Note. — The obituarists of the late Major Bendire are 

 in doubt or in error regarding his earliest direct or indirect contributions 



