204 General Notes. [adH: 



Ornithologisches Jahrbuch, III, Heft 6, and IV, Heft i. 



Ornithologische Monatsberichte, I, Nos. 1-3, Jan.-March, 1S93. 



Ornithologist and Oologist, Dec, 1892, Jan. and Feb., 1893. 



Ottawa Naturalist, Jan. and Feb., 1893. 



Proceedings Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1892, Pt. 3, Oct.-Dec. 



Proceedings Indiana Acad. Sci., 1S91 . 



Proceedings Orn. Subsect. Canadian Institute, 1890-91. 



Zoologist, Jan.-March, 1893. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Alle alle in Virginia. — In a recent letter Captain Crumb of Cobb's 

 Island, Virginia, informs me that a Dovekie (Alle alle) was taken there 

 this winter, this being its second known occurrence at that place. — 

 Edward J. Brown, Washington, D. C. 



The American Woodcock (Philohela minor) in Great Numbers at Mount 

 Pleasant, South Carolina. — A cold wave accompanied by a gale struck 

 the coast of South Carolina on the morning of December 27, 1892. There 

 was plenty of snow, ice and sleet on the ground the whole day. In fact 

 the weather moderated very little the whole week. The thermometer 

 registered as low as 18 to 22 during the week. 



On the morning of December 27 thousands of Woodcock were shot in 

 the village of Mount Pleasant. They were everywhere — in the yards, 

 stables, streets, and even piazzas. Everybody was out after the birds, and 

 every one had a bag full to overflowing. On that day alone fully two 

 thousand were killed. On December 28 they were so abundant that every 

 clump of bushes contained from ten to fifteen birds. One man killed fifty- 

 eight without moving from' his 'stand' except to pick up the birds he 

 killed. 



The flight lasted six days, and during that time it would be safe to put 

 the number of Woodcock killed and seen at ten thousand. The markets 

 were overstocked, and they could be bought for twenty-five cents a pair, 

 when normally they sell for seventy-five cents. — Arthur T. Wayne, 

 Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. 



Gambel's Partridge at San Bernardino, California. — On January 15, 

 1893, Mr. J. S. Bright sent me a male Gambel's Partridge (Callifepla 

 gambeli) which he killed near here. This is, I believe, the first capture 

 of this species here, though it is found at Whitewater, sixty miles distant. 

 The bird was in very poor flesh, but in good plumage. — Edward Wall, 

 San Bernardino, California. 



