General Notes. Loct. 



are patronized by hundreds of sparrows. Gambel's, White-crowned and 

 Chipping Sparrows make up the numerous small flocks, but so far as I know 

 I have never seen an English Sparrow among them. — Herbert Brown, 

 Tucson, Arizona. 



White-crowned Sparrow in Cuba.— I beg to report having secured 

 on March 22, 1911, a female White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leu- 

 cophrys leucophrys) on the San Carlos estate at Guantanamo. The bird 

 was in fine plumage and not at all shy. This seems interesting to me, as 

 Dr. Gundlach in his long experience on this island never met this species. — 

 Charles T. Ramsden, Guantanamo, Cuba. 



The Scarlet Tanager (Piranga erythromelas) on the Coast of South 

 Carolina. — On April 16, 1911, Mr. J. H. Riley observed, while en route 

 to my house, accompanied by Dr. Mearns and Mr. E. J. Brown, a male 

 of this exquisite bird about five miles from Mount Pleasant, and on May 4 

 I secured a superb male while in company with Dr. Mearns. During all 

 the years I have spent observing birds on the coast this specimen makes 

 the third that I have seen, the migration being more than one hundred 

 miles away from the coast, as it is known to be rare a few miles south of 

 Columbia. — Arthur T. Wayne, Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



Rare Swallows in Georgia. — It is with pleasure that I report the 

 capture of two Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia) on Sept. 1, 1911. This 

 being the second record for the State. 



On Aug. 20, 1911, I saw three Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon lunifrons) 

 on a telephone wire and to-day (Sept. 1) Mr. W. J. Hoxie observed 10 or 

 12 flying about in a vacant lot in the city of Savannah. The Cliff 

 Swallow is a rare migrant here. — G. R. Rossignol, Jr., Savannah, Ga. 



A Peculiar Variation in the Louisiana Water-Thrush (Seiurus 

 motacilla). — Of an adult female taken by the writer on March 29, 1911, 

 near Mount Pleasant, the outermost rectrices on each side are narrowly 

 tipped with white on the inner webs, while the next rectrix, as well as its 

 fellow, is broadly blotched with white; the third pair have a streak of 

 white extending along the shaft. Mr. W. F. McAfee has recorded 1 a 

 similar case in Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis. 



In almost all the spring specimens that I have taken in South Carolina 

 there is a conspicuous median stripe of buffy white on the pileum extending 

 past the eye. This median stripe is also present in autumnal specimens, 

 but concealed, and its conspicuousness in spring examples is due to the 

 wearing away of the tips of the feathers of the pileum, as there is no spring 

 moult in this species. The presence of this median stripe is not mentioned 

 by Mr. Ridgway. 2 — Arthur T. Wayne, Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



> Auk, Vol. XXI, 1904, pp. 488, 489. 



2 Birds of North and Middle America, Part II, 1902, p. 639. 



