490 General Notes. [qS 



Therefore, in the ' A. O. U. Check-list,' the White-winged Dove of the 

 United States should stand as Melopelia asiatica trudeaui (Audubon). 1 

 Type locality, " Texas." 



It also seems desirable to recognize a pallid western form of the Mourning 

 Dove, ranging from the Pacific Ocean and San Clemente Island eastward 

 across the United States and northern Mexico to the Mississippi Valley, 

 as Zenaidura macroura marginella (Woodhouse) . 2 Type locality. " the cross 

 timbers, on the north fork of the Canadian River, Oklahoma. — Edgar A. 

 Mearns, U.S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. 



Lark Bunting in New Brunswick. — ■ August 15, 1910, a young male 

 Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) was shot by Allen J. Moses at 

 Nantucket, a small island near Grand Manan, New Brunswick. The bird 

 was determined by Dr. Glover M. Allen of the Boston Society of Natural 

 History who stated that this was only the fourth record of this species 

 in the East, the others being from Massachusetts, Long Island and South 

 Carolina. — Elizabeth M. Dunham, Auburndale, Mass. 



Some New Birds for Colorado. Black-throated Green Warbler 

 (Dendroica virens). — Adult female taken by the writer at Barr Lake, Colo., 

 May 20, 1909. 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis). — Two taken by 

 the writer at Barr Lake Aug. 25 and Sept. 4, 1910, out of flocks of 3 and 5 

 respectively. This Sandpiper is one Professor Cooke had previously 

 predicted would some day be taken in Colorado. 



Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula maculosa). — This bird was taken by 

 Mr. W. N. W. Blayney near Loveland, Colo., in 1907. It is a beautiful 

 male bird in fine plumage. It was identified by Mr. H. C. Oberholser, 

 also by Prof. Wells W. Cooke who writes me this is the first sure record of 

 maculosa for Colorado. 



All three of these species are in the Colorado Museum of Natural History. 

 — - L. J. Hersey, Curator of Ornithology, Colorado Museum of Natural 

 History, Denver, Col. 



Notes on Rare Species in Eastern Missouri. — On July 2, 3 and 4, 

 1911, I took a canoe trip down the Meramec River from Steelville in 

 Crawford County to Moselle in Franklin County, — Steelville being about 

 eighty miles and Moselle about forty miles southwest of St. Louis. The 

 Ozark border region, through which the narrow and rapid stream flows, is 



> Birds of America, VII, 1844, p. 352, pi. 496. 



= Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 1852, p. 104. 



