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killed in May, L908. Elfforts were made at the time to obtain further 

 details in regard to the capture of the specimens bul without success. 

 Since the appearance of the note a letter lias been received from Mr. B. D, 

 Sheffield, of Moran, Wyoming, the owner of the birds, who states that 

 they were killed OD April 20, 1907. Be adds that there were but two oi 

 these ducks which appeared during the latter part of March and were seen 

 every day as they stayed on Snake River in front of the Lodge just In-low 

 the outlet of Jackson Lake, lie has never seen any since. In view of the 

 rarity oi the Harlequin Duck in this part of its range, it seems desirable to 

 correct the supposed date and to place on record the exart date of capture 

 — T. S. Palmer, Washington, />. C. 



White Ibis {Guara alba) in Missouri.- On July L0, L910, two White 



Ibises were killed at Old Monroe, Mo., a town in Lincoln County, fifty-two 

 miles north oi St. bonis, by a well known St. bonis banker The two birds 

 taken were in adult plumage out of a flock of about one hundred. The 

 birds were mounted by Mr. ,1. Kirk Keller, a St bonis taxidermist, and one 

 of the Specimens now adorns the " Old Monroe Club.'' 



This I believe is the first record of the White Ibis in Missouri. Mr. Otto 

 Widmann, in his book ' A Preliminary Catalog of the birds oi Missouri.' 

 states that two specimens in immature plumage were killed near Quincy, 

 111., but gives no instance of the bird being identified in Missouri. — II. C- 

 Willi \m>. St Louis, .!/<>. 



Glossy Ibis (Plegadis autumnalis) in Eastern Cuba; a New Rec- 

 ord. — On January ■_',">. L913, I took an adult male oi Plegadis autumnalis 

 (Linn.) in winter plumage in the lagoon at ' Manati ' on Guantanamo bay, 

 Oriente Province, Cuba 'There were a pair oi this Ibis feeding together 

 with Little blue, Louisiana, and Great blue Herons, on small fish, in a 

 nearly dry puddle oi the lagoon. 



This is the first record foi Eastern Cuba for this species; the only other 

 records for Cuba are those of Or. Gundlach from • La Cienaga de Zapata ' 

 and a lagoon (unnamed) near Cardenas, in Matan/as Province. 



I had seen a specimen some five years ago flying over the bay near 

 " Manati,' but was unable to secure it: since then none have been -ecu 

 till this year. — Chas. T. Ramsden, Guantanamo, Cuba. 



Bittern Breeding in New Jersey.— To the few breeding records of the 

 bittern (Botaurus lentigimsus) in New Jersey, 1 desire to add two more. 

 A set of four far incubated eggs is now in my collection, taken near the 

 coast in Atlantic County on June 11, 1911, and on June 29, 1912, I ex- 

 amined a nest oi this bird containing four full fledged young. It was 

 placed Hat on the ground, poorly concealed ami was built of a mass oi 

 reeds and sedges.— Richard C. Harlow, State College, Penna. 



