430 General Notes. [^Jg 



White Pelican in Colorado. — It is a satisfaction to believe that this 

 species (JPelecanus erythrorhynchos) has really not deserted Colorado in its 

 migrations and wanderings. The writer is informed by hisold time hunting 

 friend, Mr. W. B. Sheppard, of Fort Collins, Colo., that he saw seven 

 individuals of this pelican on May 17, 1912, on a small lake near Xiwot, 

 Colo. While Mr. Sheppard is not even an amateur ornithologist, he is 

 familiar with this species, having seen and studied it many times in the 

 Yellowstone region, and the writer feels that this is a credible record, even 

 if it be one made by sight identification. — W. H. Bergtold, D< nver, Colo. 



Hudsonian Godwit. A correction. — In "The Auk' for April, 1913, the 

 date of the godwit s taken at the Magdalen Islands was given as February 

 18, 1911. This should have been September 18, and in view of their rarity 

 it is perhaps worth while to make the correction. — AY. E. Saunders, London, 

 Ontario. 



Little Blue Heron {Florida ccerulea) at Lynn, Mass. — On April 29-, 

 30 a bird of this species was seen about a small overflowed bog on a farm 

 known as the Fay estate, near the Salem line. The bird was very tame, 

 and gave us line opportunities for study; at times it was watched at a range 

 of 200 ft. with a four power field idass. Points noted were the even slaty 

 blue of the body above and below: the fine maroon tint on the head and 

 neck; neck long and much loss in diameter than that of the Green Heron* 

 legs long, slender, and dark in color; bill blue next the bead, black at point. 



On April :>(), it was also observed by Mr. Charles Norton. — ARTHUR P. 

 Stubbs, Lynn, Mass. 



The Whooping Crane (Grus americana) in Nebraska. — On October 

 16, 1912, four of these splendid birds were shot out of a Hock of five at Wood 

 bake, Cherry county, Nebraska, by Mr. Henry T. Clarke, Jr., of Lincoln 

 and a man named Quick who accompanied him. All four of the birds were 

 mounted by Mr. August Eiche, of Lincoln. Three of the cranes were 

 adults, two males and a female, while the fourth was a young female in the 

 beautiful brown plumage. The latter specimen is in the collection of Mr. 

 Eiche, while the others belong respectively to Messrs, Harry 11. Harley, 

 William II. Dorgan and Ex-Gamewarden II. N. Miller, all of Lincoln. A 

 few days later, according to Mr. Miller, two more of these cranes were shot 

 by hunters at Grand Island, Nebraska. According to their statement-;, 

 these hunters mistook the birds for " brant " (i, c. Snow Geese). The two 

 (band Island birds were also mounted. 1 am indebted to Mr. Eiche for 

 the above data. — Myron H. Swexk, Lincoln, Nebraska, 



Stilt Sandpipers (Micropalama himantopus) at Ithaca, N. Y. — Fol- 

 lowing the cold rainy days of the first o( August (1912) and coincident 

 with the first ilocks of migrating warblers, there occurred through central 

 New York Stale a considerable migration of Shore Birds. Although a few 



