Vol i90? IV ] General Notes. 95 



Sandpiper (Actodromas bairdii) collected by F. G. Blake. It was in com- 

 pany with Gallinago delicata, Actodromas maculata, A. minutilla, Totanus 

 melanoleucus, T. flavipes, Helodromas solitarius, Actitis macularia, and 

 JEgialitis semipalmata. The bird is now in the mounted collection of 

 Camp Pasquaney, Bridgewater, N. H. According to Mr. G. M. Allen's 

 'Birds of New Hampshire,' this is the fourth locality in which Baird's 

 Sandpiper has been taken in the State. — Francis G. and Maurice C. 

 Blake, Hanover, N. H. 



Another Limpkin (Aramits giganteus) in South Carolina. — A Limp- 

 kin was shot by Mr. W. L. Harris (who is the postmaster of Charleston) 

 in his yard on Water Street, Charleston, in July, 1904. This specimen 

 was first seen by Mr. Harris at breakfast time, on a morning of July, 1904; 

 the bird was still there at noon, and he then said, "If that bird is there 

 to-night, I 'm going to shoot it," which he did. The specimen was mounted 

 by a taxidermist in Charleston, and remained in the possession of Mr. 

 Harris until last spring, when it was acquired by the Charleston Museum; 

 unfortunately the sex was not determined. 



The fact that this bird was taken in the city of Charleston, and near 

 "East Battery," proves conclusively that there must be a regular migra- 

 tion northward after the breeding season in Florida, as I reported i the 

 capture of two birds of this species that were taken in Aiken County, 

 South Carolina, in October, 1890. 



This Charleston specimen of the Limpkin has been recorded by Prof. 

 Paul M. Rea, Director of the Charleston Museum, in ' Bulletin ' of the 

 College of Charleston Museum, Vol. II, No. 6, October, 1906. — Arthur 

 T. Wayne, Honorary Curator Div. Birds, College of Charleston Museum. 



Note on the Clapper Rail in Maine. — Many years ago Mr. Samuel 

 Hanson, of Portland, spoke to me about three examples of a large Rail 

 from Falmouth, one of which he had shot and all of which he had exam- 

 ined. I did not see the birds, for this was long after they had been bagged, 

 and none of them was, I believe, preserved; but they were identified by 

 Mr. Hanson as Clapper Rails (Rallus crepitans). This identification I 

 accepted. 2 Mr. Hanson was a man of education and standing, as well 

 as a sportsman of wide experience in this country and abroad. Through- 

 out his life, which ended a few months ago, he felt much interest in birds, 

 especially in game birds. I think to-day, as I have always thought, that 

 his identification of the rails could hardly have been questioned at the 

 time when the record of them was made. But I now believe that he was 

 mistaken and that the birds were King Rails (Rallus elegans). When 

 they were recorded, no King Rails were known to have occurred in Maine. 



» Auk, XXIII, 1906, 231. 



2 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV, p. 108. 



