324 General Notes. [July 



Columbia, by the capture of a single male shot on Rock Creek. Mr. P. L. 

 Jouj some years ago reported having seen what he supposed to be a spec- 

 imen of this bird, but this is the first time the species has been actually 

 taken. — Edwin M. Hasbrouck, Washiupton, D. C. 



Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis in South Carolina. — The rapidly in- 

 creasing list of birds essentiallj' Western, occurring in South Carolina, 

 is further augmented by the capture of an adult male Grinnell's Water 

 Thrush, by the writer, near Chester C. H., April 28, 1S88. — Leverett M. 

 LooMis, Chester, S. C. 



Two Records for Long Island, New York. — De7idroica falmarum. — 

 I secured a female at Montauk Point, Sept. 7, 1885. This antedates by 

 over two years the one recorded by Mr. William Dutcher as the first ob- 

 tained on Long Island (Auk, Vol. V, April, 188S, p. 182). My bird was 

 with a small fiock, and at the time I did not suspect its identity. 



Polioptila ccBrulea. — I shot a male at Montauk Point, Sept. 2, 1S85. It 

 was in one of the dense thickets common to that locality', and not in com- 

 pany with any other birds. This is, I believe, the third record for Long 

 Island, the first specimen having been taken by Mr. N. T. Lawience 

 (Auk, II, July, 1885, p. 272) and the second by Mr. de L. Berier (Bull- 

 N. O. C, VI, April, 1881, p. 126). Up to the present writing I know of no 

 other captures of this species on Long Island, although the list of records 

 for New England is now a large one. — ^ Jonathan Dwight, Jr., Ne-w 

 York City. 



Birds at Aiken, S. C. — The notes below recorded were made at Aiken, 

 South Carolina, in November, 1887. 



A female ^tiiscalus qiiiscula ceneus.^ taken on the 24th, and a single true 

 quiscula on the I2th, were the only Crackles observed. 



On the morning of the 12th, a flock of about fifty Crossbills {Loxia cur- 

 virostra minor) swept past me, almost within gunshot, half of them paus- 

 ing for a moment in the top of a pine near by, then hurrying on to join 

 those in advance, when they were soon and finally lost to view. 



A male of the year of Virco solitarius alticola, was taken November 1 1. 



Thryothoriis bcwickiivf^s, taken on November 9 and 25, a specimen each 

 day, the only ones observed. — Frank M. Chapman, New York, City. 



Notes on Louisiana Birds. — Mr. C. S. Galbraith, of Hoboken, N. J., 

 has kindly allowed me to examine a small collection of birds obtained by 

 him at Mandeville, La., during the winter of 1887-8S, in which I find a 

 few species of special interest on account of the locality of capture. 

 Among these are the Florida Barred Owl {Syrniufn nebulosumalleni), the 

 Florida Screech Owl i^Megascops asiojioridana), the Florida Blue Jay 

 i^Cyanocitta crisiatajiorincolu), the Purple and Bronzed Crackles (.^uis- 

 calits quiscula and ^. q. ceneus, both typical), and the Cerulean Warbler 



