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GENERAL NOTES. 



Anas crecca in Connecticut. — November 14, 1889, a resident gunner 

 brought me a fine adult male of this species, which he said he shot as it 

 was flying with another, apparently of the same species, over an open 

 field. It is now in the collection of Mi". John H. Sage of Portland, Conn. 

 — Wir.LARn E. Treat, Eas^t Hartford, Conn. 



Barrow's Golden-eye {Glaitciotietta islandica) nea^^A^ashington, D. C. 

 — A female Golden-eye, shot on the Potomac River opposite Washington, 

 Nov. 22, 1889, by C. Herbert, was examined by Mr. Ridgway who pro- 

 nounced it G. islandtca. The specimen is now in the collection of J. D. 

 Figgins. Besides being new to the avifauna of the District of Columbia, 

 this record appears to extend the southern range of the species in the 

 East about one hundred and fifty miles. — Charles VV. Richmond, 

 IVas/titig-tou, D. C. 



Second Occurrence of the White-faced Glossy Ibis {Pleffadis guar- 

 nitna) in Kansas. — A young female was captured October 17, 1S90, on the 

 Arkansas River, near Wichita, and kindly sent me for identification by 

 Dr. R. Matthews, of that city. The first specimen was shot in the fall of 

 1S79, ^^ ^ '^^^ near Lawrence, — as reported in my 'Catalogue of the Birds 

 of Kansas,'- — and is now in the fine collection in 'Snow Hall,' at the State 

 University. — N. S. Goss, Topeka, Kansas. 



Phalaropes at Sw^npscott, Massachusetts. — The morning of Aug. 12, 

 1S90, dawned at Swampscott, Mass., with the wind northeast and a cloudy 

 sky. At noon the wind fell to a whole-sail breeze, tempting my brother, 

 Dr. J. A. Jeffries, and myself to try a sail. 



After standing to the east for about a mile we noticed a flock of at 

 least three hundred birds, apparently Sandpipers, flying rapidly back and 

 forth about half a mile in-shore of us, and an equal distance ofl" the land. 

 Suddenly, to our surprise, they settled on the water, and we knew they 

 were Phalaropes, birds that appear as a rule, only in small numbers with 

 us and not regularly. In twenty j'cars' sailing we have not seen any in 

 the water in our locality. 



From Aug. 12 until Sept. 26 Phalaropes were seen nearly every day we 

 went out, usually in small scattered bunches of from six to twenty birds 

 swimming about on the water, sometimes just out of the breakers and 

 again twelve miles offshore. 



All the birds we succeeded in sailing onto were very tame, simply 

 swimming away from our cat-boat to prevent being run down. Yet it 

 was not always easy to take specimens, as a flock seldom remained long in 

 one spot; rising every few minutes they would fly about, alight, and then off" 

 again before we could sail one half the distance. Sept. 9 we sailed into the 



