I 20 JVofes (7 fid IVervs. [January 



one of which I secured. Several otliers were been at about the huine 

 time and place by Mr. W. M. Small of Highland Light. The specimen 

 taken is in first plumage, though full^- grown and evidently old enough 

 to have come from some distance. — G. S. Miller, Jk., Cavibridge 

 A/dss. 



Uncommon Birds for Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. — Ardea egretta, 

 American Egret. — On September 20, 1S90, while shooting at the eastern 

 end of this island, I saw in the distance a large white heron-like bird, which 

 I thought might be Ardea occidetifalis, but unfortunately I failed to secure 

 it. The following day it was again seen, near the same locality. On Sep- 

 tember 23, 1890, this bird was shot, and I saw it; it proved to be Ardea 

 egretta, and was without any plumes. This is the first record of one 

 being taken on this island. 



Mimus polyglottos. Mocking Bird. — On November 20, 1890, while 

 driving on the western part of the island, and passing near a large 

 swamp, close to which was an unoccupied farmhouse, I saw a Mocking- 

 bird running along the ridge pole of one of the small buildings. On 

 getting out of my wagon to secure it, the bird flew into the middle of the 

 swamp and perched on the top of a bush in full sight. Although a very 

 difficult matter, owing to the water, I determined to go in after it. I had 

 just started, when the bird flew towards me and alighted on a fence post, 

 from which 1 shot it. This is the third, instance of my shooting this 

 bird here, besides seeing another flitting among the houses in the town 

 on August II, 1S89. These biids were all full-grown, and probably 

 migrants, as I have never heard of their breeding on the island. They 

 have never before to my knowledge been noted here. 



Crymophilus fulicarius. Red Ph\larope. — On October 25, 1890, a 

 Red Plialarope (in the gray plumage) was shot near the 'No Bottom 

 Pond,' on the outskirts of the town. Only one was seen. This is the 

 first time to my knowledge that C. fulicarius has been taken here. I 

 have in the past taken P. lohatus (September 20, 1S70) and P. tricolor 

 (August 31, 1889) on the island. — George H. Mackay, Nantucket, 

 Mass. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Dr. Ferdinand Krauss, of Stuttgart, Germany, an Honorary Member 

 of the American Ornithologists' Union, died Sept. 15, 1890, at the age of 

 78 years. He was director of the Natural History Museum of Stuttgart, 

 and had special cliarge of the departments of Botany and Zoology. His 

 scientific papers cover a wide field, mammals and mollusks especially, as 

 well as birds, coming within the scope of his work. 



