2A.O Correspondeucc. ' [April 



reported as actually spending the winter with us. The present season, it 

 should perhaps be added, has been exceptionally severe. — Bradford ToR- 

 REY, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 



Notes on the Occurrence of Uncommon Species at Beaver, Pa. — Clan- 

 gula hyemalis. Long-tailed Duck. — On April 15, 1890. a party of three, 

 all females, appeared at the mouth of the Big Beaver Creek, of which two 

 were secured by one of the local gunners and given to me for inspection. 

 The fact is certainly somewiiat worthy of remark considering the lateness 

 of the date and the mildness of the previous winter. 



Phalaropus lobatus. Northern Phalarope. — On the 26th of Septem- 

 ber, 1890, while pursuing a wounded duck, a bird of this species flew past 

 me and alighted not a dozen paces away, showing no more fear or sus- 

 picion than would a Least Sandpiper. My shotgun missed fire twice be- 

 fore I at last secured it, in a condition unfortunately quite unfit for 

 ]M-eservation. The only note it uttered was the chirp, which, more or 

 less modified, characterizes nearly all the Shore-birds. 



Tringa bairdii. Baird's Sandpiper. — Shot a single individual of this 

 species September 16, 1889, while in company with a couple of Semipal- 

 mated Plovers. 



Geothlypis Philadelphia. Mourning Warbler. — Two specimens have 

 been taken thus far, one on May 11, 18S9, the other on May 21, 1890, 

 which dates, though in difterent years, probably represent the extremes of 

 migration at this place.— W. E. Clyde Todd, Beaver, Beaver County, 

 Pa. 



Cistothorus marianae, Buteo lineatus alleni, and Syrnium nebulosum 

 alleni in South Carolina. — A very interesting collection of birds made by 

 Mr. James E. Benedict, of the National Museum, on the coast of South 

 Carolina (near Charleston), in January, 1S81, contains several specimens 

 of the first-named of the above mentioned species and one eacli of the 

 other two — all perfectly typical. The Cisiotlioriis is so exceedingly dif- 

 ferent from C. paliistris, in both plumage and proportions, judging froiTi 

 these specimens alone, that I could not doubt their specific distinctness. — 

 Robert Ridgvvay, Washington, D. C. 



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Camera Notes for Ornithologists. 



To THE Editors of The Auk :■ — 



Dear Sirs: At the last Congress of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union there were exhibited many photographs of all sorts of ornitholog- 



