'"^o'-l itiiuiuil Note<. 



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On the 2ist 1 staiteci to the corn lieKi aj^ain with tlic liope of seeing the 

 bird. Upon sliooting four Doves {Zcj/aidiiKi macroiirci), tlie Crane arose 

 iVoin the field where it had been feeding along with the cows and flew 

 about a mile awa\-. Awa_\' I went in pui'suit I)ut found it was impossible 

 to get nearer than a huiuired vards without being seen. 



I waited under some bushes for an hour hoping it would come nearer. 

 The whole time tiie bird remained on the ground it was making the 

 trumpet-like sound. Finally it ticw and lit about half a mile oil" in a 

 myrtle pasture, where there were two ponds of water. I knew I would in 

 tiie end secure the bird, so walking cautiously about I at last saw the red 

 on his head. He was standing in the middle of the pond, and as lie rose 

 I secured him. The bird is an adult male in perfect plumage. Al- 

 though the specimen is considerably smaller than average Griis mcxi- 

 ca/ia, for the present it may stand as such. 



This is the first record of the capture of this bird in the State, to niv 

 knowledge. — Arthur T. Wayne, Mt. P/r<(saiif, S. C. 



Capture of a Fourt"h Specimen of Ardetta neoxena. — A specimen of 

 Ardctta ncoxo/a was shot on the Kissimmee River, Florida, by Mr. R. C. 

 Stewart, on May 19, 1890. The bird is a male in full plumage, and is 

 apparently exactly like the type. Mr. Stewart claims to have seen 

 another, but he was unable to secure it. This is I believe the fourth speci- 

 men of the species known to have been taken, three of thetn having been 

 recorded from the lovver Kissimmee or Okeechobee region, and the fourth 

 is claimed to have been killed in Ontaria, Canada, and was sent to Mr. 

 Ridgway for examination by Mr. Mclllwraith. — -Charles B. Cory, Bos- 

 fou, Alass. 



Notes on the Nest and Habits of Cory's Bittern {Boiaiirus ncox- 

 ciiiis). — Mr. J. F. Menge of Fort Meyers, Florida, has kindly written me 

 the following account of a nest of Cory's Bittern. He is familiar with 

 the bird and is the gentleman who collected and sent to me the specimen 

 mentioned in 'The Auk,' Vol. VI, 1SS9, p. 317. This letter is under date 

 of May 20, 1891, and I quote from it as follows : 



"I herewith send you notes concerning the Bittern as requested by Mr. 

 J. W. Atkins, first found on 8th of June, 1890. two and a half miles above 

 Fort Thompson, Florida, in a small willow swamp on the borders of Lake 

 Flint. It was built of willow twigs and lined inside with maiden cane 

 leaves. It was in a low bush two feet and a half above the surface of the 

 water. There were four young birds, about two-thirds grown in the nest. 

 I had one of the old birds in my hand, which I think was the female. 

 She was not inclined to fight and would n,ot leave the nest. The other 

 old bird was two or three feet from me and seemed a much larger bird. I 

 did not disturb them and when I let the old bird go she hopped back on 

 her nest as though she were accustomed to being handled. The Brown 

 Bittern [local name for Bofaun/s rxi/h. B. //coxauits being known as the 

 Black Bittern— W. E. D. S.] will fight, lor I have had them come up 



