General Notes. 151 



and this is what Brisson should have written. Nevertheless, the name 

 has served so long as a distinguishing mark of the genus, that it would be 

 by no means advisable to attempt to make an exchange for the etymologi- 

 cally correct form. It is, however, an interesting example of the necessity 

 of a little care in compounding scientific names, if we wish to have them 

 retain any meaning. — John ^Murdoch, Roxbury, Alass. 



Breeding of the Woodcock in Georgia. — Mr. A. T. Cunningham of 

 Atlanta — an enthusiastic sportsman and conqjetent observer ^ — informs 

 me that one of a party consisting of his brother Mr. C. M. Cunningham, 

 Mr. Martin Tuffts, Mr. Rusell (all of Savannah), and himself, while wood- 

 cock-shooting on February 17, 1878, at Winkler's and Read's rice-planta- 

 tions on the Savannah River about twelve miles from that city, in the 

 swamp through which runs the trestle-work of the Charleston and SaA'an- 

 nah Railroad, Hushed a female Woodcock from a nest containing four eggs. 

 The nest was found after the bird had been shot. Upon this discovery 

 the party gave up shooting. From the actions of other birds of the same 

 species seen on that day, showing an unwillingness to go far from the 

 spots whence they were first flushed, Mr. Cunningham is of the opinion 

 that they were laying. He states that he has frequently seen Woodcock — 

 single birds — at various times throughout the summer, in the swamps 

 near Savannah. The inference is that they breed there. — J. F. Head, 

 Atlanta, Ga. {Communicated by E. C.) 



[The Woodcock has been found breeding as far south as Jacksonville, 

 Florida (Boardman, Forest and Stream, VIII, 82). While in Jacksonville 

 I had the pleasure of examining the young birds spoken of by Mr. Board- 

 man, and also four chicks of another brood taken near the city on March 

 lU, 1877 ; all were of about the same size, perhaps a week old. Old 

 hunters at Saint Mary's, Camden County, Georgia, have also assured me 

 that the Woodcock remains in that neighborhood throughout the year. — 

 William Brewster.] 



Interesting Captures. — My near neighbors, the brothers E. 0. and 

 Outram Bangs, have received during the past week two species whose 

 undoubted occurrence in Massachusetts is worthy of mention : — . 



Ibis falcinellus. Glossy Ibis. — A specimen of this species, now con- 

 ceded to be identical with Ibis ordi of Bonaparte, was purchased in 

 the Boston market. It was a fine adult specimen, and had been secured 

 at Orleans, Cape Cod, May 5. Its previous capture here has been re- 

 corded b}' Emmons, Cabot, Nuttall, and others, most recently by Mr. J. A. 

 Allen, from Nantucket (Am. Nat., Ill, 637), and by Dr. Palmer, from 

 Alton, N. H. (Am. Nat., V, p. 120). 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, Temm. — Northern Phalarope. — A 

 single specimen, not in full plumage, was shot at the same place, aiul 

 found inthe market May 10. It had been dead several days, and the exact 

 date of its capture cannot be given, but probably about May 5. — T. M. 

 Brewer, Boston, Mass. 



