54 General Notes. 



6 mora I ITotcs. 



Capture of the Hudsonian Titmouse in Rhode Island. —Novem- 

 ber i, 18S0, my friend Mr. Thomas Adcock brought to me a Hudsonian 

 Titmouse {Pants /indsonicits) which he had just killed in Smithfield, 

 R. I., near the northwestern limit of the city of # Providence. I obtained 

 it of him for my cabinet. Its identity was not suspected by Mr. Adcock 

 till he picked it up. It was in company with two other Chickadees, 

 but he was unable to obtain either of them, and could not determine 

 whether they were of the same species as the one taken. — Frederic T. 

 Jencks, Providence. R. I. 



A Second Occurrence of the Hudsonian Titmouse (Pams hnd- 

 sohicus) in Massachusetts. — On the morning of October 7, 1880, 

 while hunting Woodcock in Concord I satisfactorily identified a specimen 

 of this northern Titmouse. I was crossing an opening when a familiar 

 and emphatic tchip. tchce-day, day. greeted me from an isolated red cedar 

 near at hand. Upon closely examining the tree I soon spied the 

 author of the sound hopping about near the top. The next moment he 

 flew and pitched into a thicket of low birches on the edge of the neigh- 

 boring woodland. Here I several times got very near him — too near in 

 facl to use the heavv charges with which I was alone supplied: hut 1 so 

 plainly saw his light brown cap and chestnut sides that 1 scarcely regret- 

 ted it, when at length he somehow gave me the slip and disappeared. 

 The preceeding night had been sharp and frosty and the wood edges 

 were alive with migratory Warblers, Thrushes, and Sparrows. Although 

 specimens of the Hudsonian Titmouse have lately been taken in Con- 

 necticut and Rhode Island. I believe my former Concord record has 

 until now remained the only definite one for Massachusetts. — William 

 Brewster, Cambridge. Mass. 



The Great Carolina Wren ( Thrvothonts ludovicianus) in New 

 Hampshire. — While collecting in a thick piece of woods at Rye Beach, 

 N. H., my attention was attracted by a loud clear note which I failed to 

 recognize. After following the sound for some time the bird, enticed by 

 the imitation of its note, showed itself for a moment and was secured. It 

 proved to be the Great Carolina Wren. While picking it up another was 

 heard scolding in the neighboring thicket, but upon my nearer approach it 

 vanished in the bushes, scarcely allowing me a momentary glimpse. This 

 happened August 7. and is, I believe, the most northern appearance of 

 this bird on record. — Henry M. Spelman, Cambridge. Mass. 



Swainson's Warbler (Helo>ta?a stvainsoni ) in Texas. — The range of 

 this rare species has been very materially extended by its discovery in 



