General JSfotes. 6 1 



The Snake-bird in Kansas. — Prof. F. H. Snow, of the University of 

 Kansas, writes as follows : " I have the pleasure of informing you of the 

 capture of a specimen of the Snake-bird, Plotiis cinhi?iga, in the Solomon 

 Valley in Western Kansas. It was taken in August of this year by C. 

 W. Smith, Esq., of Stockton, and the skin is now in my possession." — ■ 

 Elliott Coues, Waskingfon, D. C. 



Capture OF the Sea Dove 150 Miles from the Sea: — On Novem- 

 ber Sth, 1S81, a Sea Dove {Alle nigricans), was shot in the Hudson 

 River, at Lansingburg, by Alfred Benjamin of that village. The bird 

 was mounted by William Gibson of the same place, and is in his col- 

 lection. — Austin F. Park, Troy. N. T. 



Additions to the Catalogue of North American Birds. — The 

 following list includes all the species that have been added to the North 

 American fauna since the publication of the "Nomenclature of North 

 American Birds." The numbers given these additional species indicate 

 their position in the list; and I would suggest that any author publishing 

 a species new to our fauna do the same, so that collectors and others may 

 know its number. 



440.* Buteo fuliginosus Scl. Little Black Hawk. 



44b.** Buteo brachyurus Vicill. Short-tailed Hawk; White- 

 fronted Hawk. 



70S.* Pufliniis borealis Cory. Northern Shearwater. 



717.* CEstrelata giilaris {Peale) Bretvstcr. Peale's Petrel. — Robert 

 RiDGWAY, M'as/iingtoji, D. C. 



Notes on Some Birds of the Belt Mountains, Montana 

 Territory. — The following observations were made in the southern 

 range of the Belt Mountains, latitude about 46^ 30', some miles to the 

 west and south of the head-waters of the Musselshell, from which the 

 land, intersected by frequent smaller streams, gradually rises to the foot 

 of the low mountains, which are mostly forest-clad and of some 6,000 

 feet elevation. The streams have little or no timber save in the moun- 

 tains or among the foothills where scattering firs appear; but willows 

 grow in dense thickets along the bank, striving apparently by numbers to 

 make up for any lack in size. 



^ The notes extend from June 22 to July 3, iSSo, three days excepted, when 

 the writer was absent. All the birds were found within an area of a square 

 mile, perhaps less, but the locality was unusually favorable, including 

 several patches of burnt timber, a large open tract sti-etching up the moun- 

 tain side to almost the summit, and two streams flowing in rather open 

 canons with cluinps of willows on either bank. 



Several interesting birds which were sought for unsuccessfully at this 

 tiine I have since found in the Belt Range, viz. Cinclus mextcanus, Cyaft- 

 ocitta stelleri {macroloJ>ka?) and Tetrao ca7iadensis franhlini. Skins of 

 most of the species mentioned were preserved. 



