, General Notes. 121 



One rainy afternoon about the middle of July, while the Judge was 

 catching salmon at the famous "Upper Pool" on the Godbout, Mr. Nap. 

 A. Comeau and I climbed a high and densely wooded hill that rises from 

 the western border of the pool, and when near the summit saw a Pine 

 Grosbeak, in the slate and golden plumage, hopping about amongst the 

 branches of a large Balsam {Abies balsamea). I was within twenty feet 

 from the bird, but having only a rifle was unable to secure it. Mr. 

 Comeau, who lives at the mouth of the Godbout, told me that this species 

 was by no means rare here, and that he regarded it as a resident. He has 

 since written me that he shot several after I left, and that "the bird is 

 quite common here both summer and winter." Although he has never 

 taken its nest, he says "I have no doubt they breed here, and I have often 

 seen them in the early part of the fall while out trapping. They seem to 

 be fond of keeping near streams and lakes." 



Dr. Coues found the Pine Bullfinch breeding on the Labrador Coast, 

 and I have no doubt that it breeds all along the north shore of the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence, and perhaps extends even as far west as the Saguenay, 

 along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. It is asserted, on high 

 authority, that it breeds in some parts of Northern New England. — C. 

 Hart Merriam, M.D., Locust Grove, N. Y. 



COTURNICULUS LECONTEI, C. HENSLOW^I, AND CiSTOTHORUS STELLA- 



Ris IN Florida.- — Mr. C. J. Maynard has kindly placed at my disposal 

 the following notes made during his recent trip to Florida. In November, 

 iSSi. he spent three weeks collecting at Rosewood, a small settlement on 

 the northern edge of the Gulf Hummock, about eighteen miles northeast 

 of Cedar Keys. Around the outskirts of this town were a number of old 

 fields, grown up to rank grass and tall weeds, but nevertheless perfectly 

 dry. Here he found Leconte's Buntings, Henslow's Buntings, Yellow- 

 winged Sparrows, and Short-billed Marsh Wi-ens, associating together in 

 comparative numbers ranking in the order in which their names are men- 

 tioned. The first C lecoutei was shot November 4. Shortly afterwards 

 they became so abundant that as many as twenty were sometimes , 

 seen in a day, but notwithstanding their numbers, it was by no means 

 easy to obtain specimens. The chief difficulty arose from their excessive 

 tameness, for they could rarely be forced to take wing, while in the 

 long grass it was impossible to see them at a greater distance than a few 

 yards. Indeed so very fearless were they that on several occasions Mr. 

 Maynard nearly caught them in his insect net. All four species were 

 apparently established for the winter. 



The detection of Leconte's Bunting at Coosada, Alabama, by Mr. 

 Brown,* and more recently in Chester County, South Carolina, by Mr. 

 Loomis,t has prepared us to expect it almost anywhere in the Southern 

 States, but I believe that this is its first Florida record. The occurrence 



* See this Bulletin, Vol. IV, p. 8. 



f See this Bulletin, Vol. VII, pp. 54-55. 



