12 2 General Notes. 



of Henslow's Bunting is also of importance, as confirming Audubon's 

 more or less discredited statement that it wintered numerously in Florida ; 

 while that of the Short-billed Marsh Wren is interesting from the excep- 

 tional character of the locality and the distinguished society in which the 

 little bird was found. — William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 



AmMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS. — A SOMEWHAT INLAND RECORD ON THE 



Atlantic Coast. — On June 21, 1S81. in company with my friends 

 Messrs. Chamberlain and Daniel, of St. John. N. B., I found a few pairs 

 of Sharp-tailed Finches in the tall grassy marshes bordering the Kene- 

 becasis River at Hampton, which is about twenty miles to the north of the 

 above named city and the Bay of Fundy. and about at the head of tide water. 

 The birds were singing, and undoubtedly breeding, but a severe hunt for 

 their nests was unsuccessful. Although a closely allied variety {nelsoni) is 

 known to occur in certain western States. I think our maritime form has 

 not before been observed away from the immediate coast on the Atlantic 

 seaboard. It might however be looked for up our rivers and creeks as far 

 as or a little above the flow of tide water. See this Bulletin, II. pp. 27, 28; 

 III. pp. 48. 98; V, p. 52. — H. A. PuRDiE. Ne-ivton, Mass. 



The White-throated Sparrow in Winter near Worcester, 

 jyi^ss. — I saw White-throated Sparrows {Zonofrichia albicoUi's) at difterent 

 dates during December, 1879. I also saw some on January i. 1S80. I. 

 myself, had not observed it before, though possibly it may not be uncom- 

 mon. — J. A. Farley, Worcester, Mass. 



PeucvEA ruficeps eremceca. — In Gillespie County, Texas, which ad- 

 joins Kendall Co. on the north, where Mr. Nathan C. Brown's specimens 

 were taken, I collected on April 24, 1878, a pair of Sparrows which Mr. 

 J. A. Allen identified as Peuccea ruficeps. From the fact that Mr. Brown 

 collected no typical ruficeps it is more than likely that my specimens 

 were var. eremceca. 



My specimens were sent to the late Greene Smith, Esq., Peterboro, New 

 York, and are Nos. 961 and 962 in his Museum. — G. H. Ragsdale. 

 Gainesville, Texas. 



The Canada Jay at Portland, Maine. — A specimen of the Canada 

 Jay {Perisoreus canadensis) was killed in Scarborough on October 15, 

 1880, by Mr. Luther Rellon, of Portland, and delivered into my hands a 

 few hours af^r its capture. The specimen is worth noting from its being 

 the first that I have ever known to occur in the vicinity of Portland, 

 although its kind is said by Professor Verrill (Proc. Ess. Inst.. Vol. Ill, 

 p. 151) to winter commonly at Norway. Maine, only forty miles farther 

 north. — Nathan Clifford Brown, Portland, Maine. 



The White-throated Swift Breeding on Belt River, Montana. 

 — About the middle of last Jul}-, while hunting on Belt River, I happened 

 to approach the edge of the high limestone clift's which rise above the 



