120 General Notes. 



Addenda to the Preliminary List of Birds ascertained to 



OCCUR IN THE ADIRONDACK REGION, NORTHEASTERN NeW YoRK.* — 



178. Dendroeca striata {Forst.) Baird. Black-poll Warbler. — 

 In the collection of the late A. Jenings Dayan (of Lyons Falls, N.Y.) is 

 a female of this species that he killed in the town of Lyonsdale in Lewis 

 Co., May 23, 1S77. 



179. Dendroeca pinus ( Wilson) Baird. Pine-creeping Warbler. 

 — Mr. Dayan took a fuU-plumaged male Z>. ^/««.'; at Lyonsdale, Lewis Co., 

 May 8, 1877. I have never observed the species within the limits of the 

 Adirondack Region, and it must be regarded as a rare bird here. 



180. Asio accipitriiius {Pallas) Neivton. Short-eared Owl. — I 

 have seen two specimens of the Short-eared Owl that were taken within 

 the limits of the Adirondack Region, in Lewis County. They were both 

 killed east of the Black River Valley — one in the town of Greig. and the 

 other in Lyonsdale. 



181. Nyctiardea grisea naevia {Bodd.) Allen. Night Heron. — I 

 have seen a Night Heron that was shot at Crown Point (in Essex Co.) on 

 Lake Champlain. There were two of them together, and both were killed. 



1S2. Calidris arenaria {Linn.) Illig. Sanderling. — On the 5th of 

 October, iSSi Mr. O. B. Lockhart killed, from a flock, four Sanderlings at 

 Lake George, in Warren Co. (Dr. A. K. Fisher.) 



183. Chen hyperboreus {Pallas) Boie. Snow Goose. —Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher writes me that he saw a flock of one hundred and fifty or two hun- 

 dred Snow Geese on Lake George (in Warren County) Nov. 19, 1881. 

 In company with Mr. O. B. Lockhart he rowed out to within a hundred 

 yards of them, when they were frightened by another boat and took 

 flight, showing plainly the black tips of their primaries as they left. 



184. Phalacrocorax dilophiis {Siv. and Rick.) Nuitall. Double, 

 crested Cormorant. — Mr. F. H. Knowlton, from Brandon, Vermont, 

 writes me: "I shot, on September 24, 1879, at St. Regis' Lake [Frank- 

 lin County], two miles from Paul Smith's, a young female example of 

 Graculus dilophiis. The bird was not wild and was easily shot from 

 the shore." 



18";. Dytes auritus {Li?i?i.) Ridgxvay. Horned Grebe. — On Little 

 Tuppers Lake (Hamilton Co.). Oct. 22, 1881. Dr. A. K. Fisher and I saw 

 about eight Horned Grebes and I killed one of them. While crossing 

 Raquette Lake, the same day. Dr. Fisher shot another. At Big Moose 

 Lake (in Hamilton and Herkimer Counties) we saw this species every 

 day from Oct. 26 to Nov. 8, iSSi. Nov. 5 I shot one out of a flock of 

 nine. They were all in the plain fall dress, so that the size alone 

 enabled us to distinguish yoimg from old. In all the iris was of a bright 

 orange red. They are excellent divers and can remain under water an 

 astonishingly long period. — C Hart Merriam.M.D.. Locust Grove., N. T 



Errata. 

 In Vol. VII. page 26, line 6, for "An indistinct, dusky" read "A black." 

 Same page, foot note, for "ovKew" read '•oiKeto." 



* Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VI, pp. 225-235. 



