68 General Notes. [January 
Island, New York, Nov. 22, 1878. The bird was a male, not quite, but 
almost in mature plumage, and was shot in the bay south of Freeport, 
Long Island, and on account of its oddity brought to me. The specimen 
is now in the collection of the Long Island Historical Society.—Gro. B. 
BavGer, Haywards, California. 
Chen cerulescens in Massachusetts.—On October 26, 1876, 1 bought 
of Mr. Tufts, taxidermist, of Lynn, Mass., a mounted Blue Goose, the 
skin being still fresh, which is now in my possession. 
The specimen, a young female, with white on chin only, was shot “‘in or 
near Essex Creek, West Parish, Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 20, 1876.”—Wmn. 
A. JEFFRIES, Loston, Mass. 
Baird’s Sandpiper in Central New York.--While collecting at Onon- 
daga Lake, N. Y., August 27, 1888, I secured a Baird’s Sandpiper (Zriznga 
bairdiz). Thisappears to be the tenth for New York State; of the others, 
six have been recorded from Long Island (‘Forest and Stream’, Vol. X, 
Now 13) ip. 235, May 2, 18785) Ba N- O20.) Vols Ville yp. 123 hcS2i me amu 
Vol. II, p. 273, 1885), one from Locust Grove, Lewis County, by Mr. Hen- 
shaw (Auk, Vol. II, p. 384, 1885), and two from Fair Haven, Cayuga 
County, by Frank R. Rathburn (O. & O., Vol. VII, p. 133, 1832). More 
stragglers—if such they are—of this bird may be expected from the lakes 
of western and central New York, during the fall, as numbers of shore- 
birds visit them at that season.—Morris M. Green, Washington, D. C. 
The Northern Phalarope (Pkalarofus lobatus) in the Franconia Moun- 
tains, New Hampshire.—About five years ago, in September, while fishing 
on Profile Lake, Franconia, N. H.,I observed a bird sitting on the water, 
feeding on winged ants, of which thousands lay on the surface. The 
bird was fearless, allowed me to approach it in my canoe so closely that 
I could easily reach it with my landing net (handle not three feet long), 
and was not alarmed at several attempts I made to put the net gently over 
him. I observed him for nearly half an hour, constantly within a few 
feet of him, and then left him. I did not know the bird, and several 
friends, ornithologists, afterward expressed a wish that I had captured or 
killed him for examination. 
On September 22, 1888, while fishing on Lonesome Lake (about two 
miles from Profile Lake, on Mt. Cannon, nearly 3000 feet above sea- 
level), I saw another specimen of the same bird swimming duck-like 
among the sedges on the edge of the lake. He was equally fearless, 
allowing me to approach within hand reach, without alarm and without 
ceasing his employment, which was feeding on the seeds of the sedges. 
There was no mistake, in either case, as to what the bird was eating—in 
one case ants, in the other seed. In the latter case J greatly enjoyed 
watching the rapid and graceful action of the bird as he picked off the 
seeds, frequently stretching up, almost standing on the water, and reach- 
ing to seeds on high sedges. After ten minutes I concluded with great 
