2 76 General Notes. [July 
A Hawk bearing a Legend.—Mr. James M. Knight, keeper of the light- 
house at Cape Canaveral, Florida, picked up a dead Duck Hawk (Faico 
peregrinus anatum) on the beach near his station, December 10, 1888. 
He first noticed the Hawk the day before, and saw that it was in feeble con- 
dition. On examining it, he found an old fashioned tin cap box attached 
to its neck by means of a wire. Undoubtedly this had interfered with 
the capture and deglutition of its food, and as a consequence, the bird was 
much emaciated. On opening the cap box a piece of paper was found bear- 
ing the following legend: ‘Oct. 10, 88; Schr. Gov. Hall, Frying Pan 
L't Ship, U. S. A; 7 mile wind, N. E. by E., overcast and moderate. 
Joun Cain, JR., 516 Linden St., Camden, N. J.” 
Mr. Cain, who liberated the bird, wrote Mr. Knight as follows in regard 
to the occurrence: ‘‘This is the second Hawk that I have wired, but the 
first heard from. They often come on board at sea, and for curiosity we 
often wire them to see in what part of the country we may hear from them.” 
Frying Pan Shoals Light Ship lies off Cape Fear, North Carolina, a 
little less than 400 miles from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 
The bird lived with this encumbrance about its meck just two months. 
For the above facts lam indebted to Lieut. Commander R. D. Hitchcock, 
Light-House Inspector, 6th District, who sent me all the correspondence 
on the subject, and also forwarded the wing and foot of the Hawk for posi- 
tive identification.—C. Hart Merriam, Washington, D. C. 
Micropallas whitneyi, Elf Owl, taken in Texas.—I have just purchased 
from Goodale and Frazar, Boston,a fine male specimen of Micropallas 
“whitney?, taken by Mr. F. B. Armstrong in Hidalgo Co., Texas, April 5, 
1889. I quote from Messrs. Goodale and Frazar, in answer to my inquir- 
ies: ‘Date and locality positive. The Owl was taken by Armstrong 
while camped five miles from Hidalgo, and is the only one he sent us. 
We were surprised to see the bird from Texas, as we did not know that it 
got as far east as that, and think it is a very good record. He said noth- 
ing about when he shot it or whether it was breeding, but when we write 
to him again we will make inquiries.” This is a bird unexpected in Texas, 
and especially unlooked for at a low altitude near the Gulf Coast, so far 
removed from the giant cactus whlch it occupies so frequently in Arizona. 
—GEero. B. SEnNETT, Fre, Pa. 
Antrostomus vociferus in Porto Rico.—A box of birds lately sent 
to me from Porto Rico by Mr. Clark P. Streator contained a female speci- 
men of A. vociferus. This is, I believe, the first West Indian record for 
this species. —CHARLES B. Cory, Boston, Mass. 
The Olivaceous Flycatcher and Phoebe in Colorado. — At Fort Lyon, 
Colorado, I took, May 11, 1883, a male My¢archus lawrencett olivasceus, 
and on April 20, 1884, amale Sayornis phabe. These birds have lately been 
submitted by Dr. J. C. Merrill, U. S. A., to Mr. William Brewster, who 
