Vol. XIV 
1897 
General Notes. 89 
B. Hinton, of Kissimmee, Florida, Superintendent of Schools for Osceola 
County, who, under date of November 16, 1896, gives the following infor- 
mation concerning it. 
“Mr. J. R. Graves, proprietor of the ‘Lake House,’ purchased some 
Quail a few days ago from a young fellow from the country, and among 
the Quail was this Dove. Knowing my fondness for birds he gave me 
theDove. It was put in a coop (6 X g ft.) with some Carolina Doves and 
some Quail, where it seemed to be contented for two or three days, eating 
wheat and corn grits with as much relish as would a cooped chicken. But 
something frightened it from its roost night before last and it killed 
itself by flying against the woven wire with which the coop is covered. 
The astonishing thing is the velocity with which the bird flies, even at 
the moment it springs into the air. The coop mentioned is only four 
feet tall; yet this Dove struck the wire with such force as almost to strip 
one of its wings from its body, exposing, also, its windpipe completely.” 
So far as I am aware, this species has never before been observed so 
far north in Florida, where, even much farther south, its occurrence seems 
to be exceedingly rare. — RoBert RrpGway, Washington, D. C. 
The California Vulture in Alberta.—On the roth of September last 
(1896) I saw between Calgary and the Rocky Mountains two fine speci- 
mens of the California Vulture, Psexdogryphus californianus. I was not 
aware that this bird was found east of the Rocky Mountains, or so far 
north as the point above mentioned.—J. FANNIN, Provincial Museum, 
Victoria, B. C. 
Golden Eagle (Agucla chrysaétos) taken near New Haven, Conn.—I 
have a fine Golden Eagle, killed in Woodbridge, within five miles of New 
Haven, about Oct. 1, 1896. I received it in the flesh the next day after 
it was killed. It was eating a Red-tailed Hawk when killed, and we took 
portions of the Hawk from its crop. It was a female, in fine plumage.— 
A. E. VERRILL, Vew Haven, Conn. 
Abundance of Owls on the Coast of British Columbia.— Never in the 
history of my observations, which covers a period of thirty years, has 
there been such a gathering of Owls on the coast of British Columbia as 
that which has taken place this fall. The gathering is represented by the 
following species: Dusky Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus saturatus), 
Snowy Owl (Wycfea nyctea), Kennicott’s Screech Owl (Megascops aszo 
kennicotti?), and the California Pygmy Owl (Glauctdium gnona califor- 
nmicum). ’ 
They have literally invaded the land, and the two first mentioned 
species are playing havoc with chickens, turkeys, quail, in fact anything 
they can lay their claws on. The extreme cold weather reported in the 
North is probably the cause of this migration.—J. FANNIN, Provincial 
Museum, Victoria, B. C. 
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