62 General Notes. ff"'' 



LJan. 



Tringa canutus. Knot. — There has been quite a large flight of Knots 

 this fall, and I have obtained three. The hunters from the gun clubs 

 along the beach have shot a large number of this species, all of which are 

 in the juvenile plumage. One of my birds, taken August 21, shows a 

 Avash of pale brick red over the lower parts. It is rather strange that 

 none are observed in the adult plumage. Although the majority of the 

 maritime birds observed are juveniles, there are always (excepting in the 

 case of T. camittis) a few adults among them. 



Macrorhamphus griseus. Dowitcher. — On August 21 my friend, 

 R. A. Norris, shot an adult of this species, which was flying with a flock 

 of ten or more along the beach at Whiting, Indiana. 



Symphemia semipalmata. Willet. — On August 14, at Millers, I 

 obtained five of these birds from a flock of twelve, as they were feeding 

 on a sand bar along Lake Michigan. Much to my surprise they would 

 return to my call, and I could have obtained nearly the whole if I had so 

 desired. 



.^gialitis meloda circumcincta. Belted Piping Plover. — This 

 species has become very rare in the last fifteen years, and on hearing that 

 a gentleman had obtained a pair on the 27th of September at Millers, I 

 went down there on the following Saturday. I obtained an adult male, 

 and also found two pairs of young in the down, the mother bird having 

 been shot on the 37th. I was attracted to them b}' their plaintive piping 

 and found them almost dead from starvation. While this record of find- 

 ing the young is a rare one, being, I believe, the first one for this region, 

 both the gentleman who shot the old birds and myself regret the taking 

 of the breeding birds. The group is mounted and in the collection 

 of the writer in the Chicago Academy of Sciences. 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. — On the 21st of August, at 

 Millers, I obtained a juvenile Bald Eagle and saw five more which had 

 nested in that locality. Even at this late date they were still in the vicin- 

 ity of the nest, which I found. This is the second brood of Bald Eagles 

 which have nested at Millers this year, and the record is a rather unusual 

 one, the locality being so near the railroads and the city of Chicago. — 

 Frank M. Woodruff, Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago, III. 



