2*1 A. General Notes. Ljuly 



The male assists in incubation, and also in taking care of the joung. 

 Palmer's Thrasher is very bold when you are at the nest, and will often 

 come Avithin a few feet, while Bendire's Thrasher will slip off the nest 

 and you mav not see it even if you remain by the nest for a half hour 

 or more. — Josiah H. Clark, Tucson, Arizona. 



Carolina Wren at Lyme, Conn., in December. — On the morning of 

 December 17, 1897, I was surprised to see and hear a Carolina Wren 

 {Thryothorus ludovichutus) at this place. As it is the first one I have 

 ever seen in New England, it may be of interest to record the occurrence. 

 — Arthur "VV. Brockway, Lyme, Conn. 



Nesting Habits of the Robin..— In Jslr. Howe's interesting paper on 

 the ' Breeding Habits of the Robin ' I notice (Auk, XV, April, 1898, 

 p. 167) that he has not observed an instance of a second brood being 

 raised in the same nest. So it may be of interest to note that here a 

 slightly different record can be made. 



I have under observation at this writing three nests in ^vhich second 

 clutches of eggs have been laid and are now being incubated. One is in 

 a window corner of my office, — and in this case the lining was not even 

 changed. The first egg was laid just one week after the young of the 

 first brood left the nest. 



Another nest is in the cornice of a stable building, and in this instance 

 the lining was torn out and replaced by fresh material. The third nest is 

 in a young linden tree, and I did not notice the house cleaning after the 

 first brood left. 



Last year a Robin built her nest and raised a brood in the transom 

 over the door of the Glen Island Museum. She returned about a week 

 after the flight of the first brood, and laid three eggs, but deserted them, 

 when about half incubated. I think I recognize her as the same one that 

 has built in my office window this 3'ear. — S. M. McCormick, Glen Island 

 Mnsetim, Westchester Co., JVerv York. 



Notes From Ontario. — The American Magpie (Pica pica hudsonica') 

 is recorded as occurring on rare occasions in Algoma, northwestern On- 

 tario. This season several specimens have wandered far east and south. 

 On March 12, 1898, Chas. M. Clarke of Kingston, observed a Magpie near 

 Odessa, and since that date two specimens have been shot and sent to the 

 taxidermist. This is believed to be the first time Magpies have been 

 recorded in Eastern Ontario. 



Horned Larks breed regularly in this district. Last year the Rev. C. 

 Young, of Lansdowne, found a nest (eggs slightly incubated) on April 

 5. This year I found a nest on April 3. The eggs were four in number, 

 incubation almost completed. There is some doubt about the variety of 

 the Horned Lark which breeds here, although I have little hesitation in 

 classifying the eggs found this season as those of Otocoris alfestris prati 



