BIRD NOTfiS. l^:i 



Stockwell). viii., 17, 268— Found near Washington, D. C— (R. F. 

 Boiseaii). xi., 3, 47-- Abundant at Peotoue, 111.; breeds — D. H. 

 Eaton, xii., 6, 105 — Very common in Nova Scotia; build in large 

 colonies under the eaves of our public buildings — J. Matthew Jones, 

 xii., 17, 335 — Abundant; breeding on the face of clifEs near Como, 

 Wyoming — S. W. Williston. 



Pewee Tlycateher. See SayornU fusmia. 



Pew ee. Short-legged, See Gontopus mrena ■Hehardsonii. 



Pewee. Western Wood, See Gontopus mrena riehardsonii. 



Pewee. Wood, See Gontopus mrena. 



Phalaropus fulicaiius. Red Phalarope. i., 4, 59 — Short account of 

 habits by Editors, ii., 12, 179 — Found in the Bay of Fundyinthe 

 fall— J. H. Batty, viii., 22, 361— Found in Michigan— "Aicher" (Q. 

 A. Stockwell). 



Phalarope. Northern, See Lobipea hyperboreus. 



Phalarope. Red, See Phala/roptia fulica/riua. 



Phalarope. Wilson's, See Steganopus wilaoni. 



Philohela minor. Woodcock, i., 1, 12 — Account of habits, etc., by the 

 Editors, i., 7, 106— Are abundant in Smyth Co., Va.— Editors, i., 

 13, 204— Not very abundant in Florida— Editors, i., 14, 221— Very 

 abundant in Bryan, Liberty and Mcintosh Counties, Ga.— Editors. 1., 



15, 234— Are plenty Nov. 8, 1873, at Portland, Me. i., 15, 235— 

 Common at Lake Mills, Iowa — John Krider. i., 16, 247 — iligrated 

 South from Orange Co., N. Y., about Oct. 25, 1873 ; have seen them 

 as late as Christmas in open seasons — (Answer to correspondent), i., 



16, 251 — Describing Woodcock "boring," in which it is claimed that 

 the birds bore the holes and wait for worms to come to the top, and 

 that they do not find them when "boring." 1., 17, 259 — Common 

 near Parsboro,- Nova Scotia — A. B. Lamberton. i., 20,315 — Pound 

 in Yates Comity, New York, i., 23, 357— J. T. Wilson has a milk 

 white specimen, shot at Milton, Mass. i., 24, 871 — "Homo" de- 

 scribes an autumn hunt for Woodcock m Penn. i., 25, 395 — One 

 flushed near West Philadelphia, Penn., Jan. 23, 1874. ii., 1, 2 — 

 Found at Humboldt Bay, California — "Monmouth" (Aug. K. Eg- 

 bert), ii. , 2, 22 — Found a brood hatched on May 8, at Springfield, Mass, 

 — ' ' Adderbank. " ii. , 5, 75— One killed at Montgomery, Ala. , last of Feb. , 

 that was setting on eggs that were nearly hatched — T. S. D. ii., 6, 

 86 — Moult in August, when they take to the cornfields — "Homo" 

 (Chas. S. Westcott). ii., 9, 185— Found in Texas, ii., 12, 179— A 

 few are found on the Island of Grand Menan — J. H. Batty, ii., 15, 

 332 — Not knowil to have occurred in Newfoundland — Alex. Murray, 

 ii., 15, 235 — Letter to Editors against midsummer shooting, as the 

 first layings were destroyed owing to the bad spring (1874)— " Homo " 

 (Chas. S. Westcott).j| ii., 16, 242 — Abundant in Northern Louisiana, 

 where they are shot at night by torch-light, when, not attempting to 

 fly they are slaughtered, il., 16, 243 — Common at Beaver River, 

 Adirondacks; May 6 — P. H. A. ii., 23, 358 — Account of a shoot in 

 New Jersey — Horace Smith, ii., 23, 358 — Found near Stonington, 

 Conn.— "A Reader." ii., 33, 358— Found near Portland, Maine— F.W. 

 S. ii., 34, 874— Found near St. Paul, Minn, ii., 35, 394^0wing 

 to the late and hard spring only few birds raised their firist broods 

 this year (1874), therefore the Editors do not believe in July shooting. 

 ii., 35, 394 — Found on the hillsides in July at Great Barrington, 

 Mass. — C. H. Sage, ii., 36, 402 — Does not breed near Corinth, Miss., 

 and stops but a sliort time in the marshes in spring — "Guyon" (Col. 

 Rawlings Young), ii., 36, 410 — Are scarce near Salem, Mass., Aug. 

 1, 1874— R. L. Newcomb. ii., 36, 410— Are exceedingly scarce at 

 Moutello, Wis., July 30, 1874— "Fred Pond." ii., 36,, 410— Found 

 along the river bottoms near Minneapolis, Minn., July 31, 1874 — 



