BlKO NOTES, 1S9 



147— Rare summer visitor at Aim Arbor, Mich.; arrives about April 

 10 and departs I&st of October ; eggs are. laid middle of May— A- B. 

 (.'overt. viii., 17, S'iS- Found near ^V'ashington, D. C— (R. F. 

 Boisea'.i). viii., 33, 361— C^omniou in the soutliern counties of Michi- 

 gan — "Ai-clier" (G. A. BlockvreJij. 



Rallns longirostris. Clapper Eail. i., 21, 325— Sometimes found on the 

 freshwater meadows of the Delaware; abundant on the salt -water 

 meadows— "Homo" (Chas. S. Westcott). i., 23, 359— An answer to 

 a correspondent : probably this species which he shot in the Buliaiiias, 

 •n'faere he states they are called Gauldings.by the negroes, ii., 4, GO— 

 Found on the Potomac marshes— " Piseco" (Li. L. Beardsley). ii., 

 11, 163— Many heard' in the Lake Okeechobee region, Fla.— Fred A. 

 Ober. vii., ll, 313^Commou in the Middle States- Editors, viii., 

 23, 361 - Found in Mioliigan—" Archer" (G. A. ^tockwell). x., 6, 99 

 —Noticed at New Utrecht, N. Y., the last of February, 1878— J. H. 

 B.(atty), 



Ballus virg'Thiaims. Virginia Rail, i., SI, 335— Very numerous on the 

 Delaware— " Homo " (Chas. S. Westoolt). ii., 17, 36 L— Noticed at 

 Barnegat Bay, N. J., April 38, 1874— C. H. Eagle, iv., 20,[316— One 

 killed at Fort Scott, Kansas- "Um-zoo-Ee." v., 3, 36— Abundant near 

 Salem, Mass., Aug. 16, 1875— R. L. Newcomb. v., 16, 353— One 

 shot at Morgantown, N. C, about Nov. 15, 1875— H. vi., 13, 304^ 

 Common at Hudson, Ohio, April 3(f, 1870- F. vi., 18, 384^Found 

 / in Nebraska— 0. H. Phillips, vii., 8, 110— Very common in Conn.; 

 breeds -Robt. T. Morris, vii., li', 147— Very common after April 

 15 at Ann ^rbor, Mich. ; eggs laid by May 10 ; depart middle of Oct. 

 — A. B. Covert, vii., 14, 312— Found commonly in the Middle 

 States— Editors, vii., 15, 330 — Common summer resident in Central . 

 New York ; arrives last week in April ; breeds — H. G. Fowler, viii., 

 17, 268— Found near "Washington, D. C— (R. F.Boiseau). viii., 33, 

 361— Found in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 9, 165 

 —Common on the meadows at Chatham, N. J. — Harold Herrick, 



BaTen. SeeCorvus corcas. 



Kazor-Mlled Auk. See Uiamania tarda. , 

 , Eecurvirostra americana. Avooet. vii., 35,' 389— Killed near Fort 

 Sanders, "Wyoming, April 31, 1875; they breed in the mountains near 

 by some lakes — A. 6. Brackett. viii., 15, 325 — Arrives May 4 on the 

 Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, and i» found in small numbers until Oct. 

 30,; breeds just north of here— Chas. E. McChesney. viii., 33, 361 — 

 Found in Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell).' ix,, 8, 152 — 

 Found in Nebraska — "Yo." xii., 30, 385— First, seen in Southern 

 AVyoming April 33 ; a female taken May 17 with a full formed egg in 

 the oviduct— 8. W. "Willistoa. 



Ked Bird. See Cardinalis mrginian/us. 



Bed Bird, Summer, See Pyranga (estiva. 



Bed Crossbill. See Loxia cumirostra americana. 



Bed Plialarope, See PMlaropus fuUcamms. 



Bedstart. See Setophaga rutidlla. 



Bed-baclted Sandpiper. See Tringa alpina americana. 



Bed-bellied Nuthatcli. See Siita canadensis. 



Bed-bellied "Woodpecker. See Gentarus caa-oUmia. 

 ^ Eed-breasted Merganser. See Mergus serratdr. 

 § Bed-breasted Sandpiper. See Tringa canutus. 

 s Eed-breasted Snipe. See Maororhamphiis griseus. 

 f Bed-cockade il "Woodpecker. See Piaus borealis. 



Bed-eyed Vireo. See Vireo olivaceus. 



