896 General Notes. [ December, 
OCCURRENCE OF THE WEB-FINGERED SEA-ROBIN ON THE COAST 
oF Maine.—I wish to place on record the occurrence on the 
coast of Maine of Prionotus carolinus (Linn.) Cuv. and Val., the 
web-fingered sea-robin. ave a specimen which I obtained 
from a fisherman who took it in a seine with other fishes off 
Harpswell in Casco bay, on June 26th of this year. The fisher- 
man informs me that another specimen was obtained at the same 
time. 
This species seems never to have been mentioned as occurring 
so far north before. Storer in his “‘ History of the Fishes of Mas- 
sachusetts,” 1867 (Mem. Amer. Acad.), states that it occasionally 
occurs in Massachusetts bay. Goode and Bean in their “ Cata- 
logue of the Fishes of Essex County, Mass.” (Bulletin of the 
Essex Institute, Vol. x1), mention specimens taken at Salem.—ZL. 
A, Lee, Brunswick, Maine. 
THE LITTLE STRIPED SKUNK CLIMBING.—It may not be uninter- 
esting to know that one alone of the skunk family, so far as I have 
observed, possesses the faculty of tree climbing; the Mephitis pu- 
torius. This is a well established fact,as the numerous specimens 
captured, with one exception, all have been taken from trees, and 
the species is common, only less abundant than the Mephitis 
mephitica, the climbing proclivity is too often put to the test for 
the animal’s good. I am not aware that this habit has ever been 
mentioned in published works; nor do I think that it is known 
outside of this State—G. W. Marnock, Helotes, Texas. 
VORACIOUSNESS OF CHORDEILES POPETUE Bartrp.—While out 
gunning a few evenings ago, I shot a specimen of the above spe- 
cies, that was flying very low. Just in the dusk of evening, I was 
surprised to find the bird so heavy and so large. The next morn- 
ing when I came to take the skin off, I found the cause of the 
weight and enlargement was principally due to the food the crea- 
ture had taken. I took from the food sacks as many insects as I 
could hold in the hollow of one hand, and counted them. To my 
astonishment I found over six hundred. There were gnats and 
flies of several species, ants, small beetles and the legs of grass- 
hoppers. I think these birds ought to be encouraged as insect 
_ exterminators.—F, L. Harvey, Ark. Ind. Univ., Fayetteville, Ark. 
LEECHES ON A TurTLE—To-day I found a turtle thirteen centi- 
meters long and seven centimeters wide, on which were two hun- 
dred and forty-nine leeches. One of these, attached to the left side 
of the neck, was of adult size. The others averaging about three 
mm. in length in the contracted state were divided in three 
groups. The largest situated in the fold above the right hind leg. 
contained one hundred and forty-three. The next above the left ne 
hind leg contained ninety-two. The last above the right fore leg 
contained thirteen.— Wm. Herbert Rollins, 12 Beacon street, Boston. 
