2 Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology. 



1. Colinus virginianus. Bob-white. — Common. 



2. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. — One seen on 14th. 



3. Porzana Carolina. Carolina Rail. — Uncommon. 



4. Podilymbus podiceps. Pied-billed Grebe. — One shot by a gun- 

 ner on the 13th. 



5. Gavia imber. Loon. — One seen on 9th. 



6. Sterna hirundo. Common Tern. — Rather common. 



7. Larus argentatus. Herring Gull. — Common. 



8. Arenaria interpres. Turnstone. — Two shot by C. S. Hammond 

 on the 8th. 



9. Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. — One shot by C. 

 S. Hammond on 8th. 



10. Charadrius dominicus. American Golden Plover. — Rare. 



11. .^gialitis vocifera. Killdeer Plover. — One shot by C. S. Ham- 

 mond on 9th. 



12. ^gialitis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. — Common. 



13. Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. — One shot by C. 

 S. Hammond on 8th. 



14. Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs. — One on the 9th. 



15. Totanus flavipes. Lesser Yellow-legs. — Common. 



16. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — Rather common. 



17. Bartramia longicauda. Bartramian Sandpiper. — One heard. 



18. Ereunetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — Very common. 



19. Ereunetes occidentalis. Western Sandpiper. — Rare. Three shot. 

 One on the 9th and two on the 12th. 



20. Calidris arenaria. Sanderi.ing. — Rare. One taken. 



21. Tringa minutilla. Least Sandpiper. — Common. 



22. Tringa maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. — Rare. 



23. Tringa bairdii. Baird's Sandpiper. — One shot on 14th, 6th record. 



24. Tringa fusicoUis. White-rumped Sandpiper. — Rare. Three 

 taken, 9th to i6th. 



25. Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. — Rare. 



[To be cotitinued.) 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Birds Observed at Point Judith, R. L, Novembers, 1901. — While making 

 a visit of a few hours at the Point, the following birds were noted. 



Larus argentatus. Herring Gull. — A few were seen flying over the 

 Point during the day coming from the northeast. The majority of them 

 were birds in young plumage. 



Nyroca affinis. Lesser Scaup Duck. — Several were noted at the 

 southern end of Point Judith Pond. 



Fulica americana. Coot. — I was informed by Capt. H. M. Knowles, 



