14 Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology. 



were seen and positively identified, though none were shot; both young 

 and adults were feeding with the Herring Gulls near the place where 

 garbage is dumped into Narragansett Bay, at Foft Adams, R. I. 



American Merganser {Merganser ainericanus). — Common on Narra- 

 gansett Bay from February 20 to April 25, 1899. 



Hooded Merganser {Lofhodytes cucullatus). — A female and a young 

 male, mounted by Mr. Charles B. Clark of Newport, were shot on the 

 marshes near Second Beach, in October, 1899. The young male was pur- 

 chased by Mr. Harry S. Hathaway, of Providence, for the Smith collection. 



King Eider {Somateria spectabilis). — A male was taken off Conanicut. 

 Island during the winter of 1898-99. Seen mounted in a store in James- 

 town. 



Hudsonian Godwit {JLimosa hcemasticd). — One flew close to our 

 house, at Fort Adams, August 7, 1899. 



Killdeer {/Egialitis vociferd). — AKilldeerwas seen on the extreme 

 south end of the Island of Rhode Island, March 4, 1900, and one on the 

 neighboring golf fields March 28. 



American Long-eared Owl (Ast'o -wilsonianus). — One was shot in a 

 thicket near Fort Adams, February 20, igoo. 



Great Horned Owl {Bubo virginianus). — On November 20, 1899, 

 Mr. Isaac Clark lay concealed beside a small pond on Conanicut Island, 

 watching a muskrat that he was trying to shoot. Intent on killing the 

 muskrat that had given trouble by injuring the dam, Mr. Clark asur- 

 prised to see the animal suddenly dive. Looking up, the cause was dis- 

 covered. A Great Horned Owl {Bubo virginianus) was flying overhead, 

 also intent on capturing the muskrat. A pair wintered at the stone- 

 crusher in the quarry near the Bonaparte house, south of Newport, 

 during the winter of 1899-1900. I heai'd that one of them was shot in 

 February or March. They also fed on muskrats, as indicated by skulls 

 found about their feeding ground. A Great Horned Owl was seen by 

 Mr. Philip Peckham, at Middletown, in May, 1900. 



Orchard Oriole {Icterus spurius). — June 18, 1899, a young male of 

 the second year was singing in an apple orchard near Fort Adams, where 

 a nest was subsequently seen. Two were found in the same orchard 

 May 27, 1900. 



Snow Bunting {Plectrofhenax nivalis). — My father collected an adult 

 (No. 11,895 collection of Edgar A. Mearns), November 10, 1899, which 

 was moulting; all rectrices and some wing quills were just sprouting. 

 This bird was alone on the rocky shore at Fort Adams. Another was 

 seen there two days later. 



Tree S'pavrovr {Spizella monticola'). — Arrived November 7, 1899,011 

 which date not less than 100 were seen and a specimen collected. 



Yellow-breasted Chat {Icteria viretis). — Chats bred in a swampy 

 thicket near Fort Adams, in June, 1899. They disappeared before the 

 end of summer. They returned to the same locality May 23, 1900. Sev- 

 eral pairs were found in thickets along streams in the vicinity of Hang" 

 ing Rock, Middletown, R. I., June 2, 1900. 



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