OCT^^ 1 



NOTES ON RHODE ISLAND ORNITHOLOGY. 



Vol. I. OCTOBER. No. 



Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology, a qiiarteily publication for 

 the purpose of furthering interest in ornithology in the State of Rhode 

 Island. Published and edited by Reginald Heber Howe, Jr. Address, 

 Longwood, Brookline, Massachusetts. 



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\'olume I of " Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology" is completed' with 

 the present number. It has been its purpose to put into ornithological 

 literature records of Rhode Island birds that otherwise would perhaps 

 have never been, recorded, and the Editor believes that the paper can 

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GENERAL NOTES. 



First Record of. the Blue Goose in Rhode Island, with Correction of 

 Three Erroneous Records, and Other Notes. — There has been recently 

 added to the Charles H. Smith collection at Roger Williams Park, Provi- 

 dence, a young male of the Blue Goose which was shot at Noyes Beach, 

 Westerly, on March 16, 1S94, by Dr. E. R. Lewis. This is the first 

 authentic record for this State, it being a rare bird in all New England. 



There are, however, three erroneous records of this species in the " Birds 

 of Rhode Island "by Howe and Sturtevant : one taken at Charlestown 

 Beach on Oct. 16, 1S92, by Mr. F. L. Glezen, and two killed at New- 

 port and presented by Mr. Newton Dexter to the Brown University collec- 

 tion. I have carefully exainined the three specimens and find they are all 

 young Lesser Snow Geese {Chen hyperborea). 



Sora Rail {Porzana Carolina). A fine male in breeding pUmiage was 



