6 NoTEs ON RHODE ISLAND ORNITHOLOGY. 
A Correction. — The fifteen Grackles reported under Spring Arrivals 
1900 at Bristol Ferry, March 7, in No. 2, p. 10, of this publication, should 
have been credited to Mr. E. Sturtevant, not to Mr. H. S. Hathaway. 
Rare Shore Birds taken in R. I.— The following Sandpipers were 
taken by Mr. Wm. R. Davenport at Middletown, R. I., this past autumn, 
1900: Five Stilt Sandpipers (Adicropalama himantopus) Aug. 25; nine, 
Aug. 27; two, Sept. 5; and one Sept. 8. One Buff-breasted Sandpiper 
(Tryngites subruficollis) Sept. 10, and one Baird’s Sandpiper (ZTrzmga 
batirdiz) Sept. 13. I saw and identified the Baird’s, Buff-breasted, and 
three of the Stilts. 
Taunton, Mass., Oct. 26, 1900. ? A. C. BENT. 
The European Woodcock (Scolofam rusticola) in R. I1.—In C. J. 
Maynard’s ‘‘ Birds of Eastern United States,” Revised Edition, 1896, 
p- 221, I find the following: ‘‘ First recorded from New Jersey and 
Rhode Island by George W. [N.] Lawrence, in 1866,” referring to the 
European Woodcock. Mr. Maynard’s authority seems to be based on 
Baird, Brewer and Ridgway’s “ North American Birds ” Water Birds, Vol. 
I, 1884, p. 181, from which I quote ‘‘Mr. George N. Lawrence cites 
another instance, where a friend of his shot, near Newport, R. I., a 
large Woodcock, which weighed fourteen ounces”; as the identification is 
based alone on weight this species must be included as a Rhode Island 
bird with some misgivings. It is stated, however, ‘‘ that our Woodcock 
rarely reaches and never exceeds nine ounces, while the usual weight of 
the European [bird] is fourteen.” 
Cambridge, Mass., Nov., 1900. GLovEeR M. ALLEN. 
The Olive-sided Flycatcher in R. I.— On May 24, 1900, at Chepachet, 
R. I., I saw a single Olive-sided Flycatcher. 
Chepachet, R. I., June 13, 1900. Juria M. Hit. 
A Trip to Cormorant Rock.—On Dec. 1, 1900, the writer sailed off 
to Cormorant Rock ona shooting excursion. The following species of 
birds were observed on the Rock or in its immediate vicinity: Sheldrake 
(Merganser serrator), Eider (Somateria dresseriz), Purple Sandpiper 
(Tringa maritima), Golden Eye (Clangula c. americana), Black Duck 
(Anas obscura), Surf Scoter (Ozdemia perspicellata), American Scoter 
(O. americana), White-winged Scoter (O. deglandz), Old Squaw (Harelda 
hyemalis), Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histyiontcus), Cormorant (Phala- 
crocorax carbo), Double-crested Cormorant (P. aurttus), Canada Goose 
(Branta canadensis), Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), Kittiwake (2issa 
trydactyla), Bonaparte’s Gull (Larus philadelphia), seven, Razor-billed’ 
Auks (Alca torda), Brtinnichs Murre (Urza lomvza), Horned Grebe (Col-- 
ymbus auritus), Loon (Gavia imber). About twenty Hider Ducks were: 
seen and two Harlequins, one of which was shot. Numbers of Snow 
Buntings (Plectrophenan nivalis) were observed flying overhead. 
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