NoTEeEsS ON RHODE ISLAND ORNITHOLOGY. 7 
Unusual Abundance of the Coot and Other Notes.— A large flock of 
800 to 1000 Coot (fulica americana) have been feeding in Point 
Judith Pond since the middle of October and were still there on Nov. 30, 
1900. This is the second year that they have been seen in such 
numbers. A fine male adult Pintail (Dajila acuta) was shot by Capt. 
H. M. Knowles, U. S. Life Saving Service, on Nov. 4, 1900, at Point Judith 
Pond, and was presented by him to the C. H. Smith Collection in the 
Museum of Natural History at Roger Williams Park. There was a 
female in company with this bird, and another party on the same day 
secured a male from a flock of about twenty. Dr. John W. Keefe, of 
Providence, informed me that he shot an adult male Baldpate (Mareca 
americana) at Point Judith marsh, during the latter part of Sept., 1900. 
Two were seen. A male Florida Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) was shot 
at Point Judith marsh on Nov. 29, 1900, which is a late date for it. There 
is in the C. H. Smith Collection at Roger Williams Park a fine adult 
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) which was shot between Narragansett 
Pier and Point Judith by Rowland A. Gavitt in February, 1897. It was in 
company with a small flock of American Eiders which had been feeding in 
this locality during the winter. 
South Auburn, Dec. §, 1900. Harry S. HatTHAway. 
Another Golden Eagle in Rhode Islahd.— Another Golden Eagle 
(Aguila chrysaétos) has been taken in RhodeIsland. This Eagle, a female, 
in nearly complete plumage, now in my collection, was shot November 
1oth, 1900, in Tiverton, on a farm near Tiverton Four Corners, by a 
Portuguese farm-hand. 
Fall River, Mass., December 26, 1900. J. B. RicHarps, 
Autumn Notes from Rhode Island.—The Bay Snipe shooting this 
year (1900) at Newport and vicinity was poorer than usual owing to the 
excessive drought which dried up all the marshes. Towards the end of 
the summer, however, the writer made some fair bags. Among the birds 
he shot, the following records may be of interest; July 23, English Snipe 
(Gallinago delicata); July 29, one. Greater Yellowleg (Totanus melan- 
olencus); Aug. 3, three Stilt Sandpipers (Macropalama himantopus); July 
16, one Dowitcher (Macrorhamphus griseus); Aug. 23, one Stilt Sandpiper 
(UM. himantopus); Sept. 8, one Baird’s Sandpiper (Zringa batrdit) 
(recorded before); Sept. 11, two Dowitches (IZ. griseus); Sept. 19, twenty- 
four Pectoral Sandpiper (7vinga maculata), six Golden Plover (Charad- 
rius dominicus), nine Greater Yellowlegs (7 .melanoleucus),thirteen Lesser 
Yellowlegs (7. flavipes) ; Nov. 29, one English Snipe (G. dedécata); Dec. 
1, one Harlequin Duck; Dec. 21, one Mallard. (Azas boschas) was taken 
near Prudence Island. 
Newport. Le Roy Kine. 
A Trip to Cormorant Rock.—I spent December 22, 23, and 24, 1900, 
with Mr. Edward Sturtevant at Newport. On the 22 we tramped out over 
the Second Beach Marshes, Middletown, and were interested to find a 
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