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which were shown to Mr. George N. Lawrence, and pronounced to he the 
Ipswich Sparrow (Passerculus princeps). They were shot on the salt 
meadows of the island, and were in company with Savannah Sparrows 
{Passerculus savanna) and Swamp Sparrows {Melospiza palustris). This is 
the most southern record of this species.* — H. B. Bailey, Newton, Mass. 
The Pigeon-Hawk {Falco columharius) at Sea. — While returning from 
a trip to Labrador^ last summer, I observed small Hawks, undoubtedly of 
this species, at a considerable distance from land, on two occasions. 
The first occasion was on the 5th of September. We were crossing the 
Gulf of St. Lawrence, and were in sight of the coast of Newfoundland, 
which was about twelve or fifteen miles distant. As many as four Hawks 
were seen, which came so near that we were able to recognize them as 
Pigeon-Hawks. They seemed to be perfectly at home, flying over the 
water, and showed no fear of the vessel, several times alighting on the 
rigging. 
The first that appeared had a Leach’s Petrel, dead, in his talons. He 
alighted with this, on the fore-crosstrees, and proceeded to eat it. The 
sailors were unwilling that we should fire into the rigging, so a young 
man went up the fore-rigging, and nearly caught the Hawk, which flew 
off, leaving his prey behind him. Three other Hawks came off to the ves- 
sel during the day, and were all shot, but all, unfortunately, fell into the 
water and could not be secured. The day was bright, clear, and warm, 
with a light wind from the north, so that we made very little progress. 
The Hawks appeared to come from the direction of Newfoundland. 
The second occasion was during our run from Cape Sable to Boston, 
about fifty miles from the nearest land. It was the 10th of September, a 
bright day, with a strong northw'est wind. A small Hawk, probably a 
Pigeon-Hawk, passed the vessel, flying to windward. Dr. Cones, in his 
“ Notes on the Ornithology of Labtador,” mentions that a Hawk of this 
species came on board their vessel during their return voyage, in a very 
exhausted condition. This bird, howeA^er, was very shy, and w^as imme- 
diately frightened away from the vessel. He also mentions seeing sev- 
eral Sparrow-Hawks while in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, off Cape Breton 
Island, which “ circled quite closely around the vessel, showing but little 
fear.” — J ohn Murdoch, Cambridge, Mass. 
Capture op a Second Specimen of Helminthophaga leucobron- 
CHiALis. — In the first ntimber of the Bulletin for the year 1876, Mr. Wm. 
Brewster described a new species of Helminthophaga {H. leucohronchialis) , 
which he obtained in Newtonville, Mass., on May 18, 1870. He says in 
his article, “ Whether it must be placed in the same category with the 
* For other records of occurrence of this species see this Bulletin, VoL I, 
pp. 18, 52, and Vol. II, p. 27. 
