General Notes. 
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The Snake-bird in Kansas. — Prof. F. H. Snow, of the University of 
Kansas, writes as follows : “I have the pleasure of informing you of the 
capture of a specimen of the Snake-bird, Plotus anhinga , in the Solomon 
Valley in Western Kansas. It was taken in August of this year by C. 
W. Smith, Esq., of Stockton, and the skin is now in my possession.” — 
Elliott Coues, Washington , D. C. 
Capture of the Sea Dove 150 Miles from the Sea: — On Novem- 
ber 8th, 1881, a Sea Dove (Alle nigricans), was shot in the Hudson 
River, at Lansingburg, by Alfred Benjamin of that village. The bird 
was mounted by William Gibson of the same place, and is in his col- 
lection. — Austin F. Park, Troy, N. T. 
Additions to the Catalogue of North American Birds. — The 
following list includes all the species that have been added to the North 
American fauna since the publication of the “Nomenclature of North 
American Birds.” The numbers given these additional species indicate 
their position in the list; and I would suggest that any author publishing 
a species new to our fauna do the same; so that collectors and others may 
know its number. 
440.* Buteo fuliginosus Scl. Little Black Hawk. 
440.** Buteo brachyurus Vieill. Short-tailed Hawk; White- 
fronted Hawk. 
708.* Puffinus borealis Cory. Northern Shearwater. 
717.* CEstrelata gularis (Peale) Brewster. Peale’s Petrel. — Robert 
Ridgway, Washington , D. C. 
Notes on Some Birds of the Belt Mountains, Montana 
Territory. — The following observations were made in the southern 
range of the Belt Mountains, latitude about 46° 30', some miles to the 
west and south of the head-waters of the Musselshell, from which the 
land, intersected by frequent smaller streams, gradually rises to the foot 
of the low mountains, which are mostly forest-clad and of some 6,600 
feet elevation. The streams have little or no timber save in the moun- 
tains or among the foothills where scattering firs appear; but willows 
grow in dense thickets along the bank, striving apparently by numbers to 
make up for any lack in size. 
The notes extend from June 22 to July 3, 1880, three days excepted, when 
the writer was absent. All the birds were found within an area of a square 
mile, perhaps less, but the locality was unusually favorable, including 
several patches of burnt timber, a large open tract stretching up the moun- 
tain side to almost the summit, and two streams flowing in rather open 
canons with clumps of willows on either bank. 
Several interesting birds which were sought for unsuccessfully at this 
time I have since found in the Belt Range, viz. Cinclus mexicanus , Cyan- 
ocitta stelleri ( macrolojbha f) and Tetrao canadensis franhlini . Skins of 
most of the species mentioned were preserved. 
