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General Notes. 
oder Brewer’s Starling, Scolecofihagus Bre-weri , Nehrl. 5 1 . cyanocefih- 
alus Cab. . . . ), pp. 44-46, 57, 58. (3) Der Kentuckysanger oder Busch- 
sanger {Sylvia- Op or nis [sic.] — forjnosa Wils. . . . ), pp. 100-102, 
(4) Die Einfiedlerdrossel ( Tardus Pallasii Cab. . . . ), pp. 173, 174. (5) 
Der Gold- oder Kukukspecht {Colafites auratus Swns. . . . ), pp. 228-230, 
240, 241, 251-253, 265, 266. (6) Der Scherentyrann, Scheren- oder Gabel- 
schwanz {Milvulus forficatus , Swains. . . . ), pp. 325, 326, 333 ~ 335 - (7) 
Der blaugraue Fliegenfanger oder Miickenfanger {Poliofitila ceerulea 
Scl.), pp. 368-370, 380, 381, 393. .(8) Der Satrap oder das Gelbkron- 
goldhahncheu {Regains satrapa, Lichsts. . . . ), pp. 435, 436. (9) Die 
Bergdrossel {Oreoscofites inontanus Brd. . . . ), pp. 528-530. 
189. Rocky Mountains- Hiittensdnger oder Steinschmatzer { . . . Sialia 
arctica Swns.) Eine Vogelstudie aus den Felsingebergen. VonFr. Trefz. 
Ibid., p. 81. 
(Skiwrai flotcs. 
Description of a Nest of the Water Ouzel. — The nest of the 
Water Ouzel {Cinclus mexicanus') is perhaps not so well known as to make 
the following description of one wholly uninteresting. The nest when 
found was in good condition, and had evidently been used the past season. 
It was built under a slightly overhanging wall of limestone, on a ledge 
projecting seven or eight inches from the wall, and about four feet above 
low-water mark, the deepest part of a swift mountain stream flowing di- 
rectly beneath. The material of construction was a bright green moss, 
forming a rather conspicuous object for some distance along the opposite 
bank. The nest has a nearly spherical interior seven inches in diameter. 
The entrance is triangular, one side of the triangle forming the top and 
being three and one-half inches across and three inches above the lower 
angle. The most exposed side of the nest varies from three to four inches 
in thickness, the top and remainder being only an inch and a half through. 
At time of finding, the interior of the nest was perfectly clean, but out- 
side, just below the opening, the rock was discolored for some distance by 
excrement of the birds. Side by side with this nest was an older one par- 
tially destroyed, and 1 fancied I could see traces of still another on the 
same ledge not far off. The birds had evidently lived in the locality for 
some time. — R. S. Williams, Gold Run , Montana. 
The Short-billed Marsh Wren in New Hampshire. — On the 24th 
of August, 1881, while investigating the recesses of a fresh water marsh 
at Rye Beach, N. H., I found a colony of Short-billed Marsh Wrens {Cis- 
tothorus stellaris ) in a small meadow about a mile from the sea. One 
bird was shot, and five or six others seen and heard. 
