General Notes. 
I 2 I 
One rainy afternoon about the middle of July, while the Judge was 
catching salmon at the famous “Upper Pool” on the Godbout, Mr. Nap. 
A. Comeau and I climbed a high and densely wooded hill that rises from 
the western border of the pool, and when near the summit saw a Pine 
Grosbeak, in the slate and golden plumage, hopping about amongst, the 
branches of a large Balsam ( Abies balsamea ). I was within twenty feet 
from the bird, but having only a rifle was unable to secure it. Mr. 
Comeau, who lives at the mouth of the Godbout, told me that this species 
was by no means rare here, and that he regarded it as a resident. He has 
since written me that he shot several after I left, and that “the bird is 
quite common here both summer and winter.” Although he has never 
taken its nest, he says “I have no doubt they breed here, and I have often 
seen them in the early part of the fall while out trapping. They seem to 
be fond of keeping near streams and lakes.” 
Dr. Coues found the Pine Bullfinch breeding on the Labrador Coast, 
and I have no doubt that it breeds all along the north shore of the Gulf 
of St. Lawrence, and perhaps extends even as far west as the Saguenay, 
along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. It is asserted, on high 
authority, that it breeds in some parts of Northern New England. — C. 
Hart Merriam, M.D . , Locust Grove , N. T. 
COTURNICULUS LECONTEIj C. HENSLOWI. AND ClSTOTHORUS STELLA- 
ris in Florida. — Mr. C. J. Maynard has kindly placed at my disposal 
the following notes made during his recent trip to Florida. In November, 
1881, he spent three weeks collecting at Rosewood, a small settlement on 
the northern edge of the Gulf Hummock, about eighteen miles northeast 
of Cedar Keys. Around the outskirts of this town were a number of old 
fields, grown up to rank grass and tall weeds, but nevertheless perfectly 
dry. Here he found Leconte’s Buntings, Henslow’s Buntings, Yellow- 
winged Sparrows, and Short-billed Marsh Wrens, associating together in 
comparative numbers ranking in the order in which their names are men- 
tioned. The first C. lecontei was shot November 4. Shortly afterwards 
they became so abundant that as many as twenty were sometimes 
seen in a day, but notwithstanding their numbers, it was by no means 
easy to obtain specimens. The chief difficulty arose from their excessive 
tameness, for they could rarely be forced to take wing, while in the 
long grass it was impossible to see them at a greater distance than a few 
yards. Indeed so very fearless were they that on several occasions Mr. 
Maynard nearly caught them in his insect net. All four species were 
apparently established for the winter. 
The detection of Leconte’s Bunting at Coosada, Alabama, by Mr. 
Brown,* and more recently in Chester County, South Carolina, by Mr. 
Loomis,f h as prepared us to expect it almost anywhere in the Southern 
States, but I believe that this is its first Florida record. The occurrence 
* See. this Bulletin, Vol. IV, p. 8. 
f See this Bulletin, Vol. VII, pp. 54-55. 
