General Notes . 
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are usually taken early in June, but I find among my notes the record of 
a set taken August 5, 1873, at Dedham, Maine, the eggs being but slightly 
incubated. This would seem to be presumptive evidence for the belief 
that these birds raise two broods in a season. 
Lomvia arra brunnichi ( Scl .} Ridgvj . Brunnich’s Guillemot; and 
Lomvia troile {Linn.} Brandt. Common Guillemot. — These birds 
are found on our coast in the winter season, Brunnich’s Guillemot being 
quite numerous, while the Common Guillemot is more rare. Some idea 
of their comparative numbers may perhaps be obtained from the fact that 
during the past two years I have procured some thirty specimens from 
different points on our coast (from Grand Manan to South Bristol) and 
out of this number only one was a representative of the Common Guille- 
mot ( L . troile .) The experience of Mr. N. A. Eddy of this city is exactly 
similar, and out of about an equal number of specimens he has obtained 
but a single example of troile. Other collectors in this vicinity who have 
received numbers of Guillemots have not obtained a specimen of Lomvia 
troile. 
Actodromas fuscicollis ( Vie ill.} Ridgvj. Bonaparte’s Sandpiper. — 
This bird is not given as a resident of our State in Hamlin’s, Verrill’s or 
Maynard’s lists, but is still a not uncommon autumnal migrant along our 
coast. They are seldom met with in the interior, and the only records 
of their capture away from the coast, so far as I can learn, are here given. 
Nathan C. Brown furnishes me the first record from his notes as follows : 
“ Oct. 16, 1876. During the past two weeks our party has taken only 
three specimens of this bird at Lake Umbagog. One was shot about Oct. 
2, the two others upon Oct. 14.” On October 23, 1881, I came upon a 
flock of four at a small pool near this city (Bangor), and obtained three 
of them. Mr. N. A. Eddy afterwards took one at the same place. — Harry 
Merrill, Bangor , Maine. 
Stray Notes from Lookout Mountain. Tenn. — The following 
notes were taken on Lookout Mountain. Tenn. , from March 17 to April 4, 
1882. The “Mountain,” so-called, is a ridge, some twenty miles or more 
in length, extending nearly due north and south. Its altitude ranges from 
2200 to 2450 feet above the sea, and from 1500 to 1750 feet above the Ten- 
nessee River, which touches the base at its most northern point : its width, 
at the top, is from half a mile to two miles. About two miles of its north- 
ern end is in Tennessee, the rest being in Georgia. My collecting was 
done mostly on the Tennessee portion, but occasionally I went into Geor- 
gia, my longest trip into that State being five miles. The country is, for 
the most part, heavily wooded, although towards the northern end a great 
deal of the timber was destroyed during the late war and the new growth 
is still quite small. There are numerous streams in the ravines, along 
the banks of which laurels, blackberries, etc., grow luxuriantly. On the 
east side of the ridge there are, for half a mile, huge boulders, and the 
trees, principally pines, on and around them, were, I found, a favorite re- 
