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General Notes . 
and showed no signs of previous captivity. Ipdeed in that thinly settled 
region the capture of an escaped cage bird would be an unlikely event. 
The specimen is now in the collection of Mr. George A. Boardman. ' 
This adds another case to the list of southern birds that have occasion- 
ally found their way to the neighborhood of the Bay of Fundy. The 
causes of their coming still remain hidden, and more light is needed 
before the facts can be satisfactorily explained. — Charles F. Batchel- 
der, Cambridge , Mass. 
The Evening Grosbeak in New York. — Mr. Charles F. Earle writes 
me from Syracuse, N. Y., July nth, as follows: “On the 8th of the 
present month I saw a male Evening Grosbeak ( Hesfierofihona vesferA 
tina ) near Marcellus Station, Onondaga County, N. Y. Being engaged 
in fly-fishing at the time, I was unable to secure the bird ; but there is no 
question of the identification, as I had a good view of it at reasonably 
close quarters.” — Elliott Coues, Washington, D.C. 
The Black-throated Bunting in Florida. — Neither Professor Allen 
in his “Winter Birds of East Florida,” nor Mr. Maynard in his work on l! 
the birds of Eastern North America, includes the Black-throated Bunting 
(Sj>iza americana ) as an inhabitant of Florida ; hence the following note of 
its capture there may be worth recording. While walking along the fence 
row of an old field near Fernandina on April 22d, 1881, looking for Shrikes 
and Ground Doves, I heard the familiar note of this well-dressed Bunting 
in. a small tree near the fence. He was immediately secured, but although 
I afterwards searched diligently for others, none were found. — C. W. 
Beckham, Bardstown, Ky. 
Distribution of the Fish Crow ( Corvus ossifragus .) — During a 
recent trip to Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., Virginia, I was much sur- 
prised to find the Fish Crow exceedingly common — quite as numerous, 
in fact, as the Common Crow (C . frugivorus) . The locality in question 
is entirely surrounded by mountains — Monticello and Ragged Mountains 
to the east and south, the Blue Ridge only about twelve miles to the west- 
ward — and is distant at least sixty miles from the nearest tide-water. — 
Robert Ridgway, Washington, D. C. 
The Swallow-tailed Kite (. Elano'ides forficatus') taken in South- 
ern Michigan. — Two fine specimens, male and female, of the Swallow- 
tailed Kite, were taken near this place, June 19, 1882, by Mr. Charles Chit- 
tenden. When first discovered by him they were foraging about his 
dove house, and causing a great commotion among the inmates. 
The female was shot and instantly killed, while her mate, who was only 
slightly wounded, was secured alive. The latter is now in the possession 
of Dr. N. Paquette of Petersburg. They were properly identified by com- 
parison with a nicely mounted specimen in my collection, which came 
