General Notes. 
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from Georgia. As far as , 1 am aware this is the first recorded capture of 
this species within the State. Dr. Morris Gibbs in his List of the Birds 
of Michigan, 1879, admits it on the authority of Hon. D. D. Hughes of 
Grand Rapids, but cites 1 no recorded example having been taken. — Jerome 
Trombley, Petersburg , Munroe County , Michigan. 
Garzetta candidissima at Nantucket, Massachusetts. — Visiting 
the above-named island, Aug. 12, 1882, I saw in the shop of Mr. H. S. 
Sweet, *a mounted specimen of the Little White or Snowy Egret, which 
he said was shot near the' south-west shore, at Hummock pond, _ last 
March, by one of the men of the Life-saving Station. A straggler to 
New England, the species has occurred far less frequently than its larger 
relative the White Heron ( Herodias egretta ), and this capture in early 
spring is remarkable. — H. A. Purdie, Newton , Mass. 
The Snow Goose {Chen hyperboreus) at Sing Sing, New York. — 
On the morning of April 9th, 1882, a large flock of two or three hundred 
Snow Geese visited this place. They alighted several times at the mouth 
of the Ci'oton, where it empties into the Hudson, but being disturbed by 
the gunners, who were anxious for a shot at them, they at last flew farther 
up the river. I examined them by the aid of a powerful field-glass, at a 
distance of a few hundred yards, and being on elevated ground I could look 
down upon the flock and easily distinguish the black wing-tips of the 
adults as they flew. A few days previous - 1 saw *a single individual flying, 
who seemed to be taking the lay of the country. I was informed that the 
flock again passed down the river on the night of the 10th. — A. K. 
Fisher, M. D., Sing Sing, N. T. 
Note on the Long-tailed Duck. — On February 5, 1881, one of my 
friends procured a male specimen of the Long-tailed Duck (. Harelda gla- 
cial is), at Latrobe, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. The bird was shot 
on the only unfrozen, spot noticed on the creek at the time — it was during 
the coldest “snap” of the season — and was in a very emaciated condition. 
The occurrence of this species so far inland (west of and near the moun- 
tains) is noteworthy. It was altogether unknown to the gunners there- 
abouts, and was brought to me for identification. — Chas. H. Townsend, 
Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia. 
Lomvia arra brunnichi and L. troile in New England. — Mr. 
Merrill’s note on these birds in the July number of this Bulletin (p. 
191) was a timely correction of a long established error, for the common 
Murre found in winter off the New England coast is, as he has stated, 
Lomvia arra brunnichi , and not L. troile. At different times during the 
past ten years I have examined specimens from various points along the 
shores of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, and all of the nu- 
merous birds that have come under my notice have proved to be Briinnich’s 
