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and this is what Brisson should have written. Nevertheless, the name 
has served so long as a distinguishing mark of the genus, that it would he 
by no means advisable to attempt to make an exchange for the etymologi- 
cally correct form. It is, however, an interesting example of the necessity 
of a little care in compounding scientific names, if we wish to have them 
retain any meaning. — John Murdoch, Roxbury, Mass. 
Breeding of the Woodcock in Georgia. — Mr. A. T. Cunningham of 
Atlanta — an enthusiastic sportsman and competent observer — informs 
me that one of a party consisting of his brother Mr. C. M. Cunningham, 
Mr. Martin Tuffts, Mr. Rusell (all of Savannah), and himself, while wood- 
cock-shooting on February 17, 1878, at Winkler’s and Bead’s rice-planta- 
tions on the Savannah River about twelve miles from that city, in the 
swamp through which runs the trestle-work of the Charleston and Savan- 
nah Railroad, Hushed a female Woodcock from a nest containing four eggs. 
The nest was found after the bird had been shot. Upon this discovery 
the party gave up shooting. From the actions of other birds of the same 
species seen on that day, showing an unwillingness to go far from the 
spots whence they were first flushed, Mr. Cunningham is of the opinion 
that they were laying. He states that he has frequently seen Woodcock — • 
single birds — at various times throughout the summer, in the swamps 
near Savannah. The inference is that they breed there. — J. F. Head, 
Atlanta , Ga. ( Communicated by E. G.) 
[The Woodcock has been found breeding as far south as Jacksonville, 
Florida ( Boardman , Forest and Stream, VIII, 82). While in Jacksonville 
I had the pleasure of examining the young birds spoken of by Mr. Board- 
man, and also four chicks of another brood taken near the city on March 
10, 1877 ; all were of about the same size, perhaps a week old. Old 
hunters at Saint Mary’s, Camden County, Georgia, have also assured me 
that the Woodcock remains in that neighborhood throughout the year. — . 
William Brewster.] 
Interesting Captures. — My near neighbors, the brothers E. 0. and 
Outram Bangs, have received during the past week two species whose 
undoubted occurrence in Massachusetts is worthy of mention : — 
Ibis falcinellus. Glossy Ibis. — A specimen of this species, now con- 
ceded to be identical wuth Ibis ordi of Bonaparte, was purchased in 
the Boston market. It was a fine adult specimen, and had been secured 
at Orleans, Cape Cod, May 5. Its previous capture here has been re- 
corded by Emmons, Cabot, Nuttall, and others, most recently by Mr. J. A. 
Allen, from Nantucket (Am. Nat., Ill, 637), and by Hr. Palmer, from 
Alton, N. H. (Am. Nat., V, p. 120). 
Phalaropus hyperboreus, Temm. — Northern Phalarope. — A 
single specimen, not in full plumage, was shot at the same place, and 
found inthe market May 10. It had been dead several days, and the exact 
date of its capture cannot be given, but probably about May 5. — T. M. 
Brewer, Boston , Mass. 
