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General Notes, 
Connecticut Notes. On August 24, 1S93, after the severe storm which 
swept the Atlantic coast, I visited the West Haven shore in the hopes of 
finding some shore birds, i had gone but a short distance when I noticed 
| a l ar g e Hawk in pursuit of some small bird, apparently a Sandpiper. As 
they passed within a few yards of me I shot the Hawk, which proved to be 
<xn American Goshawk in immature plumage. 
the bird which he had pursued settled in the grass near the edge of a 
small pool. On walking to the spot I flushed and shot the bird which was 
a Northern Phalarope in high summer plumage. Both birds were in 
excellent condition, but neither had anything in the stomach. -A. n. 
Verrill, New Haven, Conti. Auk X, Oot , 1893 p 371 ' 
Acciriitcr atricauillus . 
Hawk Flights in Connecticut, 
by C.C. Trowbridge. 
Auk, XII, July, 1395 , pp. 259 - 270 . 
See under Circus hudson ius . 
Editor O. cfc O.: 
During the fall of 1889 I added the follow- 
ing birds to my collection which are not 
very common in this locality. 
Oct. 2d. Goshawk, young, $>. 
Oct. 9tli. Sparrow Hawk, adult $. 
Oct. 18th. Pigeon Hawk, adult $ . 
Oct. 12th. White-crowned Sparrow, ? . 
Nov. 17th. Shot two Saw-wliet Owls 
(males). 
On October 14th I shot a White-throat Spar- 
row, of which the breast, head and down 
to the middle of the back are pure white; 
the wings, rest of the back and tail are of the 
usual color. 
While walking in the woods to-day we 
flushed a Woodcock, although the swamps 
have not been frozen until the past week I 
think the bird’s wintering is rare. 
W. H. Lucas. 
Bridgeport:, Conn., Jan. 26, 1890. 
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