Brief Newsy Notes. 
Red Phalarope. — I have in my collec- 
tion a male in good plumage which was 
shot at high water on the meadows at this 
place May 22d, 1881. It was first seen 
swimming as gracefully as a duck. Is not 
this a rare visitor in New England 1 — Ohas. 
II. Neff, Portland, Conn9- & °- V11 ' Mar ' 1882. 
C. Hart Meriam, M. D., in his Review of 
the Birds of Connecticut, reports only one 
capture (sex not given) at Portland, Conn., 
in September. It is now i^ 
of W. W. Coe of that place. 
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collection 
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Crymophilus fulicarius. — Near Chicopee, Mass., on the 30th of Septem- 
ber, two young Red Phalaropes were captured from a flock of about a 
dozen. — Robert O. Morris, Springfield , Mass. 
Auk XI. April. 1894 d. in 
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General Notes. 
The Red Phalarope at Bridgeport, Conn. — Mr. J. C. A. Meeker has 
given me the skin of a male Crymopkilus fulicarius (Red Phalarope). 
The bird was found under some electric light wires on a bridge, May 20, 
1894.^ Upon skinning it there was found a dark mark across the breast,’ 
showing the bird had killed itself by flying against the wires. As this 
is a very rare bird in this part of Connecticut, the record may be of 
interest. — J. B. Canfield, Bridgeport , Conn. 
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Auk XII. Jan. 1896 p; 77 
