The Labra 
The specimen that ' 
time since in the O. & * 
we predicted went into 
It created quite an in 
scribers and we regr 
authorized to announce 
lost to America. 
An anuoyi ng ty pograj 
in Mr. Norris’ editora 
article on the Americ 
number, (p. 87 ). 
that the eggs w< 
in number, generally 1 
ed in the note, “ my 
to believe that ti 
commonly a set,” but 
read, “ my experience 1 
these eggs are v/ry co 
of course, was nonsens< 
A Correction. — In 1 
gray Gnatcatcher in th 
line from the top, inste 
“ density.” 
Washington, I). C. 
2 34 
General Notes. 
[April 
If 
two at 3 p. M. , one between three and four, and five during the following 
hour, the last being in lat. 43° 25', or 27 miles N. E. by E. half E. from 
the point of first observation. All were flying E. by N. 
The following morning, May 26, observations were commenced at foul- 
o’clock, but no Phalaropes were seen until 5 a. m. when small bunches, 
estimated to contain, in all, twenty-five birds passed, flying E. by S. A 
single pair was seen at 1 p. m., and ten were recorded at two o'clock. 
Single biids were noted at 4 and 6 P. M., and an estimated number of 
thirty was recorded at the end of the following hour. At 8 p. m. a flock 
often or twelve was heard as they flew overhead, passing south. The 
position of the first record of the day was lat. 43 0 30', long. 68° 25', and 
the distance between the extreme stations of observation was 82 miles, 
the latitude of the latter being 43 0 47', and the longitude, 66° 33', or a 
position 18 miles N. W. by W. of Gannet Rock. 
On the morning of the 27th we were in sight of this island, and as it 
was nearly calm all day, we only succeeded in passing Cape Sable by sun- 
set. During the entire morning Phalaropes were seen coming from up 
the bay and flying southerly, or out to the ooen ocean. They were in 
Migration of the Red Phalarope ( Crymophilus fulicarius '). — During a 
four weeks’ cruise to the Gulf of St. Lawrence last spring, I gained con- 
siderable information concerning the migration of the Red Phalarope. I 
sailed from Gloucester on May 24, and the first Phalaropes were seen on 
the following day, being more or less abundant until reaching Cape 
Breton Island. They were not again seen until, passing Cape North, we 
entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The exact position of the first birds 
seen was lat. 43° 2', long. 69° 13', or 132 miles W. by N. of Seal Island 
on the Nova Scotia coast. At this point seven were seen at 11 a. m., 
vards night it 
in rafts upon 
gunshot, fly a 
seemed to be 
e at that par- 
rning of May 
‘jogging’ off 
f threatening 
the morning, 
from two to 
\o sea. 
itering Liver- 
>f Phalaropes 
ently settling 
51, a number 
seen between 
jtrly as abun- 
to the east- 
Phalaropes. 
), and twelve 
>ing to feed. 
mui c were seen until we passed Cape Canso and were off Chedabucto 
Bay on June 3, when one was seen flying south at 4.30, and three flying 
east at 5 r. m., they being the last that were noted until rounding Cape 
North from the eastward, and although I inquired of fishermen at various 
times, especially at Louisbourg, off Scatari, at Sidney, and at Inganish, 
I failed to hear of any except a very few stragglers off Scatari Island on 
the 5th or 6th. I questioned very closely at Inganish and found that 
these birds usually passed that place, but had not been seen this year. As 
