New name for the genus <I>Tetragonops</I>

V

°!8g^

VI

] GeneralNotes.

77

Mankato. Mr.Rose, therefore,isentitled tothecreditofsecuring thefirst

specimenfortheState, forhisbirdantedates

my

firstcapture bythirteen, and Mr.Cantwell'sbyfourteen years.

— Albert Lano,

Aitkin,Minn.

Note on Meleagris gallopavo fera.

—

Indiscussing the Turkey ques- tion(Auk,XIV,July, 1897,pp. 272-275)Ineglected toexpress a prefer- encefor Yieillot's terxnfera,and

make

theformal combinationhere given.

Also, there occurson p.274 the typographical error offeraforfera in citing the Gal.Ois.II,1S25,_p.10, pi. 201,and I inadvertently used the terms'ylvestrisinstead offerainciting theNouv. Diet.d'Hist.Nat.IX, 1S17,p.447.

— Elliott

Coues, Washington,D. C.

The

Golden Eagle and Barn

Owl

atNorthville,

Wayne

Co.,Mich.

— A

short time ago aGolden Eagle {Aquila c&rysaetos) wascaught at this place. Ithaddived

down

uponaflockofQuailand hadbecome entangled ina thick growthof raspberry bushes, and a

man

standing near by rushed upon the monster bird ami caught it alive. This is the first

specimenofitskind ever taken in this partof Michigan, andaccording toall indications it had been in captivity before, tor it is perfectly docile, and will devourits food in the presence of bystanders without fear. This Eagle not beingin its fulladult plumage I wrote to Dr.

ElliottCoues upon the subjectwho, in reply,said, "If your Eagle is feathered

down

the shanksto the roots of the toes it is the Golden Eagle," which proves its identity beyond a doubt.

Sometime

during the last daysof October, 1S9S,a Barn

Owl

[Strix pratincola)wasshotby Mr.

Abraham

Sheffieldnear Northville,Michigan.

It has been

mounted

and is now- in possessionof Stark Bros., of that place.

The

Barn

Owl

is very rare in Michigan, and very few have been found in the State.

—

James

B.Purdy,Plymouth. Michigan.

New Name

forthe

Genus

Tetragonops.

—

TetragonopsJardine (Edinb.

New

^Phil.Journ. II, No. 2, Oct. 1855, 404), as a genus of American Barbets is preoccupied by Tetragonops Gerstacker (Monatsb. Akad.

Berlin, Feb. orMarch,1855, 85),andIwill propose initsstead Pan,the

name

of amythological godof theforests.

The

two

known

specieswill then he.

Pan

rhamphastinus (Jardine),and

Pan

franfzii (Scl.).

—

Chas.

W. Richmond,

U.S.Nat. Museum, Washington,D. C.

Notes onthe

Myology

of

Hemiprocne

zonaris.

—

It might he sup- posed that the anatomical possibilities of so small a group as the Swiftshadbeen exhausted, butthat thisis not thecase is

shown

by an examinationofHemiprocnezonaris, forwhichI

am

indebtedtoMr. C.B.

TaylorofJamaica.

The

cranium^istypically cypseline, soare the wing muscles,although the deltoid is small,as in the majority of the true Swifts, there beingan apparent tendency to reduction in the

number