Note on the generic names <I>Bellona, Orthorhynchus, Chrysolampis</I>, and <I>Eulampis</I>

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GeneralNotes.

485

GENERAL NOTES.

Curlew Sandpiper in

New

Jersey.

— On

_July 29,1904, afriend shot at

Long

Beach, BarnegatBaj, N._J.,astrange sandpiper. Itwas forwarded to me,but unfortunately, the weather beingexceedingly

warm,

the bird was spoiled beyond the possibility of skinning

when

I received it. I

recognizedit atonceasEroliaferruginea, evidenth' anadultmale infull

plumage.

The

rufous colorof the breastand throat wasvery deep and

rich. Ihavenever seenanysandpiper, notevenof this species, sohighly and beautifullycolored. Ihave thespecimen preservedin alcohol.

—

John Lewis

Childs, Floral Park,N. Y.

Occurrenceofthe SpottedSandpiperinKent,England.

—

^It

may

beof interest toreadersof'TheAuk' to learnthattwoexamples,amale and a female, of the Spotted Sandpiper {Totanus fnacularius), were shot in

Romney

Marsh, Kent, on

May

5, 1904. Ihad the pleasureof handling

them

in thefleshwhile they werestill infresh condition.

The

birdswere exhibited at a meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club on

May

18, 1904{cf. J.L.Bonhote,Bull. B. O.

C,

Vol.XIV,pp. 84,85.)—

W. Ruskin BuTTERFiELD,

St.Leonards-on-Sea, Etigland.

Killdeers at Allen's Harbor,R. I.

— From August

16, 1904, untilSep- tember II, I stayed at Allen's or Quiduessett Harbor, North Kingston, R.I.,fivemiles east ofEastGreenwich. ThereIfoundin anopenclosely cattle-croppedfielda flockofabout adozenKilldeers{Oxyechusvociferus).

They

inhabited this field where doubtless they bred,

making

frequent visits to thesaltmarshes about the harbor.

Mourning Doves

werecom-

mon

with them, visiting thecornfieldsinsteadof the marshes.

A

trust- worthy farmer tells

me

that they have bred in the pasture for years

commonly. He

has often seentheiryoung.

— ^Reginald Heber Howe,

Jr., Concord,A/ass.

Note on theGeneric

Names

Bellona, Orthorhynchus, Chrysolampis, and Eulampis.

—

^{Belloiia Mulsant}and Verreaux

(Mem.

Cherb.XII, 1S66, 219) is preoccupied by Bellona Reichenbach (Natlirl. S3st. Vogel, 1852, p. xxx) for a fossil. It

may

be

renamed

Microlyssa, with Trochilus exilis

Gmelin

asthetype. OrthorhynchusLacepfede(Tabl.Oiseaux,_1799, 9) which has sometimes been usedfor the above genus cannotstand, as notypewas specified by the author and thediagnosis isnot diagnostic.

Froriep (Dumeril's Analyt. Zool. 1806, 47) gives Trochilus viinttnus and mosquitusofLinnaeus under the genus Orthorhynchus andis appar- entlythefirstauthortoincludeany species under thisterm,though the

name

hadpreviously been used by severalauthors. If

we

take Trochilus minimus Linn, as the type of Brisson's genus Mellisuga itwouldleave

TrochilustnosquitusLinn,asthetypeof Orthorhynchus.

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^{General Notes.}

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Boie(Isis, 1831, 546)gavefivespecies underhisgenus Ckrysolampis,as follows: I. Troch. moschitus Linn., 2. elatusGm., ^3. cyanotnelas Gm., 4. guianefisis

Gm.,

5. carbtincuhts

Gm. Now

Nos. 2, 4,

and 5 are

synonyms

of No. i, and No. 3 is a

synonym

of Trochilus jugtilarisLinn.,andas ithas been

shown

abovethat Trochilus moschitus (or mosquitus) Linn, is the type of Orthovhynchus it leaves Trochilus jugularis Linn, asthe typeof ChrysolampisBoie.

Boie (Isis, 1831, 547) gavefour species under hisgenus£«/«;«//5,as follows: I. Tr. violaceus Gm., 2. Jugularis'L.inn., 3. auratus

, 4. niger P.

Max.

Nos. ⁱ and3 are sj^nonymsof No.2, andas thatisalready the typeof Chtysolatnpisit leaves Trochilus nigerP.Max.

as the typeof

Eulampis

Boie.

—

^{J.H. Riley,} Washington,D. C.

On

the Proper

Name

of the

Tody

of Jamaica.

—

Linnieusinthe loth edition of the ^' Systema Naturae,' p. 116,

named

the Jamaican Tody, [Alcedo] Todus. In the 12th edition of the

same

work,p. 178.

when

he institutedthe genus, Todus,he

renamed

^it, [Todus] viridis,the

name

it

hassincegoneunder, but inviewoftheabovefactitshouldbe

known

in the futureas Todustodusby those zoologists

who

regard the loth edition ofthe ^'Systema Naturae^' as the startingpoint of zoological nomencla- ture.

—

_J. H.Riley, Washington, D. C.

The

Bobolink in Colorado.

—

In his bulletin on Birds of Colorado Professor

Cooke

notes five records of theBobolink {Dolichofiyx oryzi- vorus)intheState, including eightbirds inall,and inhissecond supple-

ment

givestwo

more

records of onebird each. Otherrecords

may now

be added.

One

birdwas takenatBoulderabout two yearsago by Mr. L.

C

Bragg, thespecimen bearingnodateand no record having been

made

of it.

One

was seenbythe writereast of Boulder on _July9, 1903.

One

wasreportedontheUniversity

campus

atBoulderby Dr._J. R. Brackett, onJuly30, 1903.

Ten

malesandseveralfemaleswereseen by the writer and Mr. H. F. Watts in

marshy ground

just east of Boulder on

May

24, 1904,andabout the

same number

on

May

30and31. Iwas accompanied on the last trip by Professor C. Juday. ^{. I} haveheard rumors of their occurrence here before, and

am

inclined to suspect that they

may

be found in a restricted area every year.

—

Junius

Henderson,

Boulder,

Colorado.

Henslow's Sparrow in

Munroe

County, Pa.

—

While on a walk with

Wm.

_J. Sewill, between Strondsburg and

Mount

Pocono,

Monroe

Co., Pa.,

May

29of this year,Iheard the noteofHenslow's

Sparrow

^[Coturni-

culus hensloxvii) and

upon

investigation at leasttwo pairs were found.

They

wereina^field,wellup onthemountain justaboveHenryville, act- ingasusual and uttering their chc-ticksfrom timeto time.

— ^William

L.Baily,Philadelphia, Pa.