now in

iSyi.J General Notes. '^I3

occur in this plateau region. Perhaps the Sparrow

Hawk

ofthe plateau region of Texas, ⁱⁿ which Torn

Green County

is situated, willprovetobe distinct from the easternbird

when more

carefullystudied.

—

^G.H.

Rags-

dale, Gainsvillc, Texas.

Great Gray

Owl

in Worcester County, Mass.

— A

Great

Gray Owl

{Scotiapfex entered)

was

killed in Princeton,Feb. 28,by E. T. Whit- taker, a

member

oftheWorcester Sportsmen'sClub.

The

daywas severely cold, the thermoneterregistering4°below zero. Thisisthe firstrecord for thisspeciesinthis Countj'.

—

George

B.

Churchill,

Worcester,Afass.

Acadian

Owl

{^Nyctala aeudica) at

Washington,

D. C.

— The

Acadian CJwl has always beenconsidered ofextremelyrareoccurrenceatthe Cap-

ital; in fact until thepresent winter butfivespecimens were

known

from this locality.

The

first of these was taken by Mr. Drexler

some

years ago. which

was

followedby anoccasional capturefrom timeto time.

On December

12, 1890, an adultmale was taken by Mr. Walter B. Barrows threemileseast ofthe city at Brookland. This servedas astimulusfor close search, and onJanuarj'4, 1891, reward

came

in theshapeof three femalestaken by Mr. _J. D. Figginsandmyself. These were mostlyin a densethicket of pines, lessthan halfan acre in extent, and the peculiar- ity especially noticeable was the fact that not a single male

was

tobe found, although

we

searched the

woods

again andagain, aswellas neigh- boringpatches ofpine.

On

Feb. 4or5, 1S91, oneflew into the Smithson- ian buildingwhere it

was

captured alive, and

now

servesasone ofthe attractionsofthe 'Zoo',

making

a totaloffivetaken the pastwinter,or as

many

asallprevfous records taken together.

^ Itwould appear from this that thespecies is

much more common

than ordinarilysupposed, butifsuchbe the case itisstrange t'natno

more

have been taken, as scarcely a

week

has passed that Mr. Figgins and myself havenot spentatleastoneda}- in thewoods,and alwaj'swith an eyeopen forNyctala, but since therecord ofJanuary 4, nota featherhas rewarded ourefforts, and it must. I think, still beconsidered asoneof the rarer birdsofthedistrict.

—

Edwin M. Hasbrouck,

Washhiffto?!, D. C.

OccurrenceoftheGroove-billed

Ani

at JupiterInlet, Florida.

—

While at

Palm

Beach,

Lake

Worth, Fla.,

my

friend, Mr. FranzKinzel,a resi- dent there, informed

me

that an example of Crotofihaga stilcirostris

Swains, had been shot duringthe first

week

inJanuarylastatJupiterIn- let. Mr. Kinzel

examined

thebird, andidentifiedithimself with the aid of Ridgway's ^'Manual,' in which it is stated that this species hasonly occurred in the UnitedStates in theValley of the lowerRio

Grande

in Texas, thenceextending southwards to Peru.

—

A. S.

Packard,

Broxvii

University, Providence,R. I.

Groove-billed Ani (Crotophagasulcirostris) in Arizona.

— A

specimen of theGroove-billed

Ani

is

now

in

my

possessionwhich was shot about