Vol. 33, pp. 181-186 December 30, 1920 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON GENERAL NOTES. RECORDS OF SEVERAL RARE BIRDS FROM NEAR WASH-INGTON, D. C. Colymbus holboelli (Reinh.), Holboell's Grebe. A female was caught alive January 20, 1920, in Prince George Co., Md., just beyond the District Line by Mr. Lewis T. Miller. The specimen is now No. 256899, U. S. N. M. Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl), Wilson's Petrel. — A bird of this species secured June 27, 1914, was said to have t>een blown into a boat near Marshall Hall, Md., opposite Mt. Vernon. Mr. Edward S. Schmid, the Washington Taxidermist, received the bird alive, and gave it to Mr. Nelson R. Wood of the U. S. National Museum, who was able to keep it alive for about a week. He reports that the bird was unable to fly, ate only a little meat the first day or so, and was in poor condition. Now No. 236614, U. S. N. M. 9 ? Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.), Red Phalarope. — An apparently unre-corded specimen of the Red Phalarope was received by the U. S. National Museum in the flesh. The bird is a male, secured on October 4, 1897, at White's Ferry, Potomac River, Montgomery Co., Md., by Edward Land-voigt. Now No. 161924, U. S. N. M. Numenius americanus (Bechst.), Long-billed Curlew. — TheU. S. National Museum has catalogued a 9 of this species (No. 12624), that was received by the National Institute on April 11, 1842, and was secured by Mr. William Walker on the Potomac River. This specimen was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution from the Patent Office in 1858, and may be the bird referred to by Prof. W. W. Cooke as "Once taken on the Poto-mac River." (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXI, 1908, p. 116.) Charadrius dominicus dominions (Miiller), Golden Plover. — A female was secured on March 28, 1911, on Nanjemoy Creek, Md., by Mr. John B. Peyton, No. 213276, U. S. N. M. Coragyps urubu (Vieill.), Black Vulture. — Mr. William Palmer of the U. vS. National Museum informs me that in 1918 he observed three of these birds. On August 5th he watched two that were circling over his house at Georgetown. On August 15th he observed a juvenile bird at Chesapeake Beach, Md. Dr. Paul Bartsch reported having recently seen a Black Vulture near Washington, but I have not the exact date. (Proc. 33— Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash , Vol. 33, 1920. (181)
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