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and more elevated than Verplank's Point. It was fortified 

 and garrisoned by the British, until, in a gallant attack under 

 the command of Major Lee, it was taken by the Americans, 

 who ably maintained it to the close of the war. The fortifica- 

 tion is in a state of decay, and sheep peaceably occupy that 

 ground which formerly bristled with bayonets. 



Hudson River, May, 1823. T. W. 



Art. III. Additions to the Catalogue of British Birds, with Notice 

 of the Occurrence of several rare Species. Communicated by 

 William Yarrell, Esq. FX. & Z.S., in a Letter to the Con* 

 ductor. 



Sir, 

 I AM indebted to the kindness of several friends for the 

 pleasure of transmitting to you the names of four birds as 

 additions to the British fauna, and also a list of occasional 

 visitors, some of which are of very rare occurrence. 



Fa'lco ru'fipes (Bechstein), 

 . Ingrian Falcon of Latham, Syn., vol. i. p. 102.; Orange- 

 legged Hobby, Lath. Syn.Supp., vol.ii. p. 46. ; Faucon a pieds 

 rouges, Temm. Man., vol. i. p. 38. 



Three examples of this small falcon were observed together 

 at Horning in Norfolk, in the month of May, 1830, and for- 

 tunately all three were obtained. On examination they proved 

 to be an adult male and female, and a young male in imma- 

 ture plumage. A fourth specimen, a female, has also been shot 

 in Holkham Park ; and others will probably be found in pre- 

 served collections, on close exartiination, as some little diffi- 

 culty occurs in detecting them, from their resemblance to 

 other British species. The old male is somewhat like our 

 hobby, but smaller ; and the female resembles the merlin. A 

 figure of the male, in the Planches enluminees of BufFon, 

 No. 431., is called " variete singuliere du Hobreau." A 

 living female is now in the garden of the Zoological Society 

 in the Regent's Park, which was brought from the European 

 continent during the last summer ; and I possess a male and 

 female preserved, which were given me by my friend Mr. 

 John Morgan! These last were brought from Russia, where 

 they are said to be plentiful. 



^lau'da alpe'stris Linn» 

 Shore Lark of Pennant's Arctic Zoology, vol. ii. p. 392. ; 

 and of Lath. Syn., vol.iv. p. 585. ; Alouette a hausse-col noir, 

 Temm. Man. d'Orn., vol. i. p. 279. ; Wilson's Birds of the 

 United States, vol, i. p. 85. pi. 5. fig. 4. 



