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dubon states, that the second quill is longest : in a 

 specimen obtained on Sir John Franklin's expedition, 

 it was the fourth quill ; and in the one now brought 

 home by Mr. King, it is the third that has that dis- 

 tinction. 



Pigeon Hawk. (Falco columbarias.) F. B. A. 2. 



p. 35. 



In some specimens the second, in others the third, 

 quill exceeds the others in length : in Mr. King's, 

 these feathers are equal to each other ; and the other 

 primaries stand, as to length, in the following order : 

 4th, 1st, 5th, 6th. 



Long-eared owl. (Strix otas.) F. B. A. 2. p. 72. 



The specimen, though in complete plumage, is very 

 small, measuring only 14|. inches from the point of the 

 beak to the tip of the tail. The latter member is as 

 long as that of an ordinary individual, whose total length 

 is 17 inches. 



Little Tyrant Fly-catcher. {Tyrannula pusilla.) 



F. B. A. 2. p. 144. 



A bird of this species, obtained on Sir John Franklins 

 second expedition, at Carlton House, is figured in the 

 Fauna Boreali-Americana (t. 46. f. 1.); and Mr.Swainson, 

 who had obtained a specimen also from Mexico, points 

 out in that work its differences from the Mascicapa querula 

 of Wilson, or M.acadica of Gmelin and Bonaparte, which 

 it very nearly resembles, the plumage of both being pre- 

 cisely similar. T. pusilla has a shorter bill, and shorter 



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