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tilde is the same as in the plate, but it grasps in its talons an Hudsonian 

 Curlew instead of "a fish. I well remember the old Peale Museum 

 label (since lost) which accompanied this bird after it came into the 

 custody of the Boston Society of Natural History, with the inscription 

 "Presented by A. Wilson." This Eagle was shot near Great Egg 

 Harbour, X. J., in January, 1812, or earlier. 



The other specimen, in immature plumage, is the original of Wil- 

 son's plate 55, figure 2 (7, 1813, p. 16). Although Wilson suspected 

 that it was the young of //. leucocephalus, it stands in his work as the 

 Sea Eagle, Falco ossifragus, which is in reality the young of the Old 

 World Haliaedus albicilla. 



Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.). 



Falco peregrinus Ord, Wils. Orn., 9, 1814, p. 120, pi. 76. Nee Tunstall. 

 Falco anatum Bonap., Geogr. & Compar. List., 1838, p. 4. 



M. C. Z. No. 67848. Although this specimen is mounted with its 

 wings diiferently placed from those of Wilson's beautiful drawing, 

 I am persuaded by a careful perusal of Ord's description and scrutiny 

 of Wilson's plate that it is the original of both. Wilson's bird was 

 shot near Great Egg Harbour, N. J., Dec, 1812. 



Tyto perlata pratincola (Bonap.). 



Strix flammea Wils., 6, 1812, p. 57, pi. 50, fig. 2. Nee Pontoppidan nee Linn. 

 Strix pratincola Bonap., Geogr. & Compar. Li.st, 1838, p. 7. 



M. C. Z. No. 67849. Appears to be the original of Wilson's figure. 



Asio wilsonl^nus (Less.). 

 Strix otus Wils., 6, 1812, p. 73, pi. 51, fig. 3. Nee Linn. 

 M. C. Z. No. 67850. Very probably the specimen drawn by Wilson. 



Otus asio naevius (Gmel.). 



M. C. Z. No. 67851. Perhaps the original of Wilson's figure, 3, 

 1811, pi. 19, fig. 1. 



