APPENDICES TO PART I. 



I. CATALOGUE OF INTRODUCED SPECIES AND 

 DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Chenalopex segyptiaca (Linnaeus). Egyptian Goose. 



Two were seen flying about the Connecticut river, at Portland, 

 Oct. 20, 1895, and one was shot. Both were undoubtedly escaped 

 tame birds ; but they must have come from a distance, as none, 

 so far as is known, were ever kept within twenty miles of Port- 

 land. 



Grus americana (Linnaeus). Whooping Crane. 



Grus mexicana (Miiller). Sandhill Crane. 



Though these species are reported by many of the earlier 

 writers on Natural History as more or less common in the sur- 

 rounding states, there seems to be no definite record of the cap- 

 ture of either in Connecticut. Undoubtedly both occurred when 

 the country was discovered, but there is little probability that 

 either has been taken within the last hundred years. 



Erolia ferruginea (Briinnich). Curlew Sandpiper. 



There are but two records of this species in this state, both 

 appearing in Merriam •} one shot near Saybrook " some time 

 ^-go" (J- G. Ely, 1877), and one killed Oct. 3, 1859, East Hart- 

 ford (reported by Dr. D. Crary of Hartford). Neither of these 

 records can be considered absolutely trustworthy. 



■ The record of Dr. Thompson, as reported by Merriam, was 

 proven later by L. C. S. to be that of a Stilt Sandpiper. 



Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus). European Quail. Migratory 

 Quail. 



Numbers of these birds were liberated in 1878, at Lakeville, 

 by the Salisbury Bird and Fish Protective Company. They nested 



1 Merriam, Birds of Connecticut, p. io6. 



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