The Purple Martin. 



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THE 



PURPLE MARTIN. 



{Progne purpurea.) 



Page 87. Add ; — 



This North American species is said to have been shot 

 on one occasion near Kingstown in Ireland, in 1839 or 1840, 

 and the specimen is in the DubHn Museum. 



Page 129. Add. 



The American Darter. 



bill, as well as by the curious ribbed tail 

 Cormorant. 



THE 



AMERICAN 



DARTER. 



{Plotiis auhiuga.) 



Professor 

 Newton ('Die. 

 tionary of 

 Birds,' p. 882) 

 calls attention 

 to the fact that a Darter has 

 been shot in England, though 

 the occurrence has been omitted 

 by most writers on British Orni- 

 thology, myself among the 

 number. In the 'Zoologist' 

 for 1852 (pp. 3601, 3654), the 

 Rev. A. C. Smith states that a 

 specimen of a Darter was shot 

 near Poole, in Dorsetshire, in 

 June, 1851, by a young man 

 named Cripps. I quite agree 

 with Professor Newton that 

 the record of the capture of 

 this American bird in British 

 waters is quite as well-estab- 

 lished as many other instances 

 of occasional visitors. 



The Darter is distinguished 



by its long neck and serrated 



It has otherwise the appearance of a 



THE 



TRUMPETER SWAN. 



{Cygnus buccinator.) 



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A young Swan was shot near Aldeburgh in October, 

 1866. It is believed to be an immature bird of the American 

 Trumpeter Swan, and has been so identified by Professor 

 Newton. As the species is often kept in confinement in 



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