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From New York Mr. Elliot sends us remarks, reprinted from 

 the 'Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York ' 

 for January 1862, on the occurrence of Barrow's Golden-eye 

 {Bucephala islandica) within the limits of the United States. 

 After noticing that several European species of Ducks had, within 

 a few years past, been obtained in the New York market (namely, 

 the English Widgeon, English Teal, and others), Mr. Elliot 

 states that several examples of the Golden-eye had recently been 

 found exposed for sale in Washington market, in company with 

 specimens of the American Golden-eye {Bucephala americana), 

 and proceeds to point out, with details, the differences between the 

 two species. 



At Philadelphia Mr. Cassin gives, in the ' Proceedings of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences,^ a " Catalogue of the Birds 

 collected by the U.S. North-Pacific Surveying and Exploring 

 Expedition, in command of Capt. John Rodgers." The collec- 

 tion, which embraces 163 species, was made in different parts of 

 the world — South Africa, China, Japan, and Western America. 

 One of the most interesting localities visited appears to have 

 been the Island of Tombaro, or New Ireland, where the follow- 

 ing birds were obtained : — 



Lamprotomis metallicus. Carpophaga van-ivyckii, 



Eclectus linnai. sp. nov. 



Eclectus polychlorus. Carpophaga luctuosa. 



The series of sea-birds, especially of those of the Northern 

 Pacific, appears to have been particularly fine, embracing such 

 rarities as Uria carbo, Pall., Uria arra, Pall., Phaleris pusilla 

 (Pall.), and a new large Petrel allied to Fulmarus glacialis, 

 which Mr. Cassin calls Fulmarus rodgersii, from the South 

 Indian Ocean. Mr. Cassin promises us further notes and figures 

 of the more remarkable species when the part of Commodore 

 llodgers's Report relating to Natural History is published. 



In the same number of the ' Proceedings of the Academy of 

 Philadelphia^ (p. 404), Mr. Elliott Coues describes the adult 

 dress of JEchmophorus clarkii, one of the Grebes included in his 

 previous Synopsis of the family, of which we spoke in our last 

 Number [antea, p. 107). 



