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strange intruder had returned. A neighbor who is fond of shooting was 

 called in, the bird winged, and after a sharp chase overtaken. It showed 

 plenty of fig-lit, and, to use the words of its captor, " chattered very like a 

 monkey." It was entirely alone, and had not been seen before in the 

 vicinity. It was sent to Mr. Charles I. Goodale, our well-known Boston 

 taxidermist, by whom it was finely mounted. Mr. Goodale first called my 

 attention to it while it was still in his possession, and upon writing to Mr. 

 Cunningham on the subject he very generously placed the bird at my dis- 

 posal, at the same time giving me the facts above recorded. The specimen 

 is in the spotted immature plumage, and is apparently very young, inasmuch 

 as many of the feathers still retain the peculiar hair-like filaments which 

 characterize the downy stage of Herons, and which are pushed outward on 

 the tips of the feathers that succeed. This fact, taken in connection with 

 the date of capture, is certainly suggestive of a not very remote breeding- 

 place, though the bird was perhaps old enough to have flown northward 

 from the Carolinas, its nearest known breeding-ground. — W. Brewster, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Additional Notes ox the Whistling Swan (Cygnus americanus) 

 in New England. — Since the appearance of my note on the Whistling 

 Swan in the Bulletin for October, 1878, the occurrence of two additional 

 New England specimens has been brought to my notice. The history of 

 the first of these is unfortunately involved in some obscurity, but neverthe- 

 less the following facts, for which I am indebted to my friend Dr. Brewer, 

 would seem to entitle it to mention as of probable New England origin. 



Shortly after the publication of the October Bulletin, Dr. Brewer, in 

 conversation with Mr. George O. Welch of Lynn, happened to speak of 

 the Nantucket specimen therein recorded. Mr. Welch at once said that 

 he remembered the shooting of a Swan at Nahant some fifteen years ago. 

 It was killed by a Mr. Taylor, who, having since died, cannot be looked to 

 for any further light on the subject. Mr. Welch, however, assured Dr. 

 Brewer that it was finally deposited in the collection of the Boston Society 

 of Natural History, and if still there might be recognized by traces of im- 

 mature plumage upon the head and neck. Upon referring to the cases of 

 mounted birds, a Swan fully answering this description was found. The 

 only data relating to it, however, is the simple record that it was presented 

 by Deming Jarvis, Esq. This gentleman, at that time, lived at Nahant, 

 and the only apparent flaw in the evidence is the fact that Mr. Welch 

 originally saw this bird at the house of a Mr. Tudor, to whom he then sup- 

 posed it belonged. This point is, however, of trifling importance, as it may 

 have changed hands several times before reaching its present resting-place. 



The other Swan was killed at Seabrook, N. H., October 18, 1878. It 

 is a male in immature plumage, and w r as shot by a gunner while lying off 

 shore in a dory waiting for Sea-Ducks. It was mounted by Mr. Emery C. 

 Greenwood, of Ipswich, Mass., to whom I am under obligations for the facts 

 just given. Although I have seen neither of the above specimens, the full 



