Juno, 18b2.] 



AND OULOGlt^T. 



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albinistic form of the Cediir Waxwing. he 

 preserved tlie two best aud brought them 

 to Auburn. These, coming into the jjos- 

 session of Mr. "Wright, were at once iden- 

 tified. Two more specimens of this bird 

 were taken about Christmas time of the 

 same year at Penn Yan, N. Y., by Reuben 

 Wood. (Gilbert). 



240. Bl.\ck-thro.vted Bunting. — {Spiza 

 americana.) (Gm.) Bonap. June (ith, 1879, 

 an adult male was taken by F. S. Wright 

 near the village of Cayuga. N. Y. A 

 second male was taken by Mr. Wright in 

 the same locality. June 9th. 1879. Both 

 birds were in full song, and were shot from 

 alder bushes overhanging a brook. 



241. AMERiCiiN Hawk Owl. — {Snrnia fu- 

 nered.) (Linn.) Rich, and Sw. Mr. W. M. 

 Beauchamp. of Baldwinsville. N. Y., writes 

 us concerning this species as follows : " The 

 first Hawk Owl I saw was shot between 

 Auburn and Skaneateles in the Spring of 

 1850. It was on a Fast Day appointed by 

 General Taylor. The bii'd was brought to 

 me to identify. The second of which I 

 have knowledge was shot in Cazenovia, N. 

 Y., November, 1874 : two were seen to- 

 gether. These are all I have knowledge 

 of." 



'242. Bon.\parte's Sandpiper. — {Actodro- 

 nias fufsc!cnlli>i.) (Vieill.) Ridgw. Not a 

 rare migrant. An adult female taken at 

 Owasco Lake. N. Y.. Sept. 15tli. 1879. and 

 a second female taken in the same locahty 

 October 5th. 1879. 



243. Baird's S.\ndpiper. — (Act.odromas 

 bdirdi.) (Cones.) Regular migrant. Sep- 

 tember 17th, '78. Samuel F. Rathbun. 

 October 5th. '79. Charles F. Wright. Lo- 

 cality, Fair Haven. N. Y. Generally found 

 as individuals in company with other Sand- 

 pipers : never observed in flocks. 



244. BrFF-BREASTED Sandpiper. — ( 7''V/«- 

 gites riifescens.) (Vieill.) Caban. One 

 specimen taken from a flock of Sandpipers 

 on the shore of Lake Ontario, Wayne Co.. 

 N. Y.. in August, 1880. by Samuel F. Rath- 

 bun. \ vear later, durinsf the month of 



September, two more were taken by John 

 M. Mauro in the same locality and iden- 

 tified by Mr. Rathbim. 



245. Red Phalarope. — {Phiilin-opus fu- 

 /irm-inii.) (Linn.) Bp. Rare. September, 

 1880. Charles F. Wright, of Auburn. N. 

 Y., captured a fine plumaged male on the 

 shore of Lake Ontario, Wayne Co., N. Y., 

 dm-ing a severe storm. The bird was swim- 

 ming in the lake at the time : now in the 

 cil)inet of F. S. Wright, and identified by 

 Mr. Fred T. Jencks, of Providence, R. I. 



246. Clapper Rail. — {R<dli(s lo?iffh-os- 

 tris crepitans.) (Gmel.) Ridgw. Mr. Fos- 

 ter Parker, of Montezuma, Cayiiga Co., N. 

 Y.. while drying his fyke-net on the bank 

 of Sene<-a River, near that place. May 25th, 

 1879, took therefrom an adult female of 

 this bird, that had become entangled in its 

 meshes. He failed to secure the male bird. 



247. Whistling Swan. — (Olor amer- 

 icamis.) (Sharpless.) Bp. Swans in gen- 

 eral are occasionally observed hei-e as mi- 

 grants, but seldom secured. A female of 

 the above species was received by F. S. 

 Wright in April, 1880. This specimen was 

 shot by Mr. Foster Parker, from a flock of 

 four, while decoying duck on Seneca River. 



248. Widgeon. — • {Marec.a petielojfe.) 

 (Linn.) Selby. This species, commonly 

 known as the English Widgeon, is exceed- 

 ingly r.ire. An adult male, in magnificent 

 plumage, was captured in May. 1880. by 

 Albert Demont, on Lake Cayuga. New 

 York, who presented it to F. S. 

 Wright, under the appellation of a "fine 

 cross between an American Widgeon and 

 Redhead. " 



249. American Velvet Scoter. — {31>'la- 

 iict.ta eel retina.) (Cass.) Baird. A common 

 spring and autumn migrant : a few winter. 

 Inadvertently omitted from " The Revised 

 List. " 



250. Laughing Gull. — Lams atririlla.) 

 Linn. One specimen in immature plumage 

 was taken on Caj-uga Lake. N. Y.. October, 

 1879, by Wni. A. Demont, and identified 

 at Anl)nrn. 



