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THE OSPREY. 



said to have been taken in Lee County, 

 Iowa. 



Brewer's Blackbird. — One specimen, 

 with a pure white feather in breast, from 

 Marion County, California. 



Rusty Blackbird. — One specimen, 

 mottled with black and white, the white 

 predominating-, taken in Humbolt County, 

 Iowa, by myself. 



Flicker, or Golden-winged Wood- 

 pecker. — One beautiful specimen, of a 

 solid creamy white, nape of neck showing- 

 a pink crescent, 

 and under part of 

 wings a rich yel- 

 low; a most exqui- 

 site specimen; said 

 to have been taken 

 in Lee County, 

 Iowa. 



Bald Eagle. — 

 One specimen, in 

 second year's plu- 

 m a g e, commonh" 

 known as "Gray 

 Eagle." This 

 specime n had 

 greater part of 

 breast and abdo- 

 men of a soiled or 

 dusky white, and 

 was taken on 

 island near here. 



Prairie Chick- 

 en. — One speci- 

 men, taken here, 

 with body mottled, 

 with white feath- 

 ers. 



Quail. — One 

 very handsome 

 specimen, taken 

 in Sangamon 

 County, 111., seem- 

 ing to be pure 

 white at a little 



distance, but a close examination showed 

 the usual transverse markings, very pale 

 and faint, as thoug-h the white had been 

 painted over them; also another specimen, 

 similar, but not quite as white, locality 

 unknown. 



Wilson's Snipe. — One specimen, show- 

 ing two white primaries. A close exam- 

 ination also showed traces of an old shot 

 wound, thoroughly healed, at base of the 

 two odd quills, and I inferred the shot to 



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be the cause, and the two abnormal feath- 

 ers the effect. (?) 



Ring-necked Duck. — One specimen, 

 taken in this locality, of a light, dirty 

 brown color all over. 



Green-winged Teal. — One very 

 handsome male, with marking-s showing 

 through a light wash, as thoug-h painted 

 over with a semi-transparent wash, from 

 this locality. 



Gadwall. — One, cream white, with a 

 few lig-ht chocolate markings, and anoth- 

 er spe c i men, 

 only a shade 

 darker, both from 

 this locality. 



Mallard. — 

 Three specimens, 

 two creamy white 

 with more or less 

 light chocolate 

 markings, the 

 other similar but 

 darker; two from 

 this locality, other 

 unknown. 



Dusky Duck. — 

 One specimen of a 

 light chocolate 

 color, with darker 

 markings, from 

 Illinois River. 



Double Crest- 

 ed Cormorant. — 

 One with about 

 half of the under 

 parts white; taken 

 near this locality. 

 Black Tern. — 

 One specimen, 

 with pure white 

 feathers, mottling 

 the entire body, 

 taken here on the 

 river. 



YOUNG RED-TAIL HAWK. 



The following cases of Melanism:— 



Swainson's Hawk. —Two specimens, 

 nearly of a jet black, and two of solid 

 dark umber, but all showing more or less, 

 tail bars and bars on primaries; all from 

 the west. 



Broad-winged Hawk.— One specimen 

 from Minnesota, of a solid dark umber, 

 showing dark bars on tail and primaries. 



Red-tailed Hawk.— One, very dark 

 umber colored specimen, taken here, by 



