PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY 



TAKEN FROM THE SOCIETY'S RECORDS. 



January 4, 1854. 



The President, in the Chair. 



Dr. T. M. Brewer presented a communication on the 

 Ornithological Fauna of Wisconsin, from the Rev. A. Con- 

 stantino Barry, of Racine, Wisconsin, as follows : 



Order — ACCIPITRES. Family — VULTURIDtE. 



Cathartes aura. Found in our State only in rare in- 

 stances. 



Family — FALCONIDiE. 



BuTEO BOREALis. Very abundant at times, and always met 

 with in considerable numbers about the groves and forests bor- 

 dering our prairies, where they subsist principally upon moles, 

 snakes, frogs, etc ; these being often found in their stomachs 

 bolted entire. B. lineatus. Occasionally met with in this vici- 

 nity, (Racine;) in some portions of the State considerably nu- 

 merous, particularly about the large marshes frequented by water 

 fowl, upon which it preys. B. Pennsylvanicus. A few spe- 

 cimens have been obtained. 



proceedings B. S. N. H. 1 JULY, 1854. 



