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43. Larus capistratus, Temm. — Nutt. Man. ii. 1832, 290 (Delaware R. and Chesa- 



peake Bay). 



44. Larus minutus, Pall. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. ii. 1831, 426 (given on Sabine's 



authority). — Nutt. Man. ii. 18J2, 289. — Chroicocephalus minutus, Lawr. in 

 Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 853.— Baird, Cat. 18.59, No. 671. 



45. DiOMEDEA EXULANS, Linn. — Nutt. Man. ii. 1832, 340 (" accidentally to the coasts 



of the central part of the Union"). — Lawr. in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 821. — 

 Baird, Cat. 1859, No. 630. 



46. PoDiCEPS cristatus (Linn.) Lath. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. ii. 1831, 410 (throngh- 



ont fur countries). — Nutt. Man. ii. 1832, 250. — Lawr. in Baird's B. N. Am. 

 1858, 893.— Baird, Cat. 1859, No. 703. 



47. Tachybaptes minor (Linn.) Coues. — Fodiceps minor, Nutt. Man. ii. 1832, 257 



(Hudson's Bay). 



I. Partial list of foreign birds wliich have been introduced to the United States, and those 

 which have been captured after escape from, confinement. 



species introduced with a view to their naturalization.* 



1. Passer domesticus (Linn.) Leacli. European House Sparrow. The attempted 



naturalization of tMs Inrd has proved decidedly successful. The case is so 

 notorious that further comment is unnecessary. 



2. Passer MONTANUS (Linn.) Stephens. European Tree Sparrow. Has become nat- 



uralized in the vicinity of Saint Louis, Mo., but the history of its introduction 

 is unknown. (See Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club.), 



4. Alauda arvensis, Linn. Skylark. Partially naturalized in the vicinity of Cin- 



cinnati, on Loug Island, and perhaps other localities. 



5. COTURNix COMMUNIS (Linn.) Bonn. European Quail. Introduced to various local 



ities in the Eastern United States, and partially naturalized. 



species which have been CAPTURED AFTER ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT. t 



1. Amadina rubro-nigra, . Brunswick, Maine, March, 1879; Leslie A. Lee. 



(Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, April, 1880, 119.) Eab. ludia. 



2. Crithagra butyracea, . South Scituate, Mass., in midwinter. (Brewer, 



Proc. Bost. Soc. XX. 271.) Hab. South Africa. 



3. LiGURiNUS CHLORis (Linn.) Koch. Lowville, Lewis Co., N. Y., March 19, 1878; R. 



B. Hough. (C/. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Apr. 1880, 119.) Sa6. Europe. 



4. Carduelis elegans, Steph. Eastern Massachusetts, many captures. (Allen, 



Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Apr. 1880, 120.) Hab. Europe. 



5. Serinus meridionalis, Brehm. Western Massachusetts, in winter. (Allen, L 



c.) Hab. Europe. 



6. Corvus frugilegus, Linn. Washington, D. C, August, lf79. 



An example of this species was seen by me in August, 1879, in the grounds of tlie Agricul- 

 tural Department in Washington. It was perched in a maple tree near one of the outbuild- 

 ings, was very tame, and flevr laboriously, as if very recently escaped ft'om confinement. I 

 am, as yet, ignorant of the history of this specimen, nor have I since seen it. 



' 7. CONURUS xanthogenius, Bp. Hab. St. Thomas, West Indies. 



An example of this species, shot in a grove near Washington, by Dr. D. W. Prentiss, is in 

 the National Museum collection. Of course it was an escaped cage-bird. 



8. Chenalopex ^gyptiaca (Linn.) Steph. Camarsie, Long Island, Jan. 3, 1877. 

 (Akhurst, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. Apr. 1877, 52.) Hah. Southern Europe 

 and Africa. 



* This list does not include domesticated birds. 



tThis list is, of course, very incomplete ; it includes merely a few species, the records of whose cap- 

 ture I happen to have at hand. A more complete list would be desirable, but want of time forbids 

 its compilation in the present connection. 



