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seemed very stupid, and when I opened it the stomach and throat 

 were full of feathers and flesh. I should have said the Hawk had 

 dined upon Wild Pigeon."' As Mr. Carman was away from home, 

 he was unable to furnish the date of the capture. 



Hence our local fauna must contain FaUo nislicoliis, F. r. gyr- 

 falco and F. r. obsoletiis. It remains to be said that the specimen of 

 Faho isliDidus in the museum of Bates College, once referred to as a 

 local specimen,- was so referred through a misunderstanding, Prof. 

 Stanton assuring me that it was purchased out of the State, and its 

 origin is uncertain. 



^ Carman, Epist., Feb. 14. 19(>7. 



^Norton, Joik. Me. Orn. Soc, \'«)1. Ill, \>. i> 



