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between Lake Superior and latitude 67° or 68° between Hudson's 

 Bay and the Pacific. Only two are recorded by Audubon as hav- 

 ing been seen in this State ; and Nuttall says that it only appears 

 when driven here by the severity of the winter in its northern 

 haunts. It is a little singular, that two excellent specimens of this 

 bird should have been obtained here the present winter, so remark- 

 able for its mildness. 



The length of our bird is 16 inches — its alar extent 57 inches, 

 and its weight about three pounds. 



Dr. Storer communicated a paper from William O. Ayres 

 of East Hartford, entitled " Enumeration of the Fishes of 

 Brookhaven, L. L> with remarks upon the species ob- 

 served." 



The paper was accompanied by figures of Mugil lineatus, Mitch, 

 and Rata diaphanus, Mitch, and is intended for publication in 

 the Journal. The following are the species enumerated, viz. 



Perca flavescens, Mitch. ; Etheostoma Olmstedi, Storer ; Labrax 

 lineatus, Cuv. ; L. mucronatus, Cuv. ; Pomotis vulgaris, Cuv. ; Pri- 

 onotus strigatus, Cuv. ; P. Carolinus, Cuv. ; Cottus variabilis, Ayres ; 

 Gasterosteus Noveboracensis, Cuv. ; G. millepunctatus, Ayres ; 

 Otolithus regalis, Cuv. ; Umbrina nebulosa, Mitch. ; Pogonias gigas, 

 Mitch. ; Scolopoides Sayanus, Gilliams ; Sargus ovis, Mitch. ; Pa- 

 grus argyrops, Lin. ; Scomber vernalis, Mitch. ; Cybium macula- 

 turn, Mitch. ; Temnodon saltator, Cuv. ; Vomer setapinnis, Mitch. ; 

 Peprilus triacanthus, Peck ; Mugil lineatus, Mitch. ; Atherina Bos- 

 cii, Cuv. ; Lophius piscatorius, Lin. ; Batrachus variegatus, Le 

 Sueur; Labrus Americanus, Bloch ; Crenilabrus burgall, Schospp ; 

 Leuciscus chrysoleucas, Mitch. ; Fundulus fuscus, Ayres ; Hy- 

 drargira fasciata, Schn. ; H. pisculentus, Mitch. ; H. flavula, Mitch. ; 

 Esox reticulatus, Le Sueur ; Belone truncata, Le Sueur ; Alosa 

 mattowaca, Mitch. ; A. menhaden, Mitch. ; Morrhua tomcodus, 

 Mitch. ; Merluccius vulgaris, Cuv. ; Phycis Americanus, Schn. ; 

 Platcssa plana, Mitch. ; Rhombus aquosus, Mitch.; Rhombus aquo- 



sus, Storer; Achirus mollis, Mitch.; Echeneis ? Anguilla 



acutirostris, Yarrell ; Ammodytcs lancea, Cuv. ; Syngnathus fus- 

 cus and Peckianus, Storer ; Diodon ? Tetraodon turgidus, 



Mitch. ; Orthagoriscus mola, Schn. ; Acipenser oxyrinchus, Mitch. ; 

 Carcharias griseus, Ayres ; Mustelus canis, Mitch. ; Spinax acan- 



