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Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 

 vol. V, p. 98, giving it the name semipalmata. 



King Rail, Rdllus elegnns ( Aud. ). Wilson figures this species 

 under the description of the Clapper Rail, R. crepitans. Audu- 

 bon recognized the error, and names the bird as distinct in a 

 most patronizing paragraph. Wilson evidently confused the 

 two as one and the same species, saying, " Though occasionally 

 found along the swampy shores and tide waters of our large 

 rivers, its princijial residence is in the salt marshes." 



Audubon refers to the bird as breeding in the salt meadows 

 along the Delaware and Schuylkill, where Wilson most likely 

 obtained the specimen from which he made his drawing, prob- 

 ably' the Peale's Museum specimen which he quotes. Ameri- 

 can Ornithology, vol. vii, p. 112, plate 62. 



Goshawk, Astnr alricapillus (Wils. ). The specimen figured 

 and described was "shot within a few miles of Philadelphia." 

 American Ornithology, vi, p. 80. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiler velox (\Yih.). Wilson says, 

 " This Hawk was shot on the banks of the Schuylkill near Mr. 

 Bartram's. Its singularity of flight surprised me long before I 

 succeeded in procuring it." American Ornithology, v, p. 116. 

 Under the name of Fulco pcnnsylvanicus, or Slate-colored Hawk, 

 he described "a beautiful specimen shot in the neighborhood 

 of Philadelphia." American Ornithology, vi, p. 13. This, as 

 he suspected, proved to be the adult plumage of the former. 



Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus (^Viell.). Referring to 

 plate 54, vol. vi, of the American Ornithology, Wilson speaks 

 of this Hawk as a neiv species, "shot on the 6th of May in Mr. 

 Bartram's woods, near the Schuylkill, and was afterwards pre- 

 sented to Mr. Peale, in whose collection it now remains." 



Another was seen the next day sailing about over the same 

 woods, but was driven off by a Kingbird, much to the orni- 

 thologist's regret. The specimen secured was a male, and is 

 now in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Phil- 

 adelphia. Wilson named the Broadwing Falco pcnnsylvanicus, 

 a name that he had already bestowed upon the adult Sharp- 

 shinned Hawk. In his reprint of Wilson's work Ord sulistitutes 

 the specific name latissimm, while Vieillot, a French ornitholo- 

 gist, proposed plalypterus. The latter has priority. 



