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however, he only took one specimen — a $, in the juvenile plumage 

 on July 24, 1875, in the Big Brook woods, thus showing that this 

 species must be rather rare in that region. 



Order Pahtdicolae. 

 He has several records for the Sora, but only one specimen act- 

 ually taken August 9, 1875, at Suffield, Conn., a (^ (now in coll. 

 "W. F. H.). Otherwise only the Coot is mentioned of this Order. 



Order Limicolae. 

 The Woodcock and Wilson's Snipe are mentioned, but only one 

 specimen of each was in his collection; (now in coll. W. F. H.). The 

 Least and Spotted^ Sandpiper as well as the Bartramian Sandpiper 

 were common in those days and specimens of all these are in the 

 collection. August 4, 1875, was a red letter day for him. He went 

 to Saulsbury Beach to visit some friends, borrowed a gun and 

 rowed over to Plum Island at the mouth of the Merrimac River 

 in Massachusetts and took a specimen each of the Wiliet (Catop- 

 tropliorus setnipahnatus) , of the Yellow-legs (Totanus flavipes), of 

 the Red-backed Sandpiper (Pelidtui alpina saTcalina) , of the Pec- 

 toral Sandpiper (Pisobia macnlata) , all of which are now in my 

 collection, and a bunch of Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers, 

 which they had for supper. The Solitary Sandpiper is fairly com- 

 mon according to his notes, but the Killdeer rather rare, one rec- 

 ord being given a pair taken May 22, 1880, at Suffield, Conn. This 

 last record must be added to those given by Sage and Bishop. 



Order Gallinae. 

 The Quail (Coliniis virginianus) is mentioned by him and the 

 Ruffed Grouse; the specimens of Spruce Grouse he had he ob- 

 tained from Northern Vermont. 



Order Coliimbae. 



He has a number of records for the Passenger Pigeon (Ecto- 

 pistes migratorius) June 19, 1874, a specimen shot in the front 

 yard of the home farm, June 16, 1875, a pair seen, August 30, 1879, 

 a 5 shot had been feeding on blackberries and elderberries, and 

 at the Southwick Ponds in Massachusetts, in July, 1880, he finds 

 several on July 16, and one on July 20. After that there are no 

 more records. 



Order Raptores. 



Among the Hawks there are no exceptional records, but some of 

 the observations and stomach records are worthy of note. Thus 

 he mentions a specimen of Buteo borealis feeding on Lepus sylvat- 

 icus on February 28, 1882, at West Bridgwater, Mass., the stom- 

 ach contents of a Buteo lineatus on August 24, 1875, at Suffield, 



