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"Speculator" (Robt. T. Morris), vi., 4, 53 — Large flocks at Ephrata, 

 Penii., May 31, 1875, and April 1, 1875— W. H. Spera. vi., 6, 91— 

 Abundant near Altoona, Peuu., March 7, 1876— J. W F. vi., 8, 

 116 — Arrive in Massachusetts betvv^een March 20 and 31 — J. A. Allen, 

 vi., 10, 148 — Common in summer; rare in winter, at Fort Wayne, 

 Ind. — G. Aug. Smith, vi., 11, 163 — Observed at Leesburg, Va., 

 March 27, 1876— E. Ingersoll (authority), vi., 11, 171— Immense 

 flocks near Rochester, N. Y., April 10, 1876. vi., 15, 233— Occasion- 

 ally a flock visits Rogue Island, Englishman's Bay, Me. — Gilbert 

 Longfellow, vi., 17, 2Q6 — Large flocks at Lake City, Minn., April 8, 

 1876— D. C. Estes. vi., 19, 301— Noticed at Meacham Lake, N. Y., 

 May 2, 1876— A. R. FuUer. vi., 21, 338— Arrived at Lebanon, 111., 

 March 13, 1876— Wra. L. Jones, vi., 22, 354— Arrived at Hollis, N. 

 H., April 6, 1874; April 8, 1875; April 2, 1876— W. H. Fox. vi., 

 25, 402 — Very common spring and autumn visitor at Ami Arbor, 

 Mich. ; passing last of March to the middle of April, and returning in 

 Oct. and Nov ; a few remain and nest about May 20 ; thousands re- 

 mained in 1873 — A. B. Covert, vii., 3, 36 — Arrives in Central New 

 York the first week in March ; is common and breeds — H. G. Fowler, 

 vii., 8, 116— Common in spring and fall in Conn ; breeds, but neither 

 regularly nor in large numbers — ^Robt. T. Morris, vii., 8, 116 — Noting 

 large flights 'at several localities in Massachusetts — J. W. Adams, 

 yii., 8, 122— Arriving at Blacksburg, Va , Sept. 18, 1876— E.(lzey, M. 

 G.). vii., 21, 325 — Notes a partial albino specimen — li. L. Newcomb. 

 viii., 7, 96— Noticed on Clark's Island, Plymouth, Mass., in 1852— F. 

 C. Browne, viii., 8, 113— Common summer resident at Webster, N. 

 H.; think as a general thing they only lay one egg — Chas. F. Good- 

 hue, viii., 16, 241 — Found in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stock- 

 well), ix , 26, 488 — General account of the species — McL. x., 1, 

 10 — Common at Jefferson, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1878. x., 6, 95 — A large 

 lot in the Chicago markets ; all their crops contained acorns of the 

 black-jack oak — Dr. E. Sterling x., 6, 99 — Common near Buffalo, 

 N Y., March 8, 1878— "Uncas" x., 6, 99— Noticed at Janes ville, 

 Wis., March 7, 1878— R. V.(alentine). x., 16, 297— Breeding twice 

 on the same grounds, and other interesting notes — T. M. Owen x , 

 19, 359— Arrived at Lebanon, in , February 8, 1878— " Ptarmigan." 

 X., 26, 503— Noticed a flock at Elmira, N. Y., March 7, 1878— E. B. 

 Gleasou. xi., 3, 47 — Occasionally seen at Peotone, 111.; does not 

 breed — D. H. Eaton, xii., 8, 146 — Interesting facts about them by an 

 old sportsman — Henry Knapp xii., 8, 146 — Arrived at Hudson. 

 Ohio, March 8, 1877; none arrived up to March 8, 1879— "Buckeye." 

 xii., 11, 216— At Salem. Mass., Aprill4, 1879— R. L. Newcomb. xii., 

 11, 216 — Have appeared in the grain stubbles at Eldred, N. Y., March 

 14, 1879. xii., 13, 245 — Formerly abundant, now rare, in Nova 

 Scotia — J. Matthew Jones, xii., 14, 265— Breeding in the Zoological 

 Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio — Frank J. Thompson, xii., 20, 385 — One 

 seen at Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 16, 1852— F. C. Browne. 



iEgret. Great Wliite, See Ardea egretta. 

 Egret. .Little White, See Ardea candidissima. 

 Eider Duck. See Somateria mottmima. 

 Eider Duck. Xing', See Somateria spectaUlis. 



Elamis leiicurus. White-tailed Kite, viii., 15, 224 — Accidental in Michi- 

 gan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). 



Empidoiiax aoadiciis. Acadian Flycatcher ; Green-crested Flycatcher, iii., 

 4, 53 — Visit Newfoundland in summer — M. Harvey (this is undoubtedly 

 an error, Traill's Flycatcher is probably the species found there — H. 

 B. B.). iv., 23, 358 — Found at Petroleum, W. Va., in spring ; breed- 

 ing — Ernest Ingersoll. vi., 20, 318 — Very rare at Ann Arbor, Mich.; 

 one taken June 17, 1874; no instance of the nest being taken here — A. 



