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found eggs of the cowbird in this species' nest— H. G. Fowler, vii. 

 25, 389— Taken in Southeastern Wyoming April 16. 1875— A, Gl 

 Braekett. viii., 4, 49— Common summer resident at Webster, N. H.; 

 breeds— Chas F. Goodhue. viii., 18, 281— Found in Michigan— 

 " Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). x., 10, 178— Arrived at Warner, N. 

 II., April 7, 1878— M. C. H(arriman), x., 12, 215— A nest with eggs 

 found May 30, 1877, at Astoria, L. I. -Franklin Benner. xii-Te, 

 106 — Rare in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew Jones. 

 rooecotes g'taiiiincus conflnis. Western Grass Finch, vii., 12, 177 — Arrive 

 on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, April 17, and remain until October 

 18; very numerous; breed— Chas. E. IVIcChesney. xii, 17, 325 — 

 Abundant, breeding at Como, Wy.— S. W. Williston. 

 Porpliyrio iiiartiuica. Purple Gallinule. ii., 11, 163— Not nnmerous 

 among the lilypads on the borders of Lake Okeechobee, Fla.— Fred. 

 A. Ober. iv., 11, 167— One shot at Henry's Pond near Rockport, 

 Mass., April 12, 1875, and preserved by Chas. I. Goodale, Boston— 

 — G. P. Whitman. Editors in commenting on this say it is of rare 

 occurrence in this section, and believe Geo. A. Boardman took one near 

 Calais, Me., some years since, viii., 22, 361— Accidental visitor in 

 Michigan—" Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 15, 285— Given as not 

 miconnnon at Ferrisbuj-g, Vt., by R. E. Robinson, but this is 

 doubtless an error. 

 Porzaiia Carolina. Carolina Rail— Sora. i., 21, 325— Found on the Dela- 

 ware; very numerous— " Homo " (Chas. S. Westcott). ii., 15, 230— 

 One killed at Stockport, N. Y. , in May by flying against a telegraph 

 wire, and conmienting on how seldom they are seen at this time of 

 year, ii., 16, 245— Hints concerning shooting them from boats— 

 "Jacobstaff " (Geo. B. Eaton), ii., 17, 261— One shot at Barnegat 

 Bay, N. J., April 28, 1874— C. H. Eagle, ii.. 22, 341— One shot in 

 Davis ( ounty, Kansas, May 16, 1874— F. S. B(enson). iii., 2, 22— 

 Asking for more information about the breeding-gromids of this 

 Species, supposing they breed far North—" Germantown Telegraph." 

 iii., 7, 107— Abundant near Alexandria, Va., Sept. 16, 1874. iii., 14, 

 217— Abundant at Mandeville, La , Nov. 3, 1874. iii., 21, 325— One 

 taken at Salem, Mass., about Dec. 22, 1874— "Teal" (R. L. New- 

 comb), iv., 10, 151— Breed on the Hoboken meadows, N. J. — " Ho- 

 boken.'* v., 5, 74— One shot at Salem, jMass., Aug. 31, 1875— "Teal" 

 (R. L. Newcomb). v., 21, 323— Two albino specimens noted by W. 

 Russell Robinson, vi., 12, 180— An albino shot on the Hackensack, 

 N. J., meadows—" Wood Duck." vi., 13, 204— Counnon at Hudson, 

 Ohio, Apiil 30. 1876— F. vi., 18, 284— Found, in Ne'jia^a- C. H. 

 Phillips, vi., 26, 418— Arrived at Lebanon, 111. April 4, 1876— Wm. 

 L. Jones. vii._, 4, 59— Found at Salem, Mass., Aug. 21, 1876— R. L. 

 Newcomb. vii., 7, 102 — Very abundant near ISTorfolk, Va., Sept. 16. 

 1876 — "Drake." vii., 8, 116 — Exceedingly abundant in ( onn.; breeds 

 in large numbers on both the fresh and salt water marshes — Ito) ert T. 

 ]\Iorris. vii., 10, 147 — Common at Ann Arbor, Mich., after April 15; 

 eggs laid May JO ; depart middle of October — A. B. Covert, vii., 14, 

 212 — Abundant in the Middle States, especially during the migrations 

 — Editors, vii., 15, 230— Common summer resident in Central New 

 York: breeds — H. G. Fowler, viii., 16. 241 — Is found cui the Coteau 

 des Prairies, Dakota, in small numbers from May 15 to Oct. 25. — Chas. 



E. McChesney. viii., 17, 268— Found near Washington, D- C— R. 



F. Boiseau). vii., 22, 361— Found in Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. 

 Stockwell). X., 19, 359— Arrived at Lebanon, 111., March G, 1778— 

 "Ptarmigan." x., 26, 503 — One taken at sea 350 miles from land — 

 R. D. Evans, xi., 3, 47— Abundant at Peotone, 111.; breeds— D. H. 

 Eaton, xii., 9, 165— Common on the meadows at Chatham, N. J. — 

 Harold Herrick. xii., 13, 247 — Several young shot on the Pliiladel- 

 phia marshes about April 28, 1879— Editors, xii., 20, 385 — Common 

 at Lake Como, Wyoming— S. W. Williston. 



