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Porzana noveboraconsis. Yellow Rail, i., 1 8, 278— Specimens taken at Sa- 

 lem, Mass., by R. L. Newcomb. vii., 6, 91— Specimens taken at Salem, 

 Mass., during the fall of 1876— R. L Newcomb. vii., 14, 312— 

 Usually considered rare in the Middle States, but common in some 

 suitable localities ; extended notes on this species — Editors, vii., 21, 

 325— Rare in Yates County, N. Y.; one taken Sept. 20. 1872— J. B. 

 Gilbert, viii., 22, 361— Found in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stock- 

 well), ix., 19, 366 — Two specimens shot at Portland, Conn., Oct. 9, 

 1877— J. H. Sage, xii., 9, 165— Quite conunon on the Chatham (N. 

 J.) meadows— Harold Ilerrick. xii., 21, 405— One shot on the Hack- 

 ensack meadows, N. J., about May 1, 1879— W. Holberton. 



Porzana jamaicensis. Black Rail, vii., 14. 212— Rarest of our Rails in 

 the Middle States— Editors, vii., 21, 325— Rare in Yates County, N. 

 Y.; one specimen taken at Penn Yan in the spring of 1870 ; one near 

 Watkins in the spring of 1872— J. B. Gilbert, viii., 3, 33— A speci- 

 men taken near Plymouth, Mass., in August, 1869 — F. C. Browne, 

 viii., 7, 96— Noticed on Clark's Island, Plymouth, Mass., in Aug., 1869 

 (same specimen as above) — F. C. Browne, viii., 9, 129 — Account of 

 the capture 'of a specimen (supposed to be this species) in the streets 

 of Boston, Mass., about Sept. 20, 1874— D. T. Curtis. 



Prairie Falcon. See Falco mexicamis polyagrus. 



Prairie Hen. See Gupidonia cujndo. 



Prairie Warbler, See Dendrceca discolor. 



Procellaria desolata. v., 2, 20— Found on Kerguelen Island by Dr. J. H. 



Kidder— Elliott Cones. 



Procellaria pelagica. Stormy Petrel — Mother Carey's Chicken, i., 26, 

 404— Found off the coast of New England in winter— F. B. ii., 9, 

 133— Mentioned in an article by F. Benner on "Our Petrels," in 

 which some of the superstitions believed in by sailors are spoken of. 

 iii., 22, 341— Common summer migrant to Newfoundland, breeding 

 on the islands near the coast— M. Harvey, iv., 24, 377— R. W. A. 

 asks where the Mother Carey's Chicken breed? The Editors answer, 

 ' ■ Breed on our coast as far south as Casco Bay in Maine (but this is 

 the Leach's Petrel— H. B. B ) iv., 25, 390 -Has never seen them 

 nesting any where but on " Rock Redonda" or "Rock of Thunder," 

 an off-shoot of the Gallipagos Islands in the South Pacific— E. R. 

 Wilson, xi., 16, 320— Found in Long Island Sound all summer; dis- 

 cussion in the Limiean Society of N. Y. meeting, Oct. 26 



Progne purpurea. Purple Martin, i., 13, 198— Account of a pair of Mar- 

 tins that followed a steamboat regularly fifty miles out and fifty miles 

 back from Green Bay to Little Bare de Noquet dmlng the breeding 

 season, ii , 2, 22— Partty albino specimen shot from a flock of two 

 hundred, and it was treated with marked attention by the others — 

 "Roainer" (Everett Smith), ii., 11, 162— Abundant in pine woods 

 in the Lake Okeechobee region, Fla.— Fred. A. Ober. iii., 13, 196— 

 Occasionally met with in Newfoundland -M. Harvey, iv., 23, 358— 

 F und at Petroleum, W. Va., in Spring— Ernest Ingersoll. v., 17, 

 260— Found abundantly throughout the Black Hills by Geo. Bird 

 Grinnell in 1874— Ernest Ingersoll. vi., 11, 163— Common at Ann 

 Arbor, Mich.; arrives April 10 : breeds about June 1 ; departs for the 

 South about October 1— A. B. Covert, vi., 12, 181— Arrived at 

 Boonsboro, Md , April 4. 1876, and were abundant April 10— W. B. 

 Wheeler, vi., 15, 233— One noticed at Riverdale, N. Y., April 29, 

 1876— E. P. Bicknell. v'., 17, 266— Arrived at Newport, R. I., May 

 6 to 8, 1876— J. S. Howland. vi., 17, 266— Arrived at Lake City, 

 Minn.. April 5, 1876— D. C. Estes. vi., 18, 284— Abundant in Cen- 

 tral New York from the first week in May until late in August ; nests 

 in garden boxes— H. G. Fowler, vi., 21, 337— Nest with eggs taken 

 at Peotone, 111., May 20, 1876— D. H. Eaton, vi.. 22, 354— Arrived 



