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I5. Serinus serinus (Linn.). SeRtIN FINCH. — One was 
taken near Springfield in November, 1866.' It was probably an 
escaped cage bird. 
SPECIES ERRONEOUSLY RECORDED. 
1. Podilymbus cristatus Linn. CresteED Grepe.— An 
Old World species mentioned by several of the earlier writers, 
doubtless through misconception of its actual range. 
2. Procellaria pelagica Linn. Srormy Perreyt.— This. 
pelagic species was included by the earlier writers, but it has not 
been positively known to occur in the State. 
3. Puffinus cinereus (Gmel.). BLACK-TAILED SHEARWATER. 
—A Pacific species, included in Putnam’s Essex County List, 
1856, doubtless through a mistake in identity.” 
4. Mergus albellus (Linn.). Smew.— E. A. Samuels says 
that this bird is very rare in the autumn. There is however, no 
reason as yet to suppose that the species occurs here. 
5. Phalacrocorax graculus (Linn.). GREEN CorMoRANT.— 
This species is included in Peabody’s List,* but his remarks prob- 
ably refer to the Common Cormorant (7. carbo) and not to this 
European species.* 
6. Buteo borealis [Falco] harlani (Aud.).  Hartan’s 
Hawk. — Included in Peabody’s 1839 list on Nuttall’s authority. 
There is however no reason for supposing that it occurs here.5 
7. Buteo cooperi Cass. Cooper’s RED-TAILED Hawk. — 
A bird supposed to be of this species was taken near Cambridge 
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1 Allen; Amer. Nat., Vol. III, No. 12, Feb., 1870, p. 635, p. 37 of separate. 
3 Samuels; Birds of Mass., 1864, p. 13. 
4 Peabody; Birds of Mass., 1839, p. 397. 
° Peabody; Birds of Mass., 1839, p. 269. 
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