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was in immature fall plumage, as determined by the U. S. Biological Sur- 

 vey, to which a photograph was sent. The bird was killed, according to the 

 owner, on liake Michigan, in November, 3904, about two miles from Mich- 

 igan City. It was said to be unlike anything before seen in tliat vicinity. 

 Oceanodroma castro. (Occanodroma cryptoleucura Ridgw.) Hawaiian 

 Petrel. — A specimen of this rare species, whose distribution seems to be 

 almost world wide, was given to me by Alden M. Hadley of Monrovia, 

 Ind. He obtanied it from Mr. N. H. (Tano, who, on .June 15, 1902, found 

 it fluttering in a wheelbarrow in his yard at Martinsville, Ind. He picked 

 up the bird, Imt it soon died. Its stomach was entirely empty and it had 

 evidently died of hunger and exhaustion. The bird was sent to Mi-. Hadley, 

 who preserved the skin. It was recognized as a petrel, and the species was 

 kindly determined iiy Dr. ('. W. Richmond of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 Five siiecimens or" this bird, from its collection, were later sent me for 

 examination. The following notes and measurements iu inches are given : 



