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this species, he says he should have certainly sent them to me then for 

 examination. 



Mr. Brown has also sent to me, since the publication of my paper, the 

 head and neck of an adult male, killed July 19, 1SS6, in the Barboqnivari 

 Mountains. The specimen, when received by Mr. Brown, was too far 

 gone to make a good skin, but being remarkable for its whiteness he saved 

 the head, which is now before me. A broad white superciliary stripe 

 runs from the nostrils on each side of the head to the nape, meeting on 

 the forehead. There is a conspicuous white maxillary patch, and the an- 

 terior part of the throat is white, with more or less white mixed with the 

 black over the remainder of the throat. The superciliary stripes are as 

 broad and as well defined as in C. graysoni, and on the throat there is nearly 

 as much white as black. The specimen, therefore, very nearly agrees with 

 the form known as C. graysoni — much more nearly than any other pre- 

 viously examined, or than with typical C. ridgzuayi — and goes far toward 

 bridging the slight gap between these two forms. This is particularly 

 interesting, from the tact that this specimen is not only from Arizona, but 

 from the same locality as the others obtained by Mr. Brown. 



Mr. Brown writes to me that he will soon renew his investigation of the 

 habits of this species, in the hope of securing its nest and eggs. One of 

 his collectors found a nest last year, containing eight eggs, but his col- 

 lector delayed taking them, in the expectation that more would be laid ; 

 but on visiting the nest again he found that the eggs had hatched, and the 

 prize was thus lost.— J. A. Allen, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., New 2'ork City. 



The Golden Eagle in Eastern Massachusetts. — Two Massachusetts 

 specimens of the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) have recently come 

 into my possession. The first, a female, was killed in Paxton (Worcester 

 Co.), Oct. 22, 1883; the second, a male, in Lynnfield, Nov. 23, 1886. — 

 William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 



The Black Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticoliis obsoletus) in Eastern Maine. — 

 Mr. F. B. Webster has just sold me a typical example ( $ ) of this fine Fal- 

 con which came to him in the flesh from a gunner at Rockland, Maine. 

 It was received Nov. 26, 1866, and judging from appearances, had been 

 killed about a week or ten days previous to this date. — William Brew- 

 ster, Cambridge, Mass. 



A Singularly Marked Specimen of Sphyrapicus thyroideus. — A very 

 singularly marked adult male of this species was sometime since kindlv 

 sent to me for examination by Mr. C. A. Allen, ofNicasio, California. It 

 was shot in Blue Canon, California, Oct. 9, 1S7S, and another like it was 

 said to have been seen in the same locality. This specimen differs from the 

 ordinary adult male of this species in having a large patch of crimson- 

 scarlet on the crown, about half an inch broad, and commencing about 

 .15 of an inch from the base of the culmen ; anteriorly, this red patch has 

 a quite regular transverse outline, but posteriorly the red feathers become 



