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Sterna tschegrava. Caspian Tern. — A 3'oung male which came into 

 mj povssession Feb. 20, 1895, was shot on Lake Erie near Stony Point 

 (just outside the city limits) late in the fall of 1893 by a gunner named 

 Joseph Kotz. 



Phalacrocorax dilophus. Double-cre.sted Cormorant. — Although 

 this bird has been taken here before, I met with it last fall for the first 

 time in eight years' experience. Five were shot here, three of which I 

 examined. Two were taken October 11, 1894, and the last was shot from 

 the shore at Stony Point, November 3, 1894. 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. American White Pelican. — One of 

 these large birds, now only casual in the East, was shot on Niagara River 

 near the International Bridge, October 5, 1894, by 'Jake ' Koch. It was 

 seen by fishermen and others at the foot of Michigan Street to come in 

 from Lake Erie and fly diagonally over the city toward the river, where 

 it was shot later in the day. 



Crymophilus fulicarius. Red Phalarope. — I shot a female which I 

 found wading in a wet pasture in South Buffalo, September 26, 1894. I 

 thought at the time it was the first for Erie County but have since 

 obtained another from Mr. Herman Grieb, taxidermist, which is one of 

 two which he shot on separate occasions near Rattlesnake Island, Niagara 

 River, in October, 1892. Have also seen another, taken here, in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Edw. Reinecke. 



Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. Long-billed Dowitciier. — I am 

 indebted to Mr. Grieb for a specimen shot from a flock of M. ffriscKS on 

 Strawberry Island, Niagara River, in October, 1S92. 



Micropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. — ^Two of these Sand- 

 pipers were shot by me on September 16, 1S93. They were feeding in 

 company with some Yellow-legs (^Totatius Jlaznpcs) in the bottom of the 

 artificial lake in South Park, which was then being excavated. 



Accipiter atricapillus. American Goshawk. — On the nth of March 

 this year (1895) I was waiting with my camera to get a snap at a Great 

 Horned Owl as she returned to her nest. When finally the Owl came it 

 was followed by a Hawk which circled several times over my head just 

 above the tree tops and which I am certain was a Goshawk. My com- 

 panion had the gun in another part of the woods so I could not shoot it 

 except with the camera. I succeeded, however, in getting it in the same 

 picture with the Owl. 



Melanerpes carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker. — I saw one at 

 the taxidermist's that was shot at North Collins, Erie Co., in October, 

 1894. 



Sturnella magna. Meadowlark. — A beautiful albino was shot at 

 Crittenden, this county, on October 4, 1S94, and was mounted by Mr. 

 Grieb, taxidermist. The usual brown of the upper parts was of a pale 

 buff color with the pattern of the feather markings indistinctly discern- 

 able, while the j-ellow on the breast was as pure as in an ordinary Lark. 



Ammodramus savannarum passerinus. Grasshopper Si'ARRow. — 

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