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accidental. One was seen on Lake lamonia, in the northeastern part of 

 the county, by Mr. Ludlow Griscom of New York City, on January 2, 1912. 



185. Larus Philadelphia. Bonaparte's Gull. — Two were seen 

 on Lake lamonia by Mr. Griscom on December 30, 1911. I have not seen 

 the species in the county and believe its occurrence to be quite rare. 



Aix sponsa. Wood Duck. — My friend Fred C. Elliot of Tallahassee 

 found several of these ducks with their young on the Oclocknu River, the 

 western boundary of the county during April, 1909. 



186. Clangula clangula americana. Golden-eye Duck. — If I 

 have ever seen this duck in the county I did not recognize it. Yet I feel 

 quite sure it mu.st occur here in limited numbers during each winter. Mr. 

 Griscom saw four in the northeastern part of the county on January 2, 1912. 



187. Charitonetta albeola. Buffle-head Duck. — Probably- a 

 regular winter resident in limited numbers. On December 7, 1908, I 

 examined a handsome male in the possession of a negro who had killed it 

 on Lake Jackson that morning. This is the only one of this species I have 

 positively identified as having occurred in the county. 



188. Pisobia maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. — On November 22, 



1910, Fred Elliot and I were hunting snipe on the marshes of Lake Jackson, 

 9 miles north of Tallahassee and adjacent to the old Cotton Plantation, 

 when he discovered a snipe-hke bird in a flock of killdeers. After some 

 maneuvering he succeeded in shooting the bird. He turned it over to me 

 and I found that it was a Pectoral Sandpiper, the first known to have been 

 taken in the county. Strangely enough, the following year, November 12, 



1911, he shot another specimen while we were hunting in the identical 

 locahty. These two birds were feeding with killdeers and seemed to be an 

 integral part of the flock, moving from place to place in perfect harmony 

 with their hosts. No others were seen. It is probable that a few indi- 

 viduals of this species regularly occur in the county during the migrations. 



189. Falco peregrinus anatum. Duck Haw^k. — Late in the even- 

 ing of December 5, 1911, while hunting snipe on Lake Jackson, 9 miles 

 north of Tallahassee, I saw one of these birds swoop down, on contracted 

 wings, upon a flock of Killdeers which were feeding along the edge of a 

 small pool. Apparently the Hawk had no intention of capturing one of 

 the killdeers, for when within a few feet of the flock it suddenly changed its 

 course and shot upward almost as swiftly as it had descended, and disap- 

 peared in the gathering darkness. This, however, may have been due to 

 the sudden discovery of our proximity. The whir of the bird's wings as it 

 descended first attracted my attention. The killdeers were sensibly 

 perturbed for a few moments, as they emitted a series of notes indicative of 

 alarm. This is the only one of these birds I have positively identified in the 

 county. Another is recorded by Mr. Griscom as having been seen by him 

 on December 25, 1911, on the Horse-shoe Plantation, the extensive winter 

 estate of his family in the northern section of the county, and formerly 

 the property of the writer's grandfather, (Bird-Lore, XIV, p. 33). Mr. 

 Griscom also states in a letter to me that he has seen one or two several 



