200 Stkjneger, Nr-v S/er/cs of Guillemof. \_\tx 



ago, one spring, he took 19 Bohemian Waxwings in one day near the 

 latter city- They were in one flock and were flying forward and backward 

 over White Ri\er catching insects after the manner of Flycatchers. 



7. lonornis martinica. Purple Gallinule. — Prof. E. L. Moseley 

 informs me of the capture, near Sandusky, O., of a Purple Gallinule 

 April 28, 1896. Although it has several times been reported from that 

 State, I believe this is the first time its capture in the vicinity of Lake 

 Erie has been noted. 



8. Buteo borealis harlani. Harlan's Hawk. — Mr. R. B. Williams, 

 Lebanon, Ind., has in his possession a fine specimen of this Hawk. It 

 Avas shot and its wing broken, by Mr. W. H. Moler of the same city, in 

 Perry Township, Boone County, Indiana, in September, 1887. He brought 

 it while it was alive to Mr. Williams, who mounted it. This is the first 

 record of the Black Hawk from Indiana. In Illinois, Mr. C. K. Worthen 

 shot one of a pair on the Mississippi River near Warsaw, Hancock 

 County, in 1879. \ have in my collection the skin of a specimen taken 

 several years ago by Mr. W. S. Everhart of Toledo, Cumberland County, 

 111., in that county, and by him presented to me. 



9. Fregata aquila. Man-o'-war Bird. — I had the pleasure last fall of 

 examining in the office of Mr. J. E. Beasley, the well known taxidermist 

 at Lebanon, Ind., a fine specimen of a young male of this species. It was 

 killed by Mr. W. S. Patterson, near Shelbyville, Ind., Julj' 14, 1896, and 

 the next day was received by Mr. Beasley. The following are the mea- 

 surements taken from the moimted specimen.. Length, 36 in. ; wing, 

 24 in.; tail, 16 in.; depth of fork, 7 in.; bill, 4.25 in. This is the first 

 record for Indiana. The only other record for the Ohio \'alley is a 

 specimen taken in Fairfield County, O., in the spring of 1880 (Davie, 

 Nests and Eggs of N. A. Birds, 1889, pp. 59, 60). 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF GUILLEMOT 

 FROM THE KURIL ISLANDS. 



BY LEONHARD .STEJNEOER. 



rPublislied by permission of the Acting Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, in charge of 

 tlie U. S. National Museum.] 



While visiting some of the Middle Kuril Islands during the 

 summer of 1896 I was much puzzled by a black-winged Guille- 

 mot, which at first I mistook for Pallas's Cepphus carbo, especially 



