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large skeleton, similarly measured, is but a trifle more than twenty-five 

 inches in length. 



A life-sized, colored photograph of the bird as it appeared before re- 

 mounting is preserved in the collection. — F. A. Lucas, Washington, 

 D. C. 



Eggs of the Florida Dusky Duck. A set of the eggs of the Florida 

 Dusky Duck {Anas fulviguUi) were taken by Mr. O. A. Quartermain on the 

 Banana River, Florida, May 22, 18S9 .The set contained ten eggs, which 

 are almost white in color, showing a very faint tinge of green when held 

 in the light. An average specimen measured 2.15 X 1.60 inches. — 

 Charles B. Cory, Boston, Mass. 



Another Capture of the Widgeon {Anas penclope) on the Atlantic 

 Coast. — On January 11, 1S90. 1 saw a very fine adult male hanging in a 

 marketman's stall in New York City, near Washington Market. On in- 

 quiry, I learned that it had been shipped from Baltimore to New York, 

 and doubtless was shot on Chesapeake Bay. It was hanging amongst a 

 lot of Dusky Ducks {Anas obscura) with which it was said to have been 

 received. It has been mounted and placed in the collection of the Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History, New York. Its fresh measurements 

 were as follows: length, 495 mm.; alar expanse, 850 mm.; wing, 260 

 mm.; tail, 116 mm.; culmen, 34 mm.; tarsus, 40 mm. — -Edgar A. 

 Mearns, M.D., Fort Snclling, Minn. 



Capture of a Specimen of Somateria dresseri in the vicinity of Ottawa, 

 Canada. — On November 7, 1SS9, after a strong easterly storm the writer 

 shot a young male of this species, in the plumage of the female, while 

 flying up the River Ottawa a short distance below the City. This is, I 

 believe, the first specimen obtained in this locality. — Geo. R. White, 

 Otta-va, Canada. 



The Red Phalarope on Lake Erie. — I take pleasure in making the fol- 

 lowing record of the occurrence of the Red Phalarope {Cry mophilus fuli- 

 cariits) on Lake Erie at the mouth of the River Raisin, Monroe, Michigan. 

 On October 24, iSSS, Mr. Ralph Brandreth noticed the bird sitting in the 

 water and shot it. It was in summer plumage. It was mounted, and is 

 now temporarily in my possession.— Robt. B. Lawrence, Neiv York 

 City. 



Recent Occurrence of the Turkey Vulture in Eastern Massachusetts. — 

 Messrs. Goodale and Frazar, the Boston taxidermists, have lately 

 mounted a Turkey Vulture which was shot at Essex, Massachusetts, Nov. 

 16, 1S89 The species has been bought for the Essex County collection of 

 the Peabodv Museum of Salem. There are records of four previous occur- 

 rences in the State, one by Samuels (Agr. Mass., Secy's Rep. 1S63, App., 

 p. xviii) of two specimens taken in 1S63, another by Maynard (Nat. Guide, 



