I^O DuTCHER 0)1 Lottg Island Birds. [April 



land and marsli and sea attract a numerous and diversified avi- 

 fauna, larger probably than can be found in any territory of 

 equal size on the continent. 



Almost the first book on birds that I ever read, in fact my 

 primer in the study, was 'The Birds of Long Island,' by J. P. 

 Giraud, Jr., which is without doubt one of the best local lists 

 ever written. With this work as a basis on which to build, the 

 task of completing the list of Long Island birds becomes com- 

 paratively easy. As Mr. Giraud's List is in the hands of very few 

 of the readers of 'The Auk,' I have thought it desirable to quote 

 his entire annotation regarding each species on which I publish 

 notes. 



In the present paper I have the pleasure of adding six new 

 species and subspecies to the list of Long Island birds, as fol- 

 lows : 



Larus minutus. Little Gull. 



Puffinus borealis. Cory's Shearwater. 



Fregata aquila. Man-o'-War Bird. 



Otocoris alpestris praticola. Prairie Horned Lark. 

 » Protonotaria citrea. Prothonotary Warbler. 



Dendroica palmarum. Palm Warbler. 



Three of these are new records for the State of New York, viz., 

 Larus minutus. Little Gull. 

 Puffinus borealis. Cory's Shearwater. 

 Protonotaria citrea. Prothonotary Warbler. 



The Little Gull is also the first positive record for the Conti- 

 nent, the previous and its only other record being shadowed with 

 doubt. 



I. Urinator lumme. Red-throated Loon. Mr. Giraud says: 

 "Those procured in this vicinity are usually young birds — adults seldom 

 occurring."* 



Mr. Newbold T. Lawrence, when recording two adult specimens taken 

 on Long Island, says, "In this plumage it is rare."t 



Mr. J. C. Knoess, who for many years has practiced taxidermy at River- 

 head, Long Island, informs me that he has two very fipe specimens of 

 this Loon in the adult plumage "with beautiful red throats." Both were 

 procured on the Island, "and are the only ones in mature plumage I ever 

 saw on the Island." The writer, while at Sag Harbor, in the spring of 

 1886, saw in the shop of Messrs. Lucas and Buck, taxidermists, a specimen 



*The Birds of Long Island, 1844, p. 381. 



t Notes on several rare birds taken on Long Island, \. Y. Forest and Stream, Vol_ 

 X, p. 235. 



