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dant as E. pusilliis, yet this appears to be a regular visitor every season, 

 arriving early in the fall. 



Symphemia semipalmata inornata. Western Willet. — Both forms 

 of Willet occur in the vicinity of Tarpon Springs, and though I have 

 representatives of inornata in full plumage, yet the smaller form is the 

 one breeding commonly about this point, and localities visited on Tam- 

 pa and Hillsboro Bays. 5". 5. inornata, however, seems to be the com- 

 moner form throughout the winter months. 



Columba leucocephala. White-crowned Pigeon. — Through the 

 kindness of Mr. Atkins, of Key West, I am able to record a representa- 

 tive of this species from Punta Rassa. This is a young male of the vear, 

 just beginning to assume full plumage. It is No. 3492 of the author's col- 

 lection, and was taken by Mr. Atkins at the point indicated on August 

 16, 1886. 



I have also before me two immature female birds taken at Key West by 

 Mr. Atkins on October S and 9, 1887. The eyes of the female birds are 

 recorded on the labels as gray and those of the male as light orange. 

 Feet and legs of all. dark red. 



Mr. Atkins writes me that the species is quite common at Key West. 



The record from Punta Rassa extends the range of this species on the 

 Gulf coast of Florida considerably to the northward — about a hundred 

 and twenty miles — of previous observations. 



Buteo fuliginosus. Little Black Hawk. — On the 15th of December, 

 1S86, A. Lechevallier collected, near Cape Romano, Florida, an adult 

 male bird of this species. This bird was procured from that gentleman 

 by Mr. Atkins and was sent by him to me for identification. Concluding 

 it to be the above species, it was submitted to Mr. J. A. Allen, who agreed 

 with me. This is, so far as I am aware, the second record for the United 

 States. 



Conurus carolinensis. Carolina PARoquET. — This species, once com- 

 mon in Hillsboro County and in the immediate vicinity of Tarpon Springs, 

 has now apparently disappeared from the region in question, or has at least 

 become very rare. During three seasons' collecting in this region I have 

 not met with it, nor have any specimens been brought to me hy any of the 

 many local hunters. The birds are still rather common in parts of Her- 

 nando County, but the general opinion of residents seems to be that each 

 year finds them more rare. This does not seem to have come about 

 wholly by persecution, though the birds have been killed in great num- 

 bers. The settlement of the country and clearing of land has served to 

 disturb this species very much, as it has CampepJtilus principalis. Both 

 species have absolutely forsaken regions where they were once compara- 

 tively common, or even abundant. 



Coccyzus minor. Mangrove Cuckoo. — I have before me an individual 

 of this species, taken near Tampa by Mr. Stuart, and the record of an- 

 other observed on South Anclote Kej', May 20, 1S87. 



The species, though not nearly so common, seems to have a range on 

 the Gulf coast of Florida coextensive with that of Vireo altiloquus bar- 

 batulus, to which reference will be made further on. 



