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leebly to the iiorthwaicl. It is not strange then that Chester 

 County, a mere point in the pathway of these vast iiiovenients, 

 should feel their inlluence in so marked a degree. 



The appended notes pertain (i) to the birds added since the 

 appearance of the last list; (2) to those, noteworthy ones, pre- 

 viously noticed, which have been found in greater abundance or 

 at other seasons than recorded ; (3) to those reflecting in an 

 especial manner the different phases of the migratory movements, 

 treated of at length beyond. The numbers below 141 refer to 

 the 'Partial List,' from 141 to iSo, inclusive, to the 'Supplemen- 

 tary Notes'; above 180 are additional. Tn the matter of dates 

 the wliole fourteen years have been passed in review and the 

 normal extremes selected. The minor observations omitted in 

 the present paper have been reserved for another connection. 



181. Urinator imber. Loon. — Of the occurrence of the Great North- 

 ern Diver on the Broad and Catawba I have long l)een aware, but the 

 fact of its presence has remained unverified bj a specimen until the present 

 year (1890) when a bird in immature plumage was shot April 26, on the 

 latter river. 



182. Urinator lumme. RED-xfUiOAXED Loon. — A young male was 

 captured, alive and unhurt, on the morning of February 28, 18S5, in a field 

 of oats near the town of Chester. This locality, which is on the dividing 

 ridge between the Broad and Catawba Rivers, is somewhat remote from 

 any extended body of water, the nearest considerable stream or mill-pond 

 beingseveral miles distant. Attention was first directed to the bird by its 

 loud and unusual cries. On removing the skin, the body was found to be 

 very greatly emaciated. 



183. Porzana noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. — In 18S7 a female was 

 shot Nov. 12, and a male Nov. 23. Dec. 10 of the same year another 

 was seen. This latter instance seems to indicate that the species will 

 ultimately prove to be a winter resident, but it should be borne in mind 

 that the winter of 1887-88 was one of unwonted mildness in this region. 

 In October, 1890, a fourtii example was noted. 



184. Porzana jamaicensis. Black Rail.— Sept. 3, 18S7, an adult 

 female was killed with a pitchfork in a little hillside sink from which the 

 grass was being cut. 



As to the abundance of the Rails of our local ornis, as well as of 

 the dates of their appearance and disappearance, I am unable to speak 

 with certainty. The time required for the systematic investigation of 

 these points has heretofore been devoted to the study of the birds of the 

 woods and fields. 



185. Nyctea nyctea. Snowy Owl.— During the early part of Decem- 

 oer 1886, I saw an individual several times under circumstances that 



