iSgi.l DuTCHER on the Labrador Duck. 20C) 



Subsequenllv the compiler called tiie attention of Mr. George 

 N. Lawrence to the above statement, with a view of ascertaining 

 the identity of Mr. Dunham, die original owner of the collection. 

 Fortunately Mr. Lawrence was able to furnish the desired infor- 

 mation, which is as follows: "The specimen in the Vermont Uni- 

 versity is undoubtedly that of the Philip Brasher collection, which 

 they have entire. Professor Baird asked me about the collection 

 that was bought from Mr. Dunham and queried whether it was the 

 one originally owned by Mr. Brasher. I enquired of Mr. John 

 Akhurst of Brooklyn, and learned from him that Mr. Brasher did 

 not want it known that he had parted with his collection and for 

 that reason sold it under another name. He assisted in packing 

 it at Mr. Brasher's house and knew it went from there to the 

 Burlington College." Mr. Brasher was a resident of Brooklyn, 

 an intimate friend of Mr. Giraud, who in the introduction to his 

 ' Birds of Long Island' takes occasion to say that he had made 

 use of the valuable cabinet of Mr. Brasher in the preparation of 

 his work. It is therefore safe to assume almost positively that the 

 location designated for this specimen is correct. 



Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences^ Philadelphia^ 



Pa. 



"I have looked carefully through the collection and find three 

 specimens, all mounted. Nearly all the specimens in the Acad- 

 emy collection are mounted, and were obtained a long while 

 since, and have very few data attached to them. From several 

 years' work among them, however, I can generally tell from the 

 character of the labels, stands, etc., where the specimens were 

 obtained. 



$ juv. "xA. young male, with a white throat, but with very 

 slight indications of white on the breast, was procured by Dr. 

 Thomas B. Wilson, through Verreaux, and was probably in- 

 cluded in the collection of the Due de Rivoli. This bird was 

 presented to the Academy by Dr. Wilson with the rest of his col- 

 lection. It bears a small label attached to the leg — 'Anas . 



Amer. Sept.' — but no other data except a number on the stand, 

 which does not correspond to any catalogue that we have. 



$ juv. "Another young male with more indications of white 

 on the breast than the one iust described. 



