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  Ornithological 
  Notes. 
  

  

  white 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  ash 
  grey, 
  spotted 
  with 
  brown 
  and 
  light 
  ru- 
  

   fous 
  ; 
  sides 
  dark 
  brown, 
  finely 
  waved 
  with 
  light 
  rufous 
  and 
  ash. 
  

   Speculum 
  deep 
  glossy 
  green, 
  edged 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  — 
  greater- 
  

   wing 
  coverts, 
  narrowly 
  edged 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts 
  

   dark 
  chestnut 
  brown, 
  conspicuously 
  shaded 
  with 
  green 
  : 
  legs 
  

   dull 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Ornithological 
  Notes. 
  By 
  Geo. 
  N. 
  Lawrence. 
  Read 
  April 
  

   24th, 
  1852. 
  

  

  1. 
  Buteo 
  Harlani 
  And. 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  

   of 
  this 
  very 
  rare 
  species 
  of 
  Hawk 
  from 
  California, 
  where 
  it 
  

   was 
  procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  S. 
  Holden. 
  It 
  agrees 
  with 
  the 
  

   figure 
  and 
  description 
  given 
  by 
  its 
  discoverer, 
  Mr. 
  Audubon, 
  

   in 
  the 
  octavo 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  America. 
  Vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  38. 
  

  

  2. 
  Procellaria 
  meridionalis, 
  Lawrence. 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  

   recent 
  species 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  the 
  bay 
  at 
  Q,uogue, 
  Long 
  Island, 
  

   after 
  a 
  severe 
  storm 
  in 
  July, 
  1850. 
  

  

  3. 
  Philomachus 
  pugnax 
  (Linn). 
  I 
  had 
  an 
  opportunity 
  

   not 
  long 
  since 
  of 
  inspecting 
  a 
  young 
  male 
  Ruff, 
  which 
  was 
  

   killed 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  in 
  October 
  last 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  evidently 
  a 
  

   bird 
  of 
  that 
  season, 
  and 
  must, 
  therefore, 
  have 
  been 
  bred 
  in 
  

   this 
  country. 
  I 
  have 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  in 
  mature 
  plumage 
  

   which 
  was 
  obtained 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1845. 
  

   Dr. 
  De 
  Kay 
  gives 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  a 
  female 
  in 
  the 
  Natural 
  His- 
  

   tory 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New-York. 
  This 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  brought 
  from 
  Europe, 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  escaped 
  from 
  confine- 
  

   ment 
  ; 
  but 
  two 
  others 
  having 
  since 
  been 
  obtained, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  

   them 
  a 
  young 
  bird, 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  

   they 
  are 
  now 
  resident 
  here, 
  and 
  entitled 
  to 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  our 
  list 
  

   of 
  birds. 
  

  

  4. 
  Pterooyanea 
  cseruleata 
  (Licht). 
  (Anas 
  Rafllesii 
  King). 
  

  

  