﻿Ornithological 
  Notes. 
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  I 
  have 
  in 
  my 
  collection 
  a 
  male 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  Duck, 
  pro- 
  

   cured 
  in 
  California, 
  from 
  whence 
  several 
  have 
  recently 
  been 
  

   sent. 
  The 
  first 
  instance 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  found 
  within 
  our 
  limits, 
  

   that 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  my 
  knowledge, 
  is 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  Proceed- 
  

   ings 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Natural 
  Sciences, 
  Philadelphia. 
  This 
  

   one 
  was 
  obtained 
  in 
  Louisiana 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Pilate, 
  and 
  presented 
  

   to 
  the 
  Academy. 
  I 
  have 
  added 
  a 
  short 
  description, 
  whicli 
  I 
  

   think 
  should 
  always 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  noticing 
  additions 
  to 
  our 
  

   Fauna, 
  as 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  described 
  in 
  European 
  works 
  

   not 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  accessible 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  reader. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  has 
  the 
  crown 
  brownish 
  black 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   head, 
  neck, 
  breast 
  and 
  sides 
  deep 
  chosnut 
  red 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  the 
  feathers 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  back 
  are 
  brown, 
  

   margined 
  and 
  waved 
  with 
  ohesnut 
  ; 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  back 
  

   and 
  tail 
  brown, 
  the 
  latter 
  edged 
  with 
  light 
  ash 
  ; 
  lesser 
  wing 
  

   coverts 
  light 
  blue 
  ; 
  greater 
  blackish 
  brown 
  at 
  their 
  bases, 
  and 
  

   white 
  at 
  their 
  ends, 
  forming 
  a 
  white 
  band 
  between 
  the 
  blue 
  

   coverts 
  and 
  the 
  speculum, 
  which 
  is 
  glossy 
  green 
  ; 
  primaries 
  

   and 
  secondaries 
  umber 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  tertiaries 
  have 
  their 
  shafts 
  

   white, 
  are 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  webs, 
  and 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  ; 
  

   shorter 
  scapulariee 
  dark 
  brown, 
  margined 
  with 
  chesnut 
  ; 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  longer 
  ones 
  are 
  pale 
  blue, 
  others 
  greenish 
  black, 
  mark- 
  

   ed 
  with 
  white 
  along 
  their 
  shafts 
  ; 
  inner 
  lining 
  of 
  wings 
  and 
  

   axillars 
  pure 
  white 
  ; 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts 
  black 
  ; 
  bill 
  black 
  ; 
  

   legs 
  and 
  feet 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  the 
  skin 
  16 
  inches, 
  wing 
  from 
  flexure 
  1\ 
  inches, 
  

   bill 
  above 
  2 
  inches, 
  tarsus 
  1-]- 
  inches. 
  

  

  5. 
  Tardus 
  ntevius 
  Grmelin. 
  A 
  varied 
  Thrush 
  was 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  New- 
  York 
  in 
  December 
  of 
  last 
  year, 
  

   as 
  they 
  are 
  seldom 
  found 
  cast 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains, 
  the 
  

   distance 
  it 
  wandered 
  from 
  its 
  usual 
  localities 
  is 
  remarkable, 
  

   having 
  crossed 
  almost 
  the 
  entire 
  breadth 
  of 
  this 
  conti- 
  

   nent. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  first 
  found 
  by 
  Captain 
  Cook 
  on 
  his 
  third 
  

  

  