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  Ornithological 
  Notes. 
  

  

  voyage, 
  at 
  Nootka 
  Sound 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  Oregon 
  and 
  

   California. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Richardson 
  figures 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  'Fauna 
  Bor. 
  Amer. 
  

   which 
  was 
  obtained 
  at 
  Fort 
  Franklin 
  in 
  lat. 
  Q^\° 
  ; 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  

   observe 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  Saskatchewan 
  River, 
  and 
  remarks 
  : 
  " 
  it 
  

   most 
  probably 
  does 
  not 
  go 
  far 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  

   Mountains 
  in 
  its 
  migrations 
  North 
  and 
  South." 
  

  

  One 
  other 
  instance 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  found 
  here, 
  was 
  noticed 
  a 
  

   year 
  or 
  two 
  since 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Samuel 
  Cabot, 
  in 
  the 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  

   Boston 
  Society 
  of 
  Natural 
  History. 
  

  

  6. 
  Strobilophaga 
  enucleator 
  (Linn). 
  Large 
  numbers 
  of 
  Pine 
  

   Finches 
  have 
  appeared 
  this 
  winter 
  near 
  oar 
  city, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   in 
  diflferent 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  having 
  left 
  the 
  North, 
  where 
  

   they 
  usually 
  remain 
  throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  Numerous 
  flocks 
  

   have 
  also 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  Massachusetts, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  

   Pennsylvania. 
  

  

  7. 
  Sterna 
  Forsteri 
  Nutt. 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  Tern 
  from 
  California 
  

   which 
  agrees 
  very 
  closely 
  with 
  the 
  one 
  obtained 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Richardson 
  on 
  the 
  Saskatchewan, 
  and 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  

   Fauna 
  Bor. 
  Amer. 
  as 
  " 
  Sterna 
  hirundo." 
  In 
  a 
  note, 
  he 
  

   remarks 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  English 
  specimens 
  of 
  Sterna 
  hirundo 
  differ 
  from 
  the 
  

   above 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  web 
  of 
  the 
  exterior 
  tail-feather, 
  being 
  

   blackish- 
  grey 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  webs 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  tail 
  feathers, 
  and 
  the 
  

   whole 
  of 
  their 
  coverts, 
  white. 
  The 
  blackish 
  gray 
  of 
  the 
  quills 
  

   is 
  more 
  extended. 
  The 
  tarsus 
  is 
  more 
  slender, 
  and 
  two 
  lines 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  bird. 
  Further 
  observation 
  must 
  

   determine 
  whether 
  these 
  differences 
  are 
  constant. 
  They 
  ex- 
  

   ist 
  in 
  several 
  specimens 
  from 
  both 
  countries 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  

   examined, 
  and 
  the 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson's 
  Bay 
  bird 
  at- 
  

   tracted 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  Forster." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Nuttall 
  in 
  his 
  " 
  Ornithology," 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  274, 
  under 
  

   Sterna 
  hirundo 
  has 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  This 
  bird, 
  agreeing 
  with 
  the 
  European 
  species, 
  appears 
  

  

  