342 TACHYPETID.E : FRIGATE BIRDS. 



on Faulkner's Island, Conn., in the autumn of 1859, and 

 preserved in the collection of Captain Brooks (Am. Nat., 

 ix, 1865, p. 470. See also Merriam, Rev. B. Conn., 

 1877, p. 131 ; Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc., xix, 1878, p. 308). 

 Mr. Purdie's manuscript informs us that a specimen was 

 taken, but not preserved, about twelve years ago, at 

 Booth Bay, Maine. A Nova Scotian case is recorded 

 by Deane (Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, 1879, P- 64); probably 

 the same as given by Gilpin (Orn. and Ool., vol. vii, 

 1882, p. 123). 



It may be mentioned that a Tropic-bird has been 

 known to occur in Nova Scotia and New York. 



