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parently in 1884, and said to have been placed in the collection of 

 Dartmouth College (Random Notes Nat. Hist., Vol. I, No. viii, Aug., 

 1884, p. 3). Professor J. K. Lord of Hanover, however, writes me 

 under date of January 16, 1895, that no such specimen now exists 

 at Dartmouth College. 



ANTROSTOMUS CAROLINENSIS. Chuck-wilVs-widow. 



An accidental visitor from the south Atlantic and Gulf States. 

 One was caught by a cat at Revere, Massachusetts, in October, 1884 

 (Osgood, Auk, Vol. II, April, 1885, p. 220). This specimen is now 

 in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



BUTEO SWAINSONI. Swainsorts Hawk. 



Although properly a Western species, not known to breed regularly 

 or at least commonly anywhere east of the Mississippi River, Swain- 

 son's Hawk has occurred so many times in New England as almost 

 to warrant the inference that it is more than a mere accidental 

 visitor. The records are as follows : 



Massachusetts, three instances : " Salem, winter of 1871-72, Mus. 

 Peabody Academy " (Allen, Bull. Essex Inst., Vol. X, 1878, p. 

 22) ; Wayland, about September 12, 1876, collection W. Brewster 

 (Brewster, Bull. N. O. C., Vol. Ill, 1878, p. 39) ; Essex, 9 ad., May 

 29, 1892, collection W. Brewster (Brewster, Auk, Vol. X, Jan., 

 1893, p. 82). 



Maine, three instances : Gouldsboro', September 15, 1886, collec- 

 tion W. Brewster (Auk, Vol. IV, April, 1887, p. 160) ; Glenburn 

 (eight miles from Bangor), May 19, 1888, collection W. Brewster 

 (ibid., Vol. V, Oct., 1888, p. 424) ; Calais, about October 8, 1892, 

 collection G. A. Boardman (ibid., Vol. X, Jan., 1893, p. 82). 



On examining the bird reported by Mr. Allen I find it labeled 

 " Hamilton, April 20, 1872, Nelson Butler." As this agrees with 

 the original entry in the catalogue it seems probable that Mr. Allen's 

 statement was in some respects incorrect. The Peabody Academy 

 collection contains another specimen, hitherto unrecorded, marked 

 as taken on the " Pickman farm, Salem, October 28, 1889 ; R. L. 

 Newcomb." It may also be worth mentioning in this connection 

 that in 1893 a small Buteo, apparently wholly black in color and 

 almost certainly B. swainsoni, spent two days (April 8 and 9) on 

 the river meadows at Concord, Massachusetts. It was too shy to be 

 shot, but I had several opportunities of examining it with a good 

 glass at a distance of about one hundred yards. 



