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men and saw two others at a small lake in Madison Co., seven 

 miles from St. Louis, on February 27, 1880. 1 



See Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, vi, April. 1881. p. 124. This specimen was kindly sub- 

 mitted to me for examination by Mr. Hurter, and I identified it as P. autumnalis in 

 immature plumage, but I now fear that my identification is open to question. I have 

 just re-read a letter from Air. Hurter (dated April 12. 1881), in which he describes the 

 fresh colors of the soft parts as follows: "Iris reddish: bill slate-color vrith a very 

 slight reddish tint; legs slate with also a reddish tint on the upper parts; bare skin 

 in front of the eye brownish red." (Italics my own.) The presence of a reddish tint to 

 the soft parts point rather to f. tuaruuna. and. the specimen should be carefully 

 re-examined. 



