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Lower Petcbora " ; and it will be doubtless still more fully treated of in 

 a forthcoming; part of Mr. H. E. Dresser's " Birds of Europe." — J. 

 A. Harvie Brown, Cor. Mem., Dunipace House, Larhert, Scotland. 



A Note on Copidonia cupido var.pallidicinctus, Ridgway. — In the 

 latter part of January, 1877, I found in Fulton Market about thirty speci- 

 mens of this form ; they were generally unlit for preserving, but I got two 

 in good condition. On examination they agreed accurately with Mr. 

 Ridgway's description (N. Am. Birds, Vol. Ill, p. 446). I ascertained that 

 they came from Pierce City, Southwestern Missouri. I have been unable 

 to make much inquiry for others since. I lately learned from a large dealer 

 that they had been quite abundant in market, all coming from Southern 

 Missouri. The marketmen objected to buying them on account of their 

 small size. I found their average weight to be one and three-fourths pounds, 

 some weighing but one and a half pounds. All I talked Avith said they had 

 not noticed them before this winter. — George N. Lawrence, New York. 



Capture of the Egyptian Goose on Long Island. — On the 3d of 

 January, 1877, I received a remarkably fine specimen of a species of 

 Goose entirely unknown to me. The bird was killed in a pond of fresh 

 water near Carnarsie, Long Island, and has every appearance of being a 

 wild bird. The plumage is in fine condition, and the feet are free from 

 warts. On exhibiting it to our well-known ornithologist, Mr. G. N. 

 Lawrence of New York, he expressed great surprise, and promised to 

 investigate the matter. I have since received from him the following 

 communication : — 



"The Goose shown me yesterday is the Egyptian Goose {Chenalopex 

 (egyptiacus, Linn.). It inhabits all of Africa, and numerous specimens 

 have been killed in Great Britain. Its acquisition is worthy of being 

 noted, and whether a straggler or an escaped specimen may be ascertained 

 in the future." 



The specimen will be placed in the Museum of the Long Island His- 

 torical Society of Brooklyn. — John Akhurst, BrooJdyn, N. Y. 



MacCown's Longspur in Illinois. — While looking over a box of 

 Snow-Buntings and Shore Larks in the market, January 15, 1877, 1 found 

 a specimen of Plectrophanes maccowni, shot at Champaign, Illinois. Jan- 

 uary 17, another box containing Lapland Longspurs was sent from the same 

 place, and among them was a second specimen of P. maccowni, which is 

 now in the collection of C. N. Holden, Jr., Chicago. January 19 1 ob- 

 tained a third specimen from the same source, which has been sent to Mr. 

 E. W. Nelson, of this city. They were all males, showing plainly the 

 chestnut coloring on the bend of the wing and the peculiar white 

 markings of the tail. This is, I think, the first record of the occurrence 

 of this bird in Illinois, if not east of Kansas. — Henry K. Coale, Chicago, 

 Illinois. 



