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was feeding upon the carcass of a pig, and was easily approached. It is now 

 in my collection. 



4. Palco sacer, Forxt. McFarlane's Gerfalcon. — Through the 

 kindness of Mr. John Wallace I procured a handsomely-mounted speci- 

 men of this bird, which had been shot at Pond Quogue, Long Island, by 

 William Lane, in 1877, and which was presented by Mr. Lane to a taxi- 

 dermist at Riverhead, by whom it was mounted. This bird has been 

 examined by Mr. George A. Lawrence and Mr. Robert Ridgway, and 

 pronounced to be an adult male of this variety. The markings are very 

 distinct, and much darker than those of a Falco sacer in the American 

 Museum at Central Park, New York. 



5. Hdematopus palliatus, Temm. Oyster Catcher. — On May 28, 

 1877, I obtained a specimen of this bird, which had been shot in Xew 

 York Harbor. 



6. Phalaropus fulicarius, Bp. Red Phalarope. — In August, 1870, 

 I received from Mr. E. Frame a fine specimen of this bird, which he had 

 shot upon the meadows at Flushing, Long Island. I mounted the speci- 

 men, but did not note the sex. It was in immature plumage. 



7. Lobipes hyperboreus, Cuv. Northern Phalarope. — Shot 

 two males of this species on August 20, 1879, while decoying Bay Snipe 

 at Center Moriches, L. I., and a third specimen was taken by C. A. Wil- 

 lets, at Flushing, L. L, on September 29, 1879. 



8. Porzana jamaicensis, Cass. Black Rail. — A specimen of this 

 bird was shot at Jamaica, Long Island, by a Mr. Simpson, during the 

 spring of 1879. It is now in my collection. — Robert Lawrence, New 

 York City. 



The Large-billed Water Thrush at Lake George, N. Y. — 

 Mr. N. H. Bishop presented me with two skins, male and female, of the 

 Large-billed Water Thrush {Siurus motacilla), which he and Mr. O. B. 

 Lockhart captured at Lake George, N. Y., May 8, 1877, near a mountain 

 stream. They acted as if they might be building. This is far north for 

 this Southern bird — A. K. Fisher, M. D., Sing Sing, N. Y. 



Capture of the Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) m 

 Spring at New Haven, Conn. — On May 30, 1879, I secured a female 

 of this species, while collecting in a small tract of low second growth, not 

 far from the city. They are very rarely taken in spring in this State, and 

 are rare at any time. — George Woolsby, New Haven, Conn. 



A New Warbler XMyiodioctes mitratus) for Massachusetts. — 

 For information regarding the first occurrence of the Hooded Warbler in 

 Massachusetts I am indebted to Mr. Gordon Plummer, who writes me that 

 an adult male of this species was taken by Mr. William Adair, who shot 

 it from the highest branches of an oak-tree, in Brookline, June 25, 1879. 

 This Warbler is abundant and breeds in Southern Connecticut, yet onlv a 



