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lu(iovicianits), in a pasture at Canton, Saint Lawrence Co., New York. 

 On August 9, I saw a second specimen of the same species within a mile 

 of the place where the first one was obtained, but I had no means of 

 securing it 



The occurrence of these two at that season seems to indicate that a few 

 of that species remain in the vicinity to breed. — Leslie A. Lee, Bruns- 

 wick, Me. 



[The specimen above mentioned, as taken July 23, having been kindly 

 sent to me for examination by Mr. Lee, I am able to state that it is a bird 

 of the year, and could not have been many weeks out of the nest, a con- 

 siderable portion of the nestling plumage being still I'etained. The speci- 

 men is also of interest from its decided approach to the excubitorides type, 

 it differing not more from typical examples of this form from the semi- 

 desert regions of the West than from the average Florida bird. (Cf. 

 Merriam, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, IV, p. 55.) It also carries the range of 

 the Loggerhead considerably north of the locality in Northern New York 

 (Danville, Lewis Co.) whence it was recently reported by Mr. Merriam, 

 I. c. — J. A. Allen.] 



The Greenfinch (Ligminus cfdoris) in Northern New York. — 

 The following note regarding the Ligurinus chloris Avild in America may 

 be of interest to the readers of the Bulletin. I have in my collection an 

 adult male of this beautiful species, which was taken by a young friend 

 near the village of Lowville, Lewis Co.. N. Y., March 19, 1878. It had 

 probably escaped from some cage, but had been so long at liberty as to 

 lose almost entirely all traces of confinement. Its plumage was in perfect 

 condition, its muscles fully developed, seemingly rather unusually so, and 

 in every way it appeared a very strong and hardy bird, notwithstanding 

 the inclemency of the month in which it was taken. The friend who 

 killed it said that it was alone, and that he did not hear any note from it. 



— RoMEYN B. Hough, Ithaca, N. Y. 



[The specimen alluded to above was kindly sent me by Mr. Hough for 

 examination. It was in perfect feather, and showed not the slightest in- 

 dication of former captivity. Indeed, I have never seen a European ex- 

 ample of the species so richly colored as the one in Mr. Hough's possession. 



R. RiDGWAY.] 



Capture of escaped Cage-birds having the Appear.wce of 

 Wild Birds. — The preceding note recording the capture of a sjiecimen 

 of the European Green Finch {Ligurinus chloris) in Northern New York, 

 having the appearance of a wild bird, renders the present occasion an 

 appropriate one to notice other similar occun'ences. In every case the 

 species are well known with us' as hardy cage-birds of the Finch tribe, 

 while at the same time their native habitat is so remotely situated that the 

 probabilities of their having reached us without human aid are nearly nil. 



In March, 1879, Mr. Leslie A. Lee, of Brunswick, Maine, sent me a 



