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in the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory for September, 1862, Volume IX, pages 122-132. 

 This was published with the following introductory note 

 from A. E. Verrill : " The following list of birds was 

 originally sent to me by Mr. Boardman for my own use 

 and was not intended for publication ; but, finding that 

 it was very complete and valuable for determining the 

 geographical distribution of species, I requested him to 

 publish it. This he could not attend to himself and I 

 have, with his consent, re-written it in a systematic form, 

 adding, in some cases, observations made by myself at 

 Grand Manan in 1859." This note of Prof. Verrill 

 shows plainly that Mr. Boardman was so closely engaged 

 in business that he could not attend to the publication 

 of the list, while Prof. Verrill gives it the just compli- 

 ment of saying that it is "very complete and valuable." 

 The list enumerates two hundred and twenty-five spe- 

 cies. Regarding the Tufted Puffin, Prof. Verrill says : 

 ' ' Mr. Boardman states that the fishermen say that a 

 Tufted Puffin, or Sea Parrot, is occasionally seen about 

 the islands in winter. This species is also said by 

 Audubon to be sometimes found on the coast of Maine. 

 A specimen in the Museum of Comparative Zoology was 

 probably obtained at Grand Manan." 



A copy of this list had also been sent to Prof. Spencer 

 F. Baird of the Smithsonian Institution, who, in acknowl- 

 edging the same, wrote in a letter of December 2, 1862 : 

 "I duly received your interesting catalogue of Calais 

 birds ; it makes a fine show of species." 



On page 233 of Volume IX. of the Proceedings of the 

 Boston Society is an additional list of twelve species 

 of Maine birds described by Mr. Boardman. Of the 



