54 THE NATURALIST OF THE ST. CROIX 



Canvas-back Duck ; common. 



Golden-eyed Duck ; rare on coast. 



Surf Duck; rare; only one specimen ; (sea coast). 



White-winged Coot Duck ; very rare on the coast. 



Buffle-head Duck; not uncommon river and coast. 



On receiving this letter and list of birds from Mr. 

 Boardman, Mr. Allen acknowledged them as follows : 



Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 31, 1869. 

 Friend Boardman: 



Yours of the 29th is at hand, together with your list of 

 Florida birds, for which I am extremely obliged. It adds quite a 

 number of species to my list which 1 should not otherwise have 

 had, and valuable notes on others, all of which I shall be happy to 

 use with due acknowledgements. In addition, if I may trouble 

 you so much, I should like to know at what points you made 

 most of your observations and during what months. I should 

 like further particulars in reference to the wholesale destruction 

 of certain species by hunters, especially of the Egrets, and at 

 what points they have been most persecuted. On the whole 

 our notes rarely differ in respect to the abundance and time of 

 occurrence of these species we both observed. In respect to the 

 Vireos, however, I did not meet with the Bed-eyed till March, 

 while the White-eyed was common all winter — the reverse of 

 what you state. The great Carolina Wren I found more or less 

 common all winter. You mention both the Sharp-tailed and Sea- 

 side Finches? What were their peculiar haunts? The coast? As 

 already remarked in a previous letter, any facts in respect to the 

 weight and general appearance of the Wild Turkey are solicited. 



Very truly yours, 



J. A. Allen. 



In further explanation of the places where Mr. Board- 

 man collected, with additional notes, he writes Mr. Allen : 



Milltown, Maine, Nov. 3, 1869. 

 Friend Allen : 



I have yours of October 31. I made all of my observation 

 about East Florida, January, February and March, with a week or 

 two in April. Fernandina I found a very good place for shore and 



