520 APPENDIX. 



Crotophaga ani. Ani. Feet, Cuckoo-like. Bill, much compressed. Black throughout. Length, 12'00; 

 wing, G'10; tail, 775. Bahamas; accidental in Fla., and near Phil., Penn. 



Falco laharius. Lanier Falcon. Similar to Duck Hawk but very much paler. Occrrs west; rare in South- 

 ern Ills. 



Falco fflsalon. Merlin. Similar tj Pigeon Hawk, but larger, paler, and with at least six white bands on 

 tail. North-west; accidental in Mich. 



Asturina nitida. Prairie Hawk. Dark-slaty above; beneath and upper tail coverts, white, banded on first 

 with darker. Length, 18'00; wing, lO'OO. South-west; accidental in Ills. (RinGWAY.) 



Pediocaetes phasianellus. Sharp-tailed Grouse. Size and general color of Prairie Hen, but with 

 no neck tuffs, and central tail feathers elongated. North-west to Northern Ills. 



Scolopax rusticola. European Woodcock. Form, similar to American, but about a third larger and the 

 outer primaries are not attenuated. Europe; accidental on our coast. 



Totanus glottis. Greenshanks. General colors white; binds on tail, spots on breast, and anterior upper 

 parts, brown. Length, ITCH); wing, 7 '00. Europe; accidental in Florida. (AuDUBON.) 



Ibis rubra. Sarlet Ibis. Size of Ibis alba. Scarlet. S. A.; accidental in L>u. (AuDU)\.) 



Crex pratensis. Corn Crake. Dark-brown; primaries, upper and under wing coverts, rufous. Length, 10 

 inches. Europe; accidental on our coast. 



Bernicla leucopsis. Barnacle Goose. Size and general color of White Front, but white beneath. Eu- 

 rope; accidental on our coast. 



Querquedula crecca. English Teal. Size and color of Green-wing, but has no white in front of wing. 

 Europe; accidental on our coast. 



Querquedula. cyanoptera. Red-breasted Teal. Size and color of Blue-wing, but chestnut beneath. Oc- 

 curs west; accidental in Lou. and Fla. 



Dendrocygna fulva. Tree Duck. Legs, long. Cinnamon, with back black. Length, SO'OO; wing, 9' 10; 

 tail, 2'20. South-west; accidental in Lou. 



Erismatura doininica. Black-masked Duck. Above, reddish, with speculum white; head, black in 

 front. Accidental on Lake Champlain and in Wis. 



Sterna Trudeaui. Trudeau's Tern. Size and general color of Forster's, but with top of head pure white. 

 S, A.; accidental on our coast. 



Sterna anaastheta. Bridled Tern. About the size and color of Sooty, but with head and hind neck, white. 

 Bahamas; accidental on Florida Keys. 



Hydro chelidon leucoptera. White-wingaJ Tern. Size and color of niyra, but with wings partly 

 white. Europe; aceidental in Wis. 



Larus canus. Mew Gull. Not unlike Ring-bill, but darker and lacks band on bill. Europe; accidental in 

 Labrador. 



Larus Franklini. Franklin's Gull. Like the Laughing, but not as dark above and with primaries broad- 

 ly tipped with white. North-west; rare in Ills, and Lou. in winter. 



Rhodostethia rosea. Wedge-tailed Gull. Pearly on mantle, white elsewhere, tinged with rosy beneath, 

 and with black ring around neck. Length, H'OO; wing, 10'50. Arctic Ocean ; very rare, only 13 specimens known. 



Stercorarius catarractes. Skua. General color, brown, with white on wings. Length, 22'00; wing, 

 15'00. Europe; accidental on our coast. 



Puffinus borealis. Cory's Shearwater. About thirty specimens of a Shearwater were obtained by Clms. 

 B. Cory, its describer, at Chatham, in the autumn of 1880, which are much larger than major; sooty above, white below. 



-flistrelata gularis. Peal's Petrel. Plumbeous, with throat, upper breast, and under tail coverts, white; 

 wing, 9-80. One specimen taken in the Antarctic Ocean, years ago, by T. R. Peal, but redescribed by Mr. Brewster from 

 a specimen, now in his collection, singularly, caught in a ploughed field in Livingstone Co., N. Y.., April, 1880. 



Fregetta Lawrenci. Lawrence's Petrel. Tail, even: body plumbeous; wings and tail, black, base of lat- 

 ter, excepting on central feathers, abdomen, and under wing coverts, white. Length, 8'00; wing, 6'00. "Seven speci- 

 mens * * * were captured * * * in the harbor of St. Marks, Florida." (LAWRENCE, 1851.) None now known to exist. 



Dendroeca Townsendi. Townsend's Warbler. Bright yellowish-green above; superciliary stripe, spot 

 before eye, and anterior under parts, yellow; remainder, two bars on wing, and outer tail feathers, white; streaks on breast, 

 sides, and under tail coverts, black. West; a single specimen obtained in Chester Co., Penn., May 12, 1808. (TURN-BULL.) 



G u i r a c a m e 1 a n o c e p h a 1 a . Black-headed Grosbeak. Size of Rose-breasted; head, back, wings, and tail, 

 stripe on crown, rump, and beneath, brownish-orange. Occurs west; accidental in Mich. (Fox.) 



M i 1 v u 1 us forficatus. Swallow-tailed Flycatcher. Like the Fork-tailed, but with crown ashy and space un- 

 der wings and part of tail, rosy-red. South-west; accidental in Lou. ( AUDUUON.) The last three species were inadvert- 

 ently omitted from their proper places. 



