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Si'. CiiAU. All nil : Hciid, iic'i k. mill ln.vir |iiirlH nlaly liliiixli |iui|ilt', ilaikir (■■iiiuitiim'H nuiirly 

 I 111 k) iiii "•iiliiiiii'ii iiml liliiif ; ( ii«-iiiii |>iiri' while; nii|iir \m\\\* luiulil iili\c-;^iii'ii, i Imn^'iiij,' t" 

 lai;;lit vt'filili rlilin- inWiiiil I lie iim|i|i' m| I lie 1ii\m r |iiiii'., ilir >ii|i's ami liiiiii;; nf wiiiK al-u ^'ifcniili 

 I'liic; wiiiK'' liiiK'''*''' K'"''" tl'i'" liaik, ami .xliailnl «iili liiij,'lit vcrililiT-liliu', Kimilal ^liiclil 

 l>i'i;,'lit Mil)' in lil'i' (;.'rrriii>li III' iill\ari'iiii-> ill ijiiiil --kill-) ; liiil lui^^'lit icil, li|i|ii'i| wiili yillnw ; 

 iii< ciiiiiwiii ; !('Kt aiiiMi'i't M'llii\vi-li. Wnnni : AlmM'. Ii;<lil I'lilMiii^iiiinw n, liii;ini wlili ;,'riiiii-|i 

 Hii wiiii^M ; lii'iicatli. |iai<' riilvuiis ur Iniiry, tiir Im'IIv wiiili^li ; Iroiilal nIiii'IiI -inalii'i' tiinn in mliill, 

 .lii-ky (in "kill'*) ; liill liiill M'llinviHJi. Ihiuiiij iikiiiuj: " I'lniii.ly lijin k " (Ai Di ikin). ThImI 

 l ii-lli, iiliiiiit 12. "ill iiii'lii'M ; win>;, 7.(Kt-7.;((> ; lulnicn (im Imlin;,' Imntal wliit'lii), l.,s:)-|.!):( ; liiriiiM, 



j.-'.'>-i.:.Oi iiiiilillc tiM', -i/irt-iM^. 



Spi'iiiiii'iM vary M'liiaikalily in llic m/v. iiml t'luiii oi'tlu' rniiiiMJ plalc In IHI7h,'i, Ccaia, ISia/il, 

 il i-i lii'iiailcr liian iniij^', ami its iiuHiciiui' inai';;iii loiimlcil : ii->iially il is liin;,'i'i' than ln'iniil, aiul its 

 |i.iit('iiiii' I'Xti'cinily an an;,'li' — Niiiin'tiini's ariili'. TIu'It is also miirh iliU'i'ii'mr ainiiii;^ imliviiliials 

 ill till' inti'iisity III' tiiii I'lijiii's. All tlii'sc variations i(|i|ii'ai', liowi'Vi'i', ti> In' iiMiily iiiili\ iiliial, nr 

 |M'iliM|is |iai'tially HcaHniial, ainl fiitii't'ly imli'iiinilint nf Imality. 



Till' I'iiiiili' (ijilliiiuii' is cHSfiitiiilly ii sinitlirni siH'rics, ami <'!iiinu'ti'riHtir ol' the 

 sniitlicfii ilistfiL'ts (il till' liiili'il Stiitrs, wlicrc it is I'diiml at all seasons ni' tlic yrar. 

 il is iiii't with rriiiii tin' Carnliiias suiitliward aIniiL; tin' Suiithfrii Atlantic fnast, and 

 riiiin l''liiiiila III .Mi'xii'ii aldii.i,' tlir slmii's nt Ih" (iiill. It also (ii'cms in tin' West 

 imlia islands. Mrxirn. and Criitral Anirrica, and dvit a lar^'i' cxt-ciit nl' tin' iinrtlii'in 

 piirliiins (il Sdiilli Aini'iica. It is a ^rcat waiidiTrr, nr in its nii.Lti'atiniis is driven liy 

 ti'iupests to distant jMiints. as stia,y;j,di'is have lieeii I'oiind ainii!,' tlie entire Atlantic 

 iiiast as I'ar eastward as tin' Itay ol' l''nndy. A lew are said to lireed as far nortli as 

 rharlcstoii, S. <'. Tliisltird is an oeeasioiial visitant in Iteriiiiida, as also in Missouri, 

 llliiinis, Wisconsin, and (tliio. Mr. (ieor^'c A. Itoardiiian iiil'nrnis me that a sin^de 

 iiislaiiee ol' the accidental oeciirrenee of this sjieeies came under his knowlcdi,'!' in the 

 \ iriiiity of Calais. .Me. 'riie liird was found I'eedini,' on the Hals near that city late in 

 tin' summer; and .Mr. William lirewstcr also mentions the olitainin.n a line s|iecimen on 

 Caiie ("oil in April, IS7l>. Mr. (iiraud states that this bird is only of rare and occa- 

 sional oecurr<'nce on l.on.t,' Island. A few instanc "■. are mentioned in which it lias 

 Imiii found driven out to sea in very stmiiiy weather. In one instance an adult male 

 ami female were met witli three hundred miles to the south and east of the I'.elize. 

 Tlii'se were not foniiil toj^cther, hut were met with foiirtei'ii hours ajiart. The lirst 

 alighted on the vessel. Tlie other, in an attem|it to alij,dit. fell exhausted into the 

 sea; it was, however, rescued ; and in a short lime lioth recruited, and arrived in New 

 \'ork in j;ood condition. They were U'{\ with meal, lish, lircad, and various articles 

 111 diet from the table. They were also furnished with water for bathinj,', of which 

 tliry made tree use. They a|i|iear(Ml to be quite contented in their conlineiiieiit, and 

 liir .several months seemed to enjoy jierfect health, when the female was siidih'iily 

 t.'d^i'U with cramiis and died, the male surviving her but a few days, .\bont the tiiiu! 

 Ill the .severe revolviu},' southerly fjale of the tJOtli of .January, l.S7<>. an iinlividnal of 

 this species was driven into the harbor of Halifax, and was secured. Mr. .1. Matthew 

 •IciMi's. of that i',ity, states that this is the only individual of the s]tecie,s known to 

 have been taken in Nova Scotia. Mr. <'. \V. Wyatt met with this bird near Lako 

 I'aturia. in Colombia, South America, and Mr. Leyland found it in the lat,'oons near 

 I'eti'ii, in Ontral .\iuerica. ^Ir. H. C. Taylor states that it is abundant in suitable 

 localities in Trinidad, and that he afterward met with it in jj^reat numbers at Porto 

 Ki'o. T/'otaud also states that he found it very abundant in Trinidad, whtire it keeps 

 mostly airong the rushes and reeds that cover tlio inundated meadows. At certain 

 parts of the day, especially in the early morning, and still more frequently in the 

 iiitcrnoon, it comes out from these liidiiig-plaues to the banks of the rivers or the bor- 



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