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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMFRICAN PTEDS. 



833. Buteo fuliginosus Scl. b — , c — . u — . (!s. a.) (?) 



Sooty Buzzard. 



884. Eurynorhynchus pygmseus (L.) Pearson, n — . c — . R 



Spoon-billed Sandpiper. 



885. Fulica atra L. n — , v — . u — . (g.) 



European Coot. 



836. Fuligula ruflna (Pall.) Stoph. n —. c —. ii — . (!E.) 



Rufous-crested Duck, 



887. CEstrelata gularis (Peale) Brewst. B — . c — . u — . (!) 



Oular Petrel. 



888. Pufflnus borealis Cory. B — . c — . R — . (?) 



Northern Sbearwater. 



-. (!A.) 



883. 



884. 



885. 



886. 



887. 



888. 



B. fu-lI-gTn-o'-sQs. JjHt. fii!i(jinosiis, sooty, of a dark sooty color; fuli'go, soot. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since ascertained to occur in I'"lorida (if really distinct from 

 B. brac/iiju.us). Sec Ridg., Bull. Nutt. Club, vi. No. 4, October, 1881, p. -212. 



Eu-ry-n6-rhyn'-chfls pyg-mae'-Qs. (ir. tvpivu I dilate, widen, spread out ; from fvp\'i%, 

 broad; and jivyxos, beak. It is found s|)eiled in many dillerent ways; often iitiin- or 

 eurhiii; as if supposed to be eS and ^I'j or piv, the nose. — See Sitln, No. (il. 



Not in the orig. cd. of the Check List. Since given by Ridgway as occurring at I'oint 

 Barrow, Arctic coast of Alaska, in Bull. U. S. Nat. Mi;s., No. 21, 1881, p. 85. We 

 are informed that the alleged occurrence is questionable. 



FQl'-I-cS a'-tra. Lat. airr, atra, atrnm, black. 



Not in tlie orig. ed. of the Check List. Since reported to liavc been obtained in 

 Greenland in 1870. See Ridg., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 21, 1881, p. So, and Fi'eke, 

 Zoologist, September, 1881, p 37-1. 



FiSl-Ig'-ti-la ru-fi'-na. Late Lat. nijhiun, reddened, reddish, formed from m/us, of same 

 meaning. 



Not in the orig. cd. of the Check List. Specimen said to liave been procured 

 in Fulton Market, New York, February, 1872, and to be now in the Nat. Mus. at Wash- 

 ington. Ridg., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 21, 1881, p. So; Allen, Bull. Nutt. Club, vi, 

 1881, p. 173. 



Oes-tre'-la-t5 gQl-a'-rls. Lat. rjulan's, pertaining to ffttla, the throat. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since asccrlaiiu il to occur in New York. See Brewst., Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, vi, No. 2, April, 1881, p. 04. 



Only North American as astray on the Ingh sea. 



Puf'-fln-Qs b6r-e-a'-lls. Lat. Immtlis, northern. 



Not in the orig. ed. Since described as new from Massacliusctts. See Cory, Bull. 

 Nutt. Club, vi, No. 2, April, 1881, p. 84. 



