Vol. XIV 
1897 PALMER, A Petrel New to North America. 299 
had shot it on August 28, while it was flying over the Anacostia 
River, near the Navy Yard Bridge, with several others. The 
other I received the next day from a friend who had obtained it 
from a lady who had secured it in the following decidedly novel 
manner, Their house on Capitol Hill, in Washington, has a 
gable roof with a small round window facing the east. During 
the early progress of the storm it was remembered that this 
window was open and one of the family went upstairs to close it. 
This bird was found fluttering in the room, evidently having 
entered through the window. It was secured and efforts made to 
feed it, but two days later it died, and then came into my hands. 
On receipt of the first specimen, as a Petrel is decidedly a rare 
acquisition for Washington, I went to show it to Mr. Ridgway, as 
we usually do when receiving rarities, but unfortunately he was 
absent. ‘The almost even tail was noticed, but as new feathers 
were found and no specimens of /eucorhoa were available, it 
was concluded that molting was the cause of the shortness. Upon 
receiving the second specimen and noting no difference between 
the two I concluded they were the same. I had no specimens of 
Leach’s then with which to compare, and of course never dreamed 
that a Sandwich Islands species, unknown to North America, 
could by any possibility be in my possession. Recently having 
to compare some Alaskan Petrels I noticed disagreements and 
accordingly submitted them to the inspection of Mr. Ridgway, 
who at once recognized his own species and expressed astonish- 
ment at seeing it under such circumstances. Thus a most unex- 
pected species is added to our local list and at the same time also 
to North America. It is truly a wanderer of whose home nothing 
is known. Other specimens may exist in collections, though, like 
these, under another name. No. 3234 is now No. 154436 of the 
U.S. National Museum catalogue. 
