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the collection and report upon it; but nothing resulted from this 
endeavour except the deplorable loss of such of the original Peale 
Museum labels as still remained, pinned to or tucked under the wings 
of some of the birds. These labels were removed from the specimens 
and put into a paper envelope which was afterward lost. The tickets 
which now accompany the specimens were probably printed after the 
collection passed into the custody of the Boston Museum; they 
consist merely of the name and habitat of the animals, without any 
data. I believe the only surviving labels which probably go back to 
the Peale Museum are two wooden ones belonging to a pair of Golden 
Pheasants presented to Charles Willson Peale by George Washington.! 
I now proceed to my notes made during an examination of the North 
American birds in this collection, premising that heretofore the origi- 
nals of only three of Wilson’s birds have been located; wz.: — 
SYLVIA MARITIMA Wils., Type., 6, 1812, p. 99, pl. 54, fig. 3. 
{ =Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.), 1788]. 
| In coll. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. See Orton, Amer. 
\Nat., 4, 1871, p. 714. 
FALCO MISSISSIPPIENSIS Wils., Type. 3, 1811, p. 80, pl. 25, fig. 1. 
In coll. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. See STone, 
?roc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, p. 11; Auk, 16, 1899, p. 169. | 
FALCO PENNSYLVANICUS Wils,.7 ype: 6, 1812, p..92, pl. 54, fig.1. 
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\ 
Vom. praeoc. = Sparvius platypterus Vieill., 1823; Falco wilsgnii Bonap., 1824; 
alco latissimus Ord, 1824]. 
In coll. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. See Sronn, ut supra. 
a 
! Mr. Maynard tells me that there were also two groups of mounted birds arranged 
two glass cases, presented by Washington to the Peale Museum; these were trans- 
ie with the rest from the Boston Museum to the rooms of the Natural History 
ciety, but they had been disposed of before Mr. Maynard purchased the collection. 
\ See Faxon, Auk, 18, April, 1891, p. 217. 
