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men and saw two others at a small lake in Madison Co., seven 

 miles from St. Louis, on February 27, 1880.' 



'See Bull. N)ilt. Orn. Clnb, vi, April. 1881, p. 121. Thi.s specimen was kindly sub- 

 mitted to mi> for exiiminiition by Mr. Hurtor, and I identified it as P. autumnalis in 

 immature plumage, but I now fear that my idonliflcation is open to question. I have 

 just re-road a letter from Mr. Hurter (dated April 12, 1881), In which he describes the 

 fresh colors of the soft parts as follows: "Iris reddish; bill slate-color with a very 

 siioht reddish tint: legs slate with also a reddish tint on the upper parts; bare skin 

 in front of the eye brownish red." (Italics my own.) The presence of a reddish tint to 

 the soft parts point rather to P. guarauna, and the spuoimen should be carelolly 

 re-examludd* 



