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and at Colorado Springs as they turned southward they obtained 

 the Dusky Grouse. The Lazuli Bunting and Cliff Swallow 

 were secured near the present Canyon City and reaching Pueblo 

 on the return march the House Finch and Arkansas Goldfinch 

 were added to the collection of novelties. Near La Junta in 

 southeastern Colorado they secured the type specimen of the 

 Arkansas Flycatcher and not far away Say's Phoebe. Several 

 other birds previously known only from Mexico were added to 

 our fauna through Peale's energy on this expedition. The sci- 

 entific collections, as reported, consisted of 60 skins of animals 

 rare or new to science, several thousand insects, 500 species of 

 plants, a large collection of shells, many minerals and 122 

 sketches by Peale, all of which were deposited in the " Philadel- 

 phia Museum." 



In 1824 Peale was engaged by Bonaparte for a trip to Florida 

 to secure additional novelties to be published in the later vol- 

 umes of his "Ornithology." Interesting specimens were ob- 

 tained and copious notes, which appear in Bonaparte's work, 

 but the only novelty secured seems to have been the so-called 

 "Peale's Egret", now regarded as a dichromatic phase of the 

 Keddish Egret, Dichromanassa rufescens. It is unfortunate that 

 the name given by Bonaparte in Peale's honor could not have 

 been perpetuated. A manuscript diary kept by Peale on this 

 trip was picked up by Mr. S. N. Rhoads some years ago in the 

 shop of a dealer in old metals and miscellaneous curios in 

 Philadelphia and is now in the possession of Col. John E. 

 Thayer, of Lancaster, Mass. 



In 1831, according to Dr. A. C. Peale, Titian accompanied 

 an expedition to the Magdalena River in Columbia, which was 

 financed through the liberality of Dr. Marmaduke Burrough, 

 after whom the much-disputed Turkey Vulture, Cathartes burro- 

 vianus of Cassin, was named. The collections obtained were 

 presented to the Philadelphia Museum, though later Dr. Bur- 

 rough presented many specimens to the Philadelphia Academy. 



On September 6, 1836 the Academy, apparently in conjunc- 

 tion with other similar societies, received a letter from the 

 Secretary of the Navy requesting an outline of fields, which it 

 would be desirable to cover in the scientific investigations of the 



