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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  grounds. 
  This 
  bird 
  has 
  been 
  mistaken 
  for 
  U. 
  tr 
  oile 
  so 
  often 
  that 
  we 
  would 
  

   call 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  relative 
  dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  species, 
  specially 
  of 
  the 
  

   bills, 
  [see 
  figure]. 
  The 
  principal 
  records 
  of 
  specimens 
  examined 
  follow 
  : 
  

  

  Auburn, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Jan. 
  4, 
  1854. 
  (William 
  Hopkins). 
  Dr 
  Brewer, 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  

  

  Proc. 
  1856. 
  5: 
  13 
  

   Lawrence, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  List. 
  1866 
  

  

  Amagansett, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Dec. 
  i, 
  1883. 
  (Lawrence). 
  Dutcher, 
  Long 
  Island 
  Notes 
  

   Sovith 
  Oyster 
  Bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Winter 
  1884. 
  (Verity). 
  

   Smith's 
  Point, 
  L. 
  L 
  Mar. 
  23, 
  1884. 
  (Albin). 
  " 
  ^ 
  " 
  

  

  Rockaway 
  Beach, 
  L. 
  L 
  Feb. 
  20, 
  1884. 
  (Weston). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Coney 
  Island, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  21, 
  1884. 
  (Bebeusee). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Bellport, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Feb. 
  2, 
  1884. 
  (Monsell). 
  

  

  Smith's 
  Point, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  30, 
  1884. 
  (Albin). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Southampton, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  31, 
  1884. 
  (Phillips). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Ditch 
  Plain, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  5, 
  1884. 
  (Stratton). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Smith's 
  Point, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  19, 
  1884. 
  (Albin). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Amagansett, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  17, 
  1884. 
  (Barnes). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Southampton, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  15, 
  1884. 
  (Burnett). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Shinnecock 
  bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  8, 
  1884. 
  (Carter). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Montauk 
  Point, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  4, 
  1884. 
  (d^). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  AtlanticviUe, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Dec. 
  29, 
  1884. 
  (Vail). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Shinnecock 
  bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  27, 
  1885. 
  (Carter). 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  AtlanticviUe, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Feb. 
  15, 
  20, 
  1885. 
  (Pairs 
  seen 
  5 
  miles 
  off. 
  Vail). 
  Dutcher 
  

   Springs, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Dec. 
  1892. 
  (2). 
  (Parsons). 
  Dutcher 
  

   Far 
  Rockaway, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  i, 
  1891. 
  (Howell, 
  c). 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  Jan. 
  7, 
  1 
  89 
  1. 
  (Frazer). 
  " 
  

  

  Montauk, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  1891. 
  (Scott, 
  nos. 
  dead). 
  " 
  

  

  Miller's 
  Place, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Winter 
  1891. 
  (Helme, 
  nos.). 
  " 
  

  

  Shelter 
  Island, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Jan. 
  8, 
  17, 
  1891. 
  (29). 
  Worthington, 
  Auk. 
  1885. 
  2: 
  39 
  

   Lake 
  Champlain, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Dec. 
  1893. 
  (Numerous). 
  Fleming, 
  4th 
  Internat. 
  Ornith. 
  

  

  Cong. 
  Proc. 
  p. 
  520 
  

   Lake 
  George, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Dec. 
  12, 
  1893. 
  (2)- 
  A. 
  K. 
  Fisher 
  

   Ossining, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Dec. 
  11, 
  1894. 
  A. 
  K. 
  Fisher 
  

   Baldwinsville, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Dec. 
  15, 
  1893. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Beauchamp 
  

   Booneville, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Dec. 
  5, 
  15, 
  25, 
  1894. 
  Auk, 
  12: 
  177 
  

   Roslyn, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Dec. 
  24, 
  1894. 
  S. 
  H. 
  West 
  

   Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Nov. 
  and 
  Dec. 
  1894. 
  Savage 
  

   Pleasant 
  Valley, 
  Dutchess 
  CO., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Dec. 
  1894. 
  Horton 
  

   Utica, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Dec. 
  24, 
  1894. 
  Auk. 
  12: 
  177; 
  14: 
  226 
  

  

  