17. Rynchops nigra. , 



BLACK SKIMMER. 



I have a specimen of this bird which was killed with a stone 

 near Whitesboro. Baird, Brewer and Ridgway say of this 

 bird: "It is never known to be driven astray by any storm, 

 however violent." 



18. .^strelata hasitata. 



BLACK-CAPPED PETREL. 



A male of this rare straggler was shot at Verona Beach, 

 Oneida Lake, August 28, 1893, by the Rev. G. A. Biedermann. 

 The stomach was empty. Mr. B. reports that there were two 

 birds together, but he secured only one, and further search 

 failed to discover the other again, and it may have been of 

 some other species. The measurements were as follows : 

 Length, 16 inches; wing, 10; tail, 5>^; its graduation, i^; 

 bill, i}i, 2-3 deep, }i wide; tube, J^ ; tarsus, lyi; middle toe 

 and claw, 2}i-. This bird was later purchased for a European 

 ornithologist. 



19. Phalacrocorax carbo. 

 CORMORANT. 



A female shot on Oneida Lake near upper South Bay by 

 Mr. J. J. Beh of Utica, October 13, 1890, was examined at the 

 taxidermist's, who reported that the stomach contained a 

 small fish and a soft-shelled crab. How long was this bird 

 from salt water? . 



20. Phalacrocorax auritus auritus. 



DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. 



One was killed on Fourth Lake of the Fulton Chain about 

 1895. Now owned by Mr. J. A. Wood of Old Forge. Cor- 



