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Species not included in tlie list for reason of insufficient evidence, 

 but of likely occurrence here. 



47. Icarus marinus I/inn. Great Blace-backbd 

 Gull. I think I have seen representatives of this species on 

 the Connecticut river here,, but know of none being captured. 



58. I/arus atricilla .I^inn. Laughing Gull. A num- 

 ber of years ago I shot a gull which I supposed was one of this 

 kind, but the skin was not preserved, and now having some 

 doubts as to its being a correct identification, I leave it off the 

 list. 



77. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.)- 



Black Tern. After a severe gale the 28th of August, 1893, 

 a large flock of terns, answering the description of this kind, 

 appeared near the Connecticut river in Longmeadow. About 

 the same time, black terns were observed in two places in Con- 

 necticut. (See The Auk. Vol. 11, page 74.) 



160. Somateria dresseri Sharpe. American Eider. 

 A few years ago I observed on the Connecticut river in Long- 

 meadow, in company with a'flock of anas obscura, a duck nearly 

 white, and to all appearances an eider ; it was about one hun- 

 dred yards frojn me, and I watched it through field glasses for 

 a long time. It finally separated from the black ducks and 

 then disappeared. 



Among the other species that are probably occasionally rep- 

 resented here may be mentioned kittiwake, canvas-back, 

 Ipswich sparrow. Nelson sparrow, and Philadelphia vireo. 



Introduced Species. 



Coturnix coturnix. European Quail. A little more 

 than twenty years ago, for two or three successive years many 

 of these birds were liberated in the vicinity of Springfield. I 

 hardly think any bred here, although statements to the con- 

 trary appeared in the newspapers of that day ; some were kept 



