84 



43. Larus capistbatus, Temm.— Nutt. Man. ii. 1832, 290 (Delaware K. and Chesa- 



peake Bay). 



44. Laeus minutus, Pall.— Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. ii. 1831, 426 (given on Sabine's au- 



thority). — Nutt. Man. ii. 1832, 289. — Chroicoccplialus minutus, Lawb. in Baird's 

 B. N. Am. 1858, 853— Baied, Cat. 1859, No. 671. 



45. Diomedea exulans, Linn. — Nutt. Man. ii. 1832, 340 ("accidentally to the coasts 



of the central part of the Union").— Lawb. in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 821.— 

 Baied, Cat. 1859, No. 630. 



46. Podiceps cbistatus (Linn.) Lath. — Sw. & Eich. F. B. A. ii. 1831, 410 (through- 



out fur countries). — Nutt. Man. ii. 1832, 250. — Lawb. in Baird's B. N. Am. 

 1858, 893.— Baied, Cat. 1859, No. 703. 



47. Tachybaptes minor (Linn.) Coues. — Podiceps minor, Nutt. Man. ii. 1832, 257 



(Hudson's Bay). 



I. Partial list of foreign birds which have been introduced to the United States, and those 

 which have been captured after escape from confinement. 



SPECIES INTRODUCED WITH A VIEW TO THEIB NATURALIZATION.* 



1. PA8SEE domesticus (Linn.) Leach. European House Sparrow. The attempted 



naturalization of this bird has proved decidedly successful. The case is so 

 notorious that further comment is unnecessary. 



2. Passeb montanus (Linn. ) Stephens. European Tree Sparrow. Has become nat- 



uralized in the vicinity of Saint Louis, Mo. , but the history of its introduction 

 is unknown. 



3. Alauda arvensis, Linn. Skylark. Partially naturalized in the vicinity of Cin- 



cinnati, on Long Island, and perhaps other localities. 



4. Cotubnix communis (Linn. ) Bonn. European Quail. Introduced to various local- 



ities in the Eastern United States, and partially naturalized. 



SPECIES WHICH HAVE BEEN CAPTURED AFTER ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT^ 



1. Amadina eubbo-nigba, Hodgs. Brunswick, Me., March, 1879; Leslie A. Lee. 



(Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, April, 1880, 119.) Sab. India. 



2. Ckithagba butteacea (Linn.) Gray. South Scituate, Mass., in midwinter. 



(Beewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. xx. 271.) Hal. South Africa. 



3. Ligurinus chloris (Linn.) Koch. Lowville, Lewis Co., N. Y., March 19, 1878; 



E. B. Hough. (Cf. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Apr. 1880, 119.) Bub. Europe. 



4. Carduelis elegans, Steph. Eastern Massachusetts, many captures. (Allen, 



Bull. Nutt. Oru. Club, Apr. 1880, 120. ) Hob. Europe. 



5. Serinus meeidionalis, Brehm. Western Massachusetts in winter. (Allen I.e.) 



Hah. Europe. 



6. Gubeenatrix cristatella, Vieill. Near Providence, E. I., July 7, 1880. (Allen 



Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Oct. 1880, 240. ) Bab. Paraguay and Argentine Eepublic'. 

 7.. Cokvus feugilegus, Linn. Washington, D. C, August, 1879. 



An example of this species was seen by me in August, 1S70, in the grounds of the Agricul- 

 tural Department in Washington. It was perched in a maple tree near one of the outbuild- 

 ings, was very tamo, and flew laboriously, as if very recently escaped from confinement. I 

 am, as yet, ignorant of the history of this specimen, nor have I since seen it. 



8. Oonurus xanthogenius, Bp. Hab. St. Thomas, West Indies. 



An example of this species, shot in a grove near Washington, by Dr. D. W. Prentiss is in 

 the National Museum collection. Of course it was an escaped cage-bird. 



9. (CA'LLiB8iTXACU8N0V.E-H0LLANDi2E(Gm.)Finscli. Sing Sing, N.Y.t Bab. Australia! 

 10. Chenalopex iEGYPTiACA (Linn.) Steph. Carnarsie, Long Island, Jan. 3 1«77 



(Akkurst, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. Apr. 1877, 52. ) Bab. Southern Europe and 

 Africa. 



*This list does not include domesticated birds. 



tThis liBt is, of course, very incomplete; it includes merely a few species, the records of w k„,„ „„„ 

 tare I happen to have at hand. A more complete list would be desirable, but want of time fnS^P" 

 compilation in the present connection. " ma lw 



J Dr. A. K. Fisher, in epist. 



