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KearsargeMt., and probably breeds— Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 10, 

 145 — Found a nest May 20, 1871, containing pure iMte eggs marked 

 witli small spots and dashes of brown; and on May 14, 1873, another 

 similar set of eggs— Adolphe B. Covert, viii., 11, 160— Common in 

 summer in Central Nevr York— J. P. Hutchins. viii., 17, 368— Rare 

 summer resident near Washington, D. C. — (R. P. Bdiseau). viii., 18, 

 •281— Pound in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). ix., 3, 34— 

 Several shot near Hornellsville, N. Y., about Aug. 5, 1877— "John" 

 (J. Otis Pellows). X., 11, 205— One shot at Hornellsville, N. Y., 

 April 10, 1878— "John" (J. Otis Pellows). x., 33, 432— Only found 

 at Williamsport, Penn., a short time in spring, but breed about thirty 

 miles North— " Bobolink" (E. G. Koch), xii., 6, 106— Rare on the 

 coast of Nova Scotia, but not uncommon in the interior ; very com- 

 mon at Mount Thorn, Pictou County— J. Matthew Jones, xli., 9, 

 165— Very abundant at Chatham, N. J., in spring of 1878— Harold 

 Herrick. 



Goniaphea melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak, vii., 1, 4r— Arrived 

 atNicasio, Cal., April 20, 1876; abundant in summer, and breed 

 about May 8— C. A. Allen, vii., 26, 404^-Noticed in Southeastern 

 WyomiiJg, May 33, 1876— A. G. Brackett. viii., 18, 281— Given as a 

 bird of Michigan on the authority of Prof. Chas. Fox— "Archer" CG. 

 A. Stockwell). 



Goose. Barnacle, %&e.Brantaleuc(ypm. 



Goose. Blue, See Anser eaeruUscena. 



Goose. Brant, See Branta bemiola. 



Goose. Canada, See Branta canadensis. 



Goose. Hutchins', See Branta canadensis hutchinsU. 



Goose. Snow, See Anser Jiyperboreus. 



Goose. Wild, See Branta canadensis. 



Goose. White-fronted, See Anser albifroMgambeli. 



Goshawk. See Astur atricapillus. 



Grackle. Boat-tailed, See Quiscalus major. 



Grackle. .Purple, See Quisaaliis purpureas . 



Grackle. Busty. See Scolecophagus fermgineus. 



Graculus cai'bo. Cormorant, i., 18, 278 — Taken at Salem, Mass., by R. 

 L. Newcomb. i., 36, 404 — Sometimes seen off the coast of New Eng- 

 land in winter - P. B. vii., 14, 312 — Called "Shag" by the gunners 

 in Plymouth Bay, Mass.— P. C. Browne. vii., 18, 376— Called 

 "Shag" or Cormorant by the gunners on the Connecticut coast — 

 Robert T. Morris, viii., 7, 96— Noticed^ at Plymouth, Mass., in 1852 

 — PC. Browne, ix., 16, 810 — One kille'd on Oneida Lake, near Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y.. Nov. 16, 1877, by John H. Mami. ' 



Graculus caruncnlatus. v., 2. 30 — Pound abundantly on Kerguelen Island 

 by Dr. J. H. Kidder— Elliott Coues. 



Graculus dilophus. Double-crested Cormorant, vi., 17, 368 — Breed on 

 Lake Minnetonka, Minn.— Franklin Benner.. vii., 6, 84 — One killed 

 on Miramichi River, New Brunswick, in May, 1876, where it is very 

 rare — D. B. Smith, viii., 17, 361 — Is found on the Coteau des 

 Prairies, Dakota, from April 18 to Oct. 80 in considerable numbers ; 

 breed— Chas E McChesney. ix., 26, 489 -A young male bird killed 

 on Crooked Lake, at PennYan, N. Y., by John Carpenter, and now 

 in the collection of John B. Gilbert, x., 9, 156 — One taken near 

 Rochester, N. Y. (date not given), and now in the possession of E. H. 

 C. Griffin, of Rochester, xi., 24, 483 -One found in a fyke in the 

 Croton River, N. Y., June 33, 1876, where jt had been caught m div- 

 ing for fishes — A. K. Fisher. 



