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confinement, v , 15, 338— Three picked up Nov. 15, 18To, by the 

 keeper of the Lighthouse in Newark Bay. v , 17, 260— Noting a. case 

 of four being brought up from the nest in a state of domestication at 

 NewBruuswicK, N. J.— T. K. VV. v., 36, 410— Several sei;u near 

 Hackensacli, N. J., Jan. 35, 1876— "K. W." vi., 3, 18— Breed 

 plentifully near Rochester, N.Y.—" Agate." vl., 5, 74— Arrived at 

 Tenafly, N. J., March 3, 1876; and three were seen at Tappan, N. 

 J., Feb. 18, 1876— A. I. Huyler. vi., 7, 100— Pound near Moiit- 

 jielier, Vt. — W. A. Briggs. vi., 8, 115— The males and females ar- 

 rive together in the spring at New Haven, Conn.— "Speculator" 

 (Robt. T. Morris), vi., 9, 133— Arrive In Mass. between April 1 and 

 10— J. A. Allen, vi., 10, 148 -Young bird caught March 81, 1876, at 

 Wilmington, N. C, that was about six weeks old — W. 11. Bernard. 

 vi.j 11, 163— Four flushed hear Trenton, N. J , Marc!i-18, 1876— C. 

 C. Abbott, vi., 11, 171— Common at New Bedford, Mass., AprU 14, 

 1876 — "Concha." vi., l^, 180— Numerous at Baleui, Mass., April 6, 

 1876— -'Teal" (R. L. Newcomb). vi., 15, 333— Many youug birdi 

 have already been seeninN.J.,May 8, 1876. 6, 15,333— A few pair on 

 RoguelslandjEnglishman'sBay, Me.— Gilbert Longfellow, vi.,16, 350 

 —Found a nest April 21, 1876, with four eggs at Little Falls, N. Y.— 

 W. T. Loomis. vi., 17, 263 — Found near Lake Minnetonka, Minn. 

 — Franklin Benner. vi., 18, 384— Found in Nebraska— C. H. 

 Phillips, vi., 19, 3u0 — One killed by flying against telegraph wires 

 — R. L. Newcomb. vi., 30, 318— One flushed at Ferrisburgh, Vt., 

 April 16, 1876— R. E. Robinson, vi., 31, 338— First arrival at Leb- 

 anon, 111., March 18, 1876— Wm. L. Jones, vi., 33, 376— Various 

 sportsmen's accounts of the opening shooting, vi., 25, 403 — Very 

 common at Ann Arbor, Mich ; arrives April 1 ; nests about May 1 ; 

 departs in Nov. — A. B. Covert, vi., 36, 418— Numerous at Salem, 

 Mass., April 9, 1876; started one May 17 that was evidently breed- 

 ing — R. L. Neweomb. vii., 1, 10— One flew on board a steamer 

 bound from Quebec to Liverpool, fully one thousand miles from laud 

 — "London Field." vii., 4, 53 — Common summer sojourner in 

 Central New York ; breeds ; arrives in April, and departs in Oct. — 

 H. G. Fowler, vii , 7, lOS-yCommon at Hallowell, Maine. Sept. 1 

 to 10, 1876 -W. vii., 7, 103— Common at Rye, N. H., Sept. 18, 1876 

 — "Samourai." vii , 8, 116 — Common in Conn., and breeds — Robt. 

 T. Morris, vii., la, 283— One shot at Machias, Me., Nov. 17, 1876— 

 "Roamer" (Everett Smith), viii., 6, 80— Arrived at Tenafly, N. J., 

 March 3, 1877-" Red Wing." viii., 6, 83— Notes the fact that they 

 breed in Florida — Geo. A. Boardman. viii., 7, 96 — Noticed on Clark's 

 Island, Plymouth, Mass., in 1853— F. C. Browne, viii., 9, 139— 

 States that they bred in Florida this spring (1877)— R, D. Hoyt. 

 viii., 10, 146 — Common summer resident at Webster, N H.; breeds; 

 when they first arrive the male sits on the ground in the evening and 

 makes his pecuUar note, which bounds like that of a Night Hawk; 

 after continuing this for a few minutes he ri^es to agreat height with 

 a sharp whistling sound, flying in large circles, when he descends 

 ftgain; this is repeated often, until it is quire dai'k — Chas.F. Goodhue, 

 viii., 13, 183 — Pound near Quebec, Canada, by " Portugais." viii., 83, 

 361— Found in Michigan — "Archer" (6. A. Stock well), viii., '25, 

 431-^Started an old bird with five young ones near Columbus, Ohio ; 

 also states he has found nests in New Jersey with five eggs — 

 "Boui-geoise." ix., 16, 310 — One shotat Syracuse, N. Y., weighing 

 10 3-16 oz. — J. H. M.(ann). x., 6, 95— One shotin Georgia weighing 

 8 ounces — G. Lyman Appleton. x., 7, 135 — Noticed at Greenwood 

 Lake, ,N. Y., March 8, 1878— " Greenwood." x., 9, 156— Arrived at 

 Portland, Conn., Feb. 35, 1878— J. H. Sage, x., 10, 178^Noticed 

 at Warner, N. H., between March 80 and April 1, 1878— M. O. H. 

 (arriman). x., 13, 316— One setting at Painsville, Ohio, April 7J 

 1878 i a week later the young were hatched and gone — " Ano." x.' 



