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Forzana noyeboracensis. Yellow Rail, i., 18, 378— Specimens taken at Sa- 

 lem, Mass., by R. L. Newcomb. vii., 6, 91— Specimens taken at Salem, 

 Mass., dm-ing the fall of 187G— R. L Newcomb. vii., 14, 213— 

 Usually considered rare in the Middle States, but common in some 

 Suitable localities ; extended notes on this species — Editors, vii., 21, 

 335— Rare in Yates Comity, N. Y.; one taken Sept. 20. 1872— J. B. 

 Gilbert, viii., 22, 361— Found in Michigan— "Archer" (6. A. Stock- 

 well), ix., 19, 366 — Two specimens shot at Portland, -Conn., Oct. 9, 

 1877 — J. H. Sage, xii., 9, 165 — Quite common on the Chatham (N. 

 J.) meadows — Harold Herrick. xii., 31, 405 — One shot on the Hack- 

 ensack meadows, N. J., about May 1, 1879 — W. Holberton. 



Porzana jamaicensis. Black Rail, vii., 14, 212— Rarest of our Rails in 

 the Middle States — Editors, vii., 21, 335^Rare in Yates County, N. 

 Y. ; one specimen taken at Penn Yan in the spring of 1870 ; one near 

 Watkins in the spring of 1872— J. B. Gilbert, viii., 3, 33— A speci- 

 men taken near Plymouth, Mass., in August,- 1869 — F. C. Browne, 

 viii., 7, 96— Noticed on Clark's Island, Plymouth, Mass., in Aug., 1869 

 (same specimen as above) — P. C. Browne, viii., 9, 129 — Account of 

 the capture of a specimen (supposed to be this species) in the streets 

 of Boston, Mass., about Sept. 30, 1874^D. T. Curtis. 



Prairie Falcon. See Falco mexicanvs polyagrus. 

 Prairie Hen. See Owpidonia cupido. 

 Prairie Warbler. See Dendraca diseolor. 



Procellaria desolata. v., 2, 20 — Pound on Kerguelen Island by Dr. J. H. 

 Kidder — Elliott Coues. 



Procellaria pelagica. Stormy Petrel — Mother Carey's Chicken, i., 26, 

 404— Pound off the coast of New England in winter — F. B. ii., 9, 

 133 — Mentioned in an article by F. Benner on "Our Petrels," in 

 which some of the superstitions believed in by sailors are spoken of. 

 iii., 22, 341 — Common summer migrant to Newfoundland, breeding 

 on the islands near the coast— M. Harvey, iv., 34, 377 — R. W. A; 

 asks where the Mother Carey's Chicken breed? The Editors answer, 

 ' ■ Breed on our coast as far south as Casco Bay in Maine (but this is 

 the Leach's Petrel — H. B. B.) iv., 25, 890 -Has never seen them 

 nesting anywhere but on " Rock Redonda " or " Rook of Thunier." 

 an off-shoot of the Gallipagos Islands in the South Pacific — E. R. 

 Wilson, xi., 16, 320 — Found in Long Island Sound all summer ; dis- 

 cussion in the Linnean, Society of N. Y. meeting, Oct. 26 



Progne purpurea. Purple Martin, i., 13, 198 — Account of a pair of Mar- 

 tins that followed a steamboat regularly fifty miles out and fifty miles 

 back from Green Bay to Little Bare de Noquet during the bi;eeding 

 season, ii , 3, 33 — Partly albino specimen shot from a flock of two 

 hundred, and it was treated witli marked attention by the others — 

 "Roamer" (Everett Smith), ii., 11, 163 — Abundant in pine woods 

 in the Lake Okeechobee region, Fla. — Fred. A. Ober. iii., 13, 196 — 

 Occasionally met with in Newfoundland -M. Harvey, iv., 33, 358 — 

 F'und at Petroleum, W. Va., in Spring — Ernest Ingersoll. v., 17, 

 360— Found abundantly throughout the Black Hills by Geo. Bird 

 Grinnell in 1874— Ernest Ingersoll. vi., 11, 163 — Common at Ann 

 Arbor, Mich.; arrives April 10 ; breeds about June 1 ; departs for the 

 South about October 1 — A. B. Covert, vi., 13, 181 — Arrived at 

 Boonsboro, Md , April 4, 1876, and were abundant April 10 — W. B. 

 Wheeler, vi., 15, 333— One noticed at Riverdale, N. Y., April 29, 

 1876— E. P. Bicknell. v-., 17, 366— Arrived at Newport, R. L, May 

 6 to 8, 1876— J. S. Howiand. vi., 17, 366— Arrived at Lake City, 

 Minn., Aprils, 1876— D. C. Estes. vi., 18, 384— Abundant in Cen- 

 tral New York from the first week in May until late in August ; nests 

 in garden boxes — H. G. Fowler, vi., 31, 337— Nest with eggs taken 

 at'Peotone, HI., May 30, 1876— D, H. Eaton, vi., 23, 354— Arrive^ 



