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Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



G. Changing to yellow. 



15. B. castaneus, Bull. — Pileus convexo-expanded or depressed, 

 firm, velvety, cinnamon. Stipe stuffed then hollow, tapering upward 

 from a somewhat bulbous base, velvety concolorous. Flesh white, not 

 changing color. Tubules free, short, white; the pores minute; round. 

 Spores yellow, subelliptic, with an oblique apiculus, .008 — .010X 

 .0055 mm. 



In hilly woods, in summer; common. Pileus 2-2J in. broad, stipe 

 2^-3 in. long, and of an inch thick at the base. The chestnut 

 color varies from pale to dark; the texture is quite dry, not fleshy or 

 juicy; the tubules finally take on the pale yellow color of the spores. 



16. B. edulis, Bull. — Pileus pulvinate, glabrous, moist, brownish. 

 Stipe stout; reticulate, brownish-pallid. Tubules semi-free, elongated; 

 the pores minute, angular, white then yellow or greenish. " Spores 

 large, greenish ochre." 



On the ground in woods, in summer; rare. Pileus 3-6 in. broad, 

 stipe 4-6 in. long, and 1-1^ in. thick. The flesh is white, turning a- 

 little reddish near the epidermis, at first compact, then softer. It is a 

 stout, fleshy Boletus, said to be delicious eating. It is thought to be 

 the Suillus, which, on the testimony of Pliny, his countrymen were in 

 the habit of fetching from Bithynia; it is the modern Porcino which is 

 sold in strings, during the winter, in every market place throughout 

 Italy. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL FIELD NOTE 'S, WITH ONE A DDI. 

 TION TO THE CINCINNATI AVIAN FAUNA. 



By William Hubbell Fisher. 



For certain items of valuable information contained in the following 

 notes, I am indebted to Mr. John W. Shorten, of Cincinnati, Ohio; to 

 Charles J. Crandall, of Otter Lake Tannery, Lewis county, New York; 

 to Francis A. Young, of Otter Lake, Herkimer County, New York.* 



Falco peregrinus ncevius [Grm.J, Ridg. — American Peregrine Fal- 

 con-, Duck Hawk. — One fine specimen, a female, in immature [probably 

 second] plumage, was taken in September of this year [1883], within 

 the limits of Cincinnati, Ohio, The cadaver was secured by John W. 

 Shorten, and the skin is now in my collection. 



* The nomenclature followed herein is that by Prof. Robert Ridgway in his paper of the 

 nomenclature of North American Birds, Bulletin No. 21 of 1881. of the National Museum. 



