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Barbour, C. M. Caverley, R. T. Jackson, Matthew Luce, H. K. 

 Oliver, and S. W. Smith. 



The following specimens have been acquired by purchase : — from 

 Mrs. Selah Merrill, a collection of over three thousand skins 

 from Palestine; from Mr. John Thaxter, a considerable number 

 of skins, collected chiefly in New England and Florida; from Mr. 

 F. B. Webster, a mounted specimen of a young Rhea. 



Publications. August 1, 1908- July 31, 1909. 



Occurrence of the skunk cabbage in an unusual place. Rhodora, 



March, 1909, vol. 11, p. 63-64. 

 Eggs of the flicker (Colaptes auratus luteus) found in an odd place. 



Bird-Lore, March-April, 1909, vol. 11, p. 73-74. 

 Barrow's golden-eye in Massachusetts. Auk, April, 1909, vol. 26, 



p. 153-164. 



Something more about black ducks. Auk, April, 1909, vol. 26, 

 p. 175-179. 



A recent instance of the occurrence of the white pelican (Pelecanus 

 erythrorhynchos) in Massachusetts. Auk, April, 1909, vol. 26, 

 p. 185-186. 



The European widgeon in Rhode Island. Auk, April, 1909, vol. 26, 

 p. 186-188. 



Snow geese in Massachusetts. Auk, April, 1909, vol. 26, p. 188-189. 

 Occurrence of the whimbrel (Numenius phceopus) off the coast of 



Nova Scotia. Auk, April, 1909, vol. 26, p. 190-191. 

 Evening grosbeaks again in Massachusetts. Auk, April, 1909, vol. 26, 



p. 194. 



The otter in eastern Massachusetts. Science, 2 April, 1909, new 

 ser., vol. 29, p. 551-555. 



Viola brittoniana at Concord, Massachusetts. Rhodora, May, 1909, 

 vol. 11, p. 107-108. 



Fifteenth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check- 

 List of North American Birds. Auk, July, 1909, Vol. 26, p. 

 294-303. (With J. A. Allen, C. W. Richmond, Jonathan Dwight, 

 Jr., C. H. Merriam, Robert Ridgway, and Witmer Stone). 



Prothonotary warbler taken on the coast of Maine. Auk, July, 1909, 

 vol. 26, p. 309. 



Breeding of the Louisiana water-thrush (Seiurus motacilla) in Berkshire 

 County, Massachusetts. Auk, July, 1909, vol. 26, p. 310-111. 



