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in case of families or groups of families which have in temperate 

 being to the southward, or towards the region in which the family 



The Frigate Bird and White Ibis in Connecticut.— The 

 occurrence of Tarlnjpeles aqnihts in Connecticut is not generally 

 known, Long Island being, up to this time, the northernmost 

 locality on record for this bird. A female of this species was 

 killed at Faulkner's Island in this state in the autumn of 1859, 

 and is now in the collection of Capt. Brooks. It was hovering 

 over the island when shot. Late in the afternoon of May 23, I 

 observed near Milford, Conn., a specimen of Ibis alba. I recog- 



of about one hundred and fifty yards, and by this means was en- 

 abled to note every detail of form and color. It was in full 

 plumage, the white being pure, and the naked skin about the 

 head, bright red. After watching it for a few moments I tried to 



h-.arse cackle as it went off.— Ceo. Bird Grinnell, New Haven, 



New Birds in Kansas.— The following additions to the Kansas 

 list have recently been made: Micropalama himantopus, near 

 Lawrence, Sept. 9th and 19th, 1874, by W. Osburn ; CuWlris 

 armaria, same locality, Oct. 7th, 1874, by W. E. Stevens; JEgi- 

 othus Unaria, at Baldwin, fourteen miles from Lawrence, March 

 13th t 1875, by John Holzapfel, also seen in Western Kansas in 

 November, by Mr. Trippe, as recorded in Dr. Cones' "Birds of 

 the Northwest;" Doidrwro ]>al,narnm, at Topeka, May Gth, 1875, 

 by E. A. Popenol. To these should lie added Amp'lis garrulus, a 

 specimen of which taken at Fort Riley, by Dr. Hammond, is in 

 the Smithsonian collection. The Kansas List now contains 292 

 species. — F. H. Snow, Lawrence, Kansas. 



Nematoids in Plants. — Greef found (SB. Ges. Marburg, 1872) 



