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ludovicianus), in a pasture at Canton, Saint Lawrence Co., New York. 
On August 9, I saw a second specimen of the same species within a mile 
of the place where the first one was obtained, but I had no means of 
securing it. 
The occurrence of these two at that season seems to indicate that a few 
of that species remain in the vicinity to breed. — Leslie A. Lee, Bruns- 
wick , Me. 
[The specimen above mentioned, as taken July 23, having been kindly 
sent to me for examination by Mr. Lee, I am able to state that it is a bird 
of the year, and could not have been many weeks out of the nest, a con- 
siderable portion of the nestling plumage being still retained. The speci- 
men is also of interest from its decided approach to the excubitorides type, 
it differing not more from typical examples of this form from the semi- 
desert regions of the West than from the average Florida bird. (Cf. 
Merriam, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, IV, p. 55.) It also carries the range of 
the Loggerhead considerably north of the locality in Northern New York 
(Danville, Lewis Co.) whence it was recently reported by Mr. Merriam, 
l. c. — J. A. Allen.] 
The Greenfinch {Ligurinus chloris) in Northern New York. — 
The following note regarding the Ligurinus chloris wild in America may 
be of interest to the readers of the Bulletin. I have in my collection an 
adult male of this beautiful species, which was taken by a young friend 
near the village of Lowville, Lewis Co., N. Y., March 19, 1878. It had 
probably escaped from some cage, but had been so long at liberty as to 
lose almost entirely all traces of confinement. Its plumage was in perfect 
condition, its muscles fully developed, seemingly rather unusually so, and 
in every way it appeared a very strong and hardy bird, notwithstanding 
the inclemency of the month in which it was taken. The friend who 
killed it said that it was alone, and that he did not hear any note from it. 
— Romeyn B. Hough, Ithaca , N. Y. 
[The specimen alluded to above was kindly sent me by Mr. Hough for 
examination. It was in perfect feather, and showed not the slightest in- 
dication of former captivity. Indeed, I have never seen a European ex- 
ample of the species so richly colored as the one in Mr. Hough’s possession. 
— R. Ridgway.] 
Capture of escaped Cage-birds having the Appearance of 
Wild Birds. — The preceding note recording the capture of a specimen 
of the European Green Finch ( Ligurinus chloris ) in Northern New York, 
having the appearance of a wild bird, renders the present occasion an 
appropriate one to notice other similar occurrences. In every case the 
species are well known with us as hardy cage-birds of the Finch tribe, 
while at the same time their native habitat is so remotely situated that the 
probabilities of their having reached us without human aid are nearly nil. 
In March, 1879, Mr. Leslie A. Lee, of Brunswick, Maine, sent me a 
