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strange intruder had returned. A neighbor who is fond of shooting was 
called in, the bird winged, and after a sharp chase overtaken. It showed 
plenty of fight, and, to use the words of its captor, “ chattered very like a 
monkey.” It was entirely alone, and had not been seen before in the 
vicinity. It was sent to Mr. Charles I. Goodale, our well-known Boston 
taxidermist, by whom it was finely mounted. Mr. Goodale first called my 
attention to it while it was still in his possession, and upon writing to Mr. 
Cunningham on the subject he very generously placed the bird at my dis- 
posal, at the same time giving me the facts above recorded. The specimen 
is in the spotted immature plumage, and is apparently very young, inasmuch 
as many of the feathers still retain the peculiar hair-like filaments which 
characterize the downy stage of Herons, and which are pushed outward on 
the tips of the feathers that succeed. This fact, taken in connection with 
the date of capture, is certainly suggestive of a not very remote breeding- 
place, though the bird was perhaps old enough to have flown northward 
from the Carolinas, its nearest known breeding-ground. — W. Brewster, 
Cambridge , Mass. 
Additional Notes on the Whistling Swan ( Cijgnus americanus ) 
in New England. — Since the appearance of my note on the Whistling 
Swan in the Bulletin for October, 1878, the occurrence of two additional 
New England specimens has been brought to my notice. The history of 
the first of these is unfortunately involved in some obscurity, but neverthe- 
less the following facts, for which I am indebted to my friend Dr. Brewer, 
would seem to entitle it to mention as of probable New England origin. 
Shortly after the publication of the October Bulletin, Dr. Brewer, in 
conversation with Mr. George O. W r elch of Lynn, happened to speak of 
the Nantucket specimen therein recorded. Mr. Welch at once said that 
he remembered the shooting of a Swan at Nahant some fifteen years ago. 
It was killed by a Mr. Taylor, who, having since died, cannot be looked to 
for any further light on the subject. Mr. Welch, however, assured Dr. 
Brewer that it was finally deposited in the collection of the Boston Society 
of Natural History, and if still there might be recognized by traces of im- 
mature plumage upon the head and neck. Upon referring to the cases of 
mounted birds, a Swan fully answering this description was found. The 
only data relating to it, however, is the simple record that it was presented 
by Deming Jarvis, Esq. This gentleman, at that time, lived at Nahant, 
and the only apparent flaw in the evidence is the fact that Mr. Welch 
originally saw this bird at the house of a Mr. Tudor, to whom he then sup- 
posed it belonged. This point is, however, of trifling importance, as it may 
have changed hands several times before reaching its present resting-place. 
The other Swan was killed at Seabrook, N. H., October 18, 1878. It 
is a male in immature plumage, and was shot by a gunner while lying off 
shore in a dory waiting for Sea-Ducks. It was mounted by Mr. Emery C. 
Greenwood, of Ipswich, Mass., to whom I am under obligations for the facts 
just given. Although I have seen neither of the above specimens, the full 
