
          ornithology, and there have been fewer observers
 in your part of the country than in any other
 quarter of the United States. Your summer
 birds must be the same as ours, though probably
 some species breed with you that merely
 pass though here in spring and autumn, such
 as the Sylvia. In winter you must have
 species that we seldom or never see. I wish for
 information especially about the species of Lestris, which
 are very rare here, but I have no doubt are more
 common on your coast, having seen them in 
 Boston Bay in August. Have you any knowledge
 of the [Aucis?] spectabilis being found on the coast
 of New England, or the Morruon arcticus? Many
 of these birds are difficult to procure except in the 
 markets of large cities. There must be a great variety
 of waterfowl brought to the Boston Market in 
 winter, as there is to ours, though it is perhaps not
 convenient for you to extend your excursions very often
 so far as Boston.


 I understand that Mr. Nuttall is about
        