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Occurrence of a third Massachusetts specimen of the Lab- 
rador Gyrfalcon ( Falco gyrfalco obsoletus).—K Gyrfalcon which I 
refer to variety obsoletus has just come into my possession through the 
kind offices of Mr. Charles I. Goodale, the well-known Boston taxider- 
mist. It was shot in Stowe, Mass., in 1881, and mounted by S. Jillson of 
Hudson. It is a male in a plumage agreeing closely with that described 
by Mr Ridoway* as the fully adult condition of the male of obsoletus. 
This specimen appears to be only the third which is known to have 
occurred in Massachusetts^-WiULiAM Brewster, Cambridge., Mass. 
Bull. N> 0.0. 8. July. 1883. P. /Si i- 
Black Gyrfalcon Taken at Lynn, 
Mass. 
J <UA WMtW, 
I received a male specimen of tlie Black 
I Gyrfalcon, killed near here on January 1, 1891. 
A. M. Tafts. 
Lynn, Mass. 
Q&O.XVXt April. 1881. p .'6/- 
