The Black Gyrfalcon ( Falco rusticolus obsoletus ) in Eastern Maine. — ■ 
Mr. F. B. Webster has just sold me a typical example (?) of this fine Fal- 
con which came to him in the flesh from a gunner at Rockland, Maine. 
It was received Nov. 26, i 8 S< 5 , and judging from appearances, had been 
killed about a week or ten days previous to this date. — William Brew- 
ster, Cambridge , Mass. Atik, 4 * 1 180 t > P, , 
Black Gyrfalcon {Falco rusticolus obsoletus ) in Maine. — A fine female 
Black Gryfalcon was shot in this city on Dec. 21, 1898. The bird was 
seen in pursuit of a domestic pigeon by Adrian De Costa, who went to 
his house for his gun and shot the specimen, which showed no fear, and 
appeared to entirely disregard his presence. Mr. De Costa sold the bird 
to S. L. Crosby, the taxidermist, from whom I obtained it for my collec- 
tion. — Harry Merrill, Bangor, Maine. 
Auk, XVI, April, 1899, p. 
