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7. Falco gyrfalco obsoletus. Labrador Gyrfalcon. — Mr. J. Wal- 
lace, of New York, informs me that a fine specimen of this bird, killed in 
the fall two or three years ago, on the north shore of Long Island in 
Queen’s County, passed through his hands. It is now in the collection of 
Mr. Geo. A. Boardman. 
Bull. N. O.O. e.April. 1881, p. 
Further Notes on the Labrador Gyrfalcon taken on Long 
Island, N. Y.-In the Bulletin for April, 1881, page 126, I recorded the 
capture of Falco gyrfalco obsoletus on Long Island, in Queens County, my 
information being derived from Mr. J. Wallace of New York City. Sfnce 
then I have received a more detailed account of the matter from the gen- 
tleman above named, and to correct some doubts which have probably 
arisen as to the accuracy of my note, I make this somewhat lengthy 
statement. The bird in question was shot in the autumn of 1875, near 
Flushing, Queens Co., and brought to Mr. Wallace by two men.' They 
were in haste and left saying they would return in a few days and give 
the particulars of the bird’s capture. They failed to do so, however, and 
it was nearly two years before Mr. Wallace again met them. In the mean- 
time he had presented the Falcon to Mr. George A. Boardman. Mr. Wal- 
lace, knowing nothing of the bird except that it had been brought to him 
by two men, from Westchester County, told Mr. Boardman it had prob- 
ably been killed in that locality. Mr. Boardman published a note to 
that effect in the “Rod and Gun” (Vol. VII, Dec. 4, 1875, p. 153). 
When Mr. Wallace again met one of the men who had brought him the 
bird, he learned that the man and his companion were fishing in a boat 
not far from Flushing when they saw the Hawk perched upon a tree on 
the shore, and having a gun with them they easily secured it.— De L. 
Berier, Fort Hamilton , Lo?i& Island , N. F 
Bull N.’O.O, S.Qct, 1881 , p, M 
