Birds of Oneida Comity, New York. 
Bgrbert Bagg. 
iEstrelata hasitata.—A male of this rare straggler was shot at Verona 
Beach, on Oneida Lake, August 28, 1893, by the Rev. G. A. Biederman, 
who presented it to Alex. H. Moore, a young ornithologist of Utica, who 
mounted and preserved it. Mr. B. reports that there were two birds 
together, but careful search shortly afterward failed to find the other, and 
it may have been some other species. Through the courtesy of Mr. 
Moore, who brought the bird to me for identification while in the flesh, 
and who loaned it to me after it was mounted, I was able to secure accu¬ 
rate measurements and fairly good photographs of this bird. 
The stomach was empty. The coloration was exactly as given by Dr. 
Coues, as quoted by Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway. The measurements 
were as follows: Length, 16 in.; wing, 10; tail 54, its graduation, il; 
bill, 1 1 , | deep, 4 wide; tube, f; tarsus, i 4 ; middle toe and claw, 2 
Aok XI. April. 1894 p. 162-83 
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