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APPENDIX. 
Crotophaga ani. Ani. Feet, Cuckoo-like. Bill, much compressed. Black throughout. Length, 1200; 
wing, G' 10; tail, 775. Bahamas; accidental in Fla., and near Phil., Penn. 
Falco lanarius. Lanier Falcon. Similar to Duck Hawk but very much paler. Occurs west; rare in South¬ 
ern Ills. 
Falco Eesa Ion . Merlin. Similar to Pigeon Hawk, but larger, paler, and with at least six white bands on 
tail. North-west; accidental in Mich. 
Asturina nitida. Prairie Hawk. Dark-slaty above; beneath and upper tail coverts, white, banded on first 
with darker. Length, 18‘00; wing, 1000. South-west; accidental in Ills. (Ridgway.) 
Pe<liooaetes phasianellus. Sharp-tailed Grouse. Size and general color of Prairie Hen, but with 
no neck tuffs, and central tail feathers elongated. North-west to Northern Ills. 
Scolopax rusticola. European Woodcock. Form, similar to American, but about a third larger and the 
outer primaries are not attenuated. Europe; accidental on our coast. 
Totanus glottis. Greenshanks. General colors white; binds on tail, spots on breast, and anterior upper 
parts, brown. Length, ll’OO; wing, 7 00. Europe; accidental in Florida. (Audubon.) 
Ibis rubra. Sarlet Ibis. Size of Ibis alba. Scarlet. S. A.; accidental in Lou. (Audubon.) 
Crex pratensis. Corn Crake. Dark-brown; primaries, upper and under wing coverts, rufous. Length, 10 
inches. Europe; accidental on our coast. 
Bernicla leucopsis. Barnacle Goose. Size and general color of White Front, but white beneath. Eu¬ 
rope; accidental on our coast. 
Querquedula crecca. English Teal. Size and color of Green-wing, but has no white in front of wing. 
Europe; accidental on our coast. 
Querquedula cyanoptera. Red-breasted Teal. Size and color of Blue-wing, but chestnut beneath. Oc¬ 
curs west; accidental in Lou. and Fla. 
Dendrocygna fulva. Tree Duck. Legs, long. Cinnamon, with back black. Length, 20 - 00; wing, 9* 10; 
tail, 2 20. South-west; accidental in Lou. 
Erismatura dominion. Black-masked Duck. Above, reddish, with speculum white; head, black in 
front. Accidental on Lake Champlain-and in Wis. 
Sterna Trudeaui. Trudeau’s Tern. Size and general color of Forster’s, but with top of head pure white. 
S. A.; accidental on our coast. 
Sterna antes theta. Bridled Tern. About the size and color of Sooty, but with head and hind neck, white. 
Bahamas;- accidental on Florida Keys. 
Hydrochelidon leucoptera. White-winged Tern. Size and color of niyra, but with wings partly 
white. Europe; accidental in Wis. 
Larus canus. Mew Gull. Not unlike Ring-bill, but darker and lacks band on bill. Europe; accidental in 
Labrador. 
Larus Franklini. Franklin’s Gull. Like the Laughing, but not as dark above and with primaries broad¬ 
ly tipped with white. North-west; rare in Ills, and Lou. in winter. 
Rhodostethia rosea. Wedge-tailed Gull. Pearly on mantle, white elsewhere, tinged with rosy beneath, 
and with black ring around neck. Length, IPOO; wing, 1050. Arctic Ocean; very rare, only 13 specimens known. 
Stercorarius catarractes. Skua. General color, brown, with white on wings. Length, 22'00; wing, 
15'00. Europe; accidental on our coast. 
Puffinus borealis. Cory’s Shearwater. About thirty specimens of a Shearwater were obtained by Chas. 
B. Cory, its describer, at Chatham, in the autumn of 1880, which are much larger than major-, sooty above, white below. 
iEstrelata gularis. Peal’s Petrel. Plumbeous, with throat, upper breast, and under tail coverts, white; 
wing, 9'80. One specimen taken in the Antarctic Ocean, years ago, by T. R. Peal, but redescribed by Mr. Brewster from 
a specimen, now in his collection, singularly, caught in a ploughed field in Livingstone Co., N. Y., April, 1880. 
Fregetta Lawrenci. Lawrence’s Petrel. Tail, even; body plumbeous; wings and tail, black, base oflat- 
ter, excepting on central feathers, abdomen, and under wing coverts, white. Length, 8 - 0<>; wing, fi‘00. “Seven speci¬ 
mens # # # were captured # # # in the harbor of St. Marks, Florida.” (Lawrence, 1851.) None now known to exist. 
Dendrceca Townsendi. Townsend’s Warbler. Bright yellowish-green above; superciliary stripe, spot 
before eye, and anterior under parts, yellow; remainder, two bars on wing, and outer tail feathers, white; streaks on breast, 
sides, and under tail coverts, black. West; a single specimen obtained in Chester Co., Penn., May 12, 1868. (Turnbull.) 
Guiraca melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak. Size of Rose-breasted; head, back, wings, and tail, 
stripe on crown, rump, and beneath, brownish-orange. Occurs west; accidental in Mich. (Fox.) 
Milvulus forficatus. Swallow-tailed Flycatcher. Like the Fork-tailed, but with crown ashy and space un¬ 
der wings and part of tail, rosy-red. South-west; accidental in Lou. (Audubon.) The last three species w r ere inadvert¬ 
ently omitted from their proper places. 
