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AND OOLOGIST. 
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albinistic form of the Cedar Waxwing, he 
preserved the two best and brought them 
to Auburn. These, coming into the pos¬ 
session of Mr. Wright, were at once iden¬ 
tified. Two more specimens of this bird 
were taken about Christmas time of the 
same year at Penn Yan, N. Y., by Reuben 
Wood. (Gilbert). 
240. Black-throated Bunting.— {Spiza 
americava.) (Gm.) Bonap. June 6th, 1879, 
an adult male was taken by F. S. Wright 
near the village of Cayuga, N. Y. A 
second male was taken by Mr. Wright in 
the same locality, June 9th, 1879. Both 
birds were in full song, and were shot from 
alder bushes overhanging a brook. 
241. American Hawk Owl.— {Surniafn- 
nerea.) (Linn.) Rich, and Sw. Mr. W. M. 
Beauchamji, of Baldwinsville, N. Y., writes 
us concerning this species as follows : “ The 
first Hawk Owl I saw was shot between 
Auburn and Skaneateles in the Spring of 
1850. It was on a Fast Day appointed by 
General Taylor. The bird was brought to 
me to identify. The second of which I 
have knowledge was shot in Cazenovia, N. 
Y., November, 1874; two w'ere seen to¬ 
gether. These are all I have knowledge 
of.” 
242. Bonaparte’s Sandpiper. — {Actodro- 
mas fuscicollis.) (Vieill.) Ridgw. Not a 
rare migrant. An adult female taken at 
Owasco Lake, N. Y., Sept. 15th, 1879, and 
a second female taken in the same locality 
October 5th, 1879. 
243. Baird’s Sandpiper.— {Actodronias 
hairdi.) (Cones.) Regular migrant. Sep¬ 
tember 17th, ’78, Samuel F. Rathbun. 
October 5tb, ’79, Charles F. Wright. Lo¬ 
cality, Fair Haven, N. Y. Generally found 
as individuals in comiiany with other Sand¬ 
pipers ; never observed in flocks. 
244. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. —( Tryn- 
yites rufescens.) (Vieill.) Caban. One 
specimen taken from a flock of Sandjiiiiers 
on the shore of Lake Ontario, Wa^me Co., 
N. Y., in August, 1880, by Samuel F. Rath- 
bun. A year later, during the month of 
September, two more were taken by John 
M. Manro in the same locality and iden¬ 
tified by Mr. Rathbun. 
245. Red Phalarope.— { /^/udaropus fu- 
licarius.) (Linn.) Bp. Rare. September, 
1880, Charles F. Wright, of Auburn, N. 
Y., captured a fine plumaged male on the 
shore of Lake Ontario, Wayne Co., N. Y., 
dm'ing a severe storm. The bird was swim¬ 
ming in the lake at the time ; now in the 
c.xbinet of F. S. Wright, and identified by 
Mr. Fred T. Jencks, of Providence, R. I. 
246. Clapper Rail.^— {Rallus lonyiros- 
tris crepitans.') (Gmel.) Ridgw. Mr. Fos¬ 
ter Parker, of Montezuma, Cayuga Co., N. 
Y., while drying his fyke-net on the bank 
of Seneca River, near that place. May 25th, 
1879, took therefrom an adult female of 
this bird, that had become entangled in its 
meshes. He failed to secure the male bird. 
247. Whistling Swan.— {Olor anier- 
icanus.) (Sharpless.) Bp. Swans in gen¬ 
eral are occasionally oliserved here as mi¬ 
grants, but seldom secured. A female of 
the above species was received by F. S. 
Wright in April, 1880. This specimen was 
shot by Mr. Foster Parker, from a flock of 
four, while decoying duck on Seneca River. 
248. Widgeon. — (Mareca penelope.) 
(Linn.) Selby. This species, commonly 
known as the English Widgeon, is exceed¬ 
ingly r.ire. An adult male, in magnificent 
plumage, was cajitured in May, 1880, by 
Albert Demont, on Lake Cayuga, New 
York, who presented it to F. S. 
Wright, under the appellation of a “fine 
cross between an American Widgeon and 
Redhead.” 
249. American Velvet Scoter.— {Mela- 
netta velcetlna.) (Cass.) Baird. A common 
spring and autumn migrant: a few winter. 
Inadvertently omitted from “ The Revised 
List.” 
250. Laughing Gull.— Ijarus atricilla.) 
Linn. One specimen in immature plumage 
was taken on Cayuga Lake, N. Y., October, 
187i), by Wm. A. Demont, and identified 
at Auburn. 
