. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF NEW YORK l6l For the original and complete description the reader is referred to Brewster, Auk, volume 3, pages 389-93. This species was made known to the scientific world from a specimen secured in this State and noted by Mr Brewster, in Bulletin ISTuttall Orni- thological Club, volume 6, pages 91-97. The stor\' of its discovery maybe interesting to some of our readers. "Sonie months since while passing the natural history store of W. J. Knowlton, Tremont street, Boston, my atten- tion was attracted by a mounted petrel, which, with spread wings, hung
. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF NEW YORK l6l For the original and complete description the reader is referred to Brewster, Auk, volume 3, pages 389-93. This species was made known to the scientific world from a specimen secured in this State and noted by Mr Brewster, in Bulletin ISTuttall Orni- thological Club, volume 6, pages 91-97. The stor\' of its discovery maybe interesting to some of our readers. "Sonie months since while passing the natural history store of W. J. Knowlton, Tremont street, Boston, my atten- tion was attracted by a mounted petrel, which, with spread wings, hung con- spicuously in the window. I saw at once it was a species new to me and, upon entering, was greatly astonished to learn that it had been received only a short. Scaled petrel. Aestrelata scalaris Brewster. Photo from t>*pe specimen taken at Mount Morris. Now in Mr Brewster's collection, e nat. size time before I'ti the flcsJi, and in a comparatively fresh condition. Further in- quiries elicited the information that it had been mounted for MrE. H. Wood- man of Concord, N. H., and upon writing to that gentleman, I was very kindly put in the possession of the following particulars. The bird had been sent him b}^ a client, Mr Nathan F. Smith, who condvicts a large farm at Mt Morris, Livingston New York. One of the laborers while plough- ing an old cornfield, noticed it running in a freshly turned furrow and despatched it with a stick. It was apparently exhausted, for it made no attempt to escape. This was earh- in April 1880, probably not far from the 5th of the month, as I find its reception recorded on Mr Knowlton's books as April 10. A letter afterwards received from Mr Smith confirms all of these facts, but adds nothing of interest, save that the fami com-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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