Annual report . te; immaculate on the chin, throat,center breast and the under tail coverts; feathers of back and wing covertstipped with white, giving it a peculiar scaled appearance. Wing inches; tail , graduated .9; bill ; hight of bill .46:tarsus ; middle toe and claw BIRDS OF NEW YORK i6i For the original and complete description the reader is referred toBrewster, Auk, volume 3, pages 389-93. This species was made known to the scientific world from a specimenseciired in this State and noted by Mr Brewster, in Bulletin JSTuttall Orni-thological Club, volume 6, pages 9
Annual report . te; immaculate on the chin, throat,center breast and the under tail coverts; feathers of back and wing covertstipped with white, giving it a peculiar scaled appearance. Wing inches; tail , graduated .9; bill ; hight of bill .46:tarsus ; middle toe and claw BIRDS OF NEW YORK i6i For the original and complete description the reader is referred toBrewster, Auk, volume 3, pages 389-93. This species was made known to the scientific world from a specimenseciired in this State and noted by Mr Brewster, in Bulletin JSTuttall Orni-thological Club, volume 6, pages 91-97. The story of its discovery maybeinteresting to some of our readers. Some months since while passing thenatural 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, uponentering, was greatly astonished to learn th at it had been received only a short. Scaled petrel. Aestrelata scalaris Brewster. Photo from type specimen taken atMount Morris. Now in Mr Brewsters collection. J nat. size time before in the flesh, 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 kindlyput in the possession of the following particulars. The bird had been senthim by a client, Mr Nathan F. Smith, who conducts a large farm at MtMorris, Livingston co., New York. One of the laborers while plough-ing an old cornfield, noticed it running in a freshly turned furrow anddespatched it with a stick. It was apparently exhausted, for it made noattempt to escape. This was early in April 1880, probably not far fromthe 5th of the month, as I find its reception recorded on Mr Knowltonsbooks as April 10. A letter afterwards received from Mr Smith confirmsall of these facts, but adds nothing of interest, save tha
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