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GRUS. 



118. G. America ntjs. Quite common during March and October, on their 

 northward and southward flight principally the young. The adults in full 

 plumage only occasionally seen, and never in large flocks. 



CHARADRIUS. 



119- C. vocifert's. Very abundant during the year, with the exception of 

 the months of November, December, and January. High as well as low 



grounds. 



TR1NGA. 



120. T. Bartramii. Not very common a few only seen alomr the grassy 

 shores of the Rio Grande in Autumn and Spring. Probably do not breed here. 



121. T. Schintzii. Two shot near Fort Fillmore, in October, '52. None 

 else seen. 



122. T. prsiLLA. Rather common but in small flocks during the summer 

 months along the Rio Grande, and a few seen on the Mimbres. 



123. T. arenaria. A few o( this species seen in September, upon marshy 

 grounds, near Fort Thorn. 



TOTANUS. 



124. T. machlarius. Not abundant. A few seen every summer both at 

 Forts Webster and Thorn. 



125. T. solitarius. About as numerous as the last named variety. 



12G. T. flavipes. Quite abundant in the months of August and September 

 in marshes bordering the Rio Grande. 



127. T. vociferus. Found along the Rio Grande in small numbers during the 

 spring and autumn months. Not seen in flocks as the former, but in parties of 

 two or three, and more frequently singly. 



SCOLOPAX. 



128. S. Wilsonii. Winters on the Rio Mimbres, in small numbers. Not 

 abundant anywhere, but more or less met with along the Del Norte in fall and 

 spring. 



129. S. DRUMMONDit ? Found in pairs, occasionally, along the marshes and 

 sloughs bordering the Rio Grande,*in September and October. Some eight oi ten 

 specimens shot by the writer. 



RECURV1ROSTRA. 



130. R. Americana. Every spring and fall, a few found on the Del Norte 

 and its vicinity. 



HIMANTOPUS. 



131. H. nigrxollis. During fall and spring occasionally seen, but by no 

 means a common species. Never seen on the Rio Mimbres. 



NUMENIUS. 



132. N. i.oNGiRosTRis. Not uncommon during the months of September and 

 April, particularly on the Laguna del Muerto. 



133. N. Hudsomcus. One only seen and shot on the Rio Grande, near Fort 

 Thorn, in the spring of '54. 



IBIS. 



134. I. FALciNELLrs. Two shot at Fort Fillmore in May, in full spring 

 plum.ig". A flock of the young of this species observed, and three individuals 

 procured near Fort Thorn, in August '51. 



