1855.] 317 



FULIGULA. 



155. F. yamsneriana. Found not unfrequently in fall and u inter about the 

 brackish sloughs near the Del Norte. Are the least shy of any species, and 

 almost invariably found in excellent condition for the table. Never seen on the 

 Mimbres. 



156. F. feei.va. But three or four ever obtained. 



157. F. MAR! la. Rather common alonsr the Rio Grande in winter. Also fre- 

 quents to a considerable extent brackish sloughs. 



158. F. rufitorqtjfs. Rare. A few seen on the Mimbres, and occasionally 

 along the Del Norte in winter. 



159. F. rubida. Occasionally seen in ponds near the Rio Grande in winter, 

 and always in very poor condition especially the young, 



160. F. albeola. About as common as the last. Found also in scattering- 

 numbers on the Mimbres in the spring months. 



MERGUS. 



161. M. mkrganser. Not rare along the Rio Grande and Rio Mimbres during 

 the fall and winter. 



162. M. cuculatus. Met with only on the Rio Mimbres in the winter and 

 spiing. 



PHALACROCORAX. 



163. P. Floridanus. Several shot in the spring of 1854 near Fort Thorn, in 

 a brackisb pond near the Del Norte. 



PLOTUS. 



164. P. anuijuga. Two seen in September, 1S54. One obtained, a female in 

 full plamage. 



PELECANUS. 



165. P. Americanus. Rather common in Albuquerque. In latitude 32 oc- 

 casionally seen on the river in August. 



STERNA. 



166. S. nigra. Seen not unfrequently in September near Fort Thorn. 



167. S. hiruindo. Met with near Fort Thorn in the month of August. 



LARUS. 



168. L. zonorhyncuus. A few met with along the Del Norte during the summer 

 months. 



COLYMBUS. 



169. C. glaciat.is. A female obtained near Fort Thorn in the month of Oc- 

 tober. 



The muddiness of the waters of the Del Norte below latitude 31 prevents, no 

 doubt, its being found at all common. 



PODICEPS. 



170. P. Carolinensis. Common in every pond of any size. Ri-siflent. Thp 

 writer once took from the stomach of one an entire Mus arvensis, or field-mouse. 



Analyses of the Meteoric Iron from Tuczon, Province of Sonora, Mexico. 



By In. F. A. Gexth. 



The masses of Meteoric Iron of Taczon, first brought to notice by Dr. J L 

 Le Come, (SHI. Journ. II. Ser. XIII. 289,) and afterwards more fully described 

 bv Prof. C. U. Shepard, (Sill. Journ. II. Ser. XVIII, 369,) were also mentioned by 



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