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" Numerous at the foreign burying ground at Tumai, Great Loo Choo Island, 

 December, 1854. Frequently seen in the pine trees and always in pairs, the 

 male constantly cooing and very sedulously engaged in attentions to his mate." 

 (Mr. E. M. Kern). 



81. TuRTUR CHINENSIS, (Scopoli). 



"Hong Kong, China, February, 1855. Collected by Mr. Salvadora Pelkey." 

 (Mr. Stimpson). 



82. Lophortyx californicus, (Shaw). 

 From California. 



83. Grits canadensis, (Linnaeus). 



"San Francisco, California, November, 1855." (Mr. Stimpson). 



84. Herodias egretta, (Gmelin). 



"San Francisco, California, November, 1855." (Mr. Stimpson). 



85. Herodias alba, (Linnaeus). 



" Loo Choo, December, 1854." (Mr. Stimpson). 



86. Ardea jpgularis, Forster. 



From the Loo Choo Islands. Specimens in the usual dark colored plumage, 

 and not different from others now before me from Tahiti and New Zealand, so 

 far as I can see. The present is an unusual locality. 



"Loo Choo, December, 1854." (Mr. Stimpson.) 



87. Ardea Greyi, (Gray.) 



"Loo Choo, December, 1854." (Mr. Stimpson.) 



88. Botaurus lentiginoses, (Montagu.) 

 "Marc Island, California." (Mr. Stimpson.) 



89. Numenius arquatus, (Linnaeus.) 

 From the Loo Choo Islands. 



"Abundant along the coral reefs at Nappa Harbor, Great Loo Choo Island." 

 (Mr. E. M. Kern.) 



90. Limosa fedoa, (Linnaeus.) 



"San Francisco, California, November, 1S55." (Mr. Stimpson.) 



91. Charadrids fdlvus, Gmelin. 



From Loo Choo and the Bonin Islands. Several specimens apparently of 

 the same species and identical with numerous others now before me from va- 

 rious localities in the Pacific Ocean. 



"Loo Choo, November, 1854, Bonin Islands, October, 1854." (Mr. Stimp- 

 son.) 



92. Charadrius longipes, Temminck. 



From the Bonin Islands. Appears to be identical with Asiatic specimens in 

 the Museum of the Philadelphia Academy. 



93. Aegialitis nivifrons, (Lesson.) 



From the Cape of Good Hope. "In low, stony places near the sea, Cape 

 of Good Hope, October, 1853, collected by Lieut. Van-Wyck." (Mr. Stimp- 

 son.) 



94. Macroramphus scolopaceus, (Say.) 



"San Francisco, California, November, 1855." (Mr. Stimpson.) 



95. Stmphemia semipalmata, (Gmelin.) 



" San Francisco, California, December, 1S55." (Mr. Stimpson.) 



96. Totanus brevipes, (Vieillot.) 



"Bonin Islands, October, 1854, Loo Choo, November, 1854." (Mr. Stimp- 

 son.) 



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