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Omaha, "a common migrant, the first goose in spring" (I. S. Trostler); Wood 

 River, Gibbon, Elm Creek, and Grand Island (D. H. Talbot). 



172. Branta canadensis (Linn.). — Canada Goose. 



West Point, Omaha, Lyons, Lincoln, South Bend, etc. (L. Bruner); " Migra- 

 tory, somewhat common; summer resident, rare" (Taylor); "Temperate North 

 America "(Goss); Omaha (L. Skovv); Peru, common — migrant (G. A. Coleman); 

 Cherry county — breeds (J. M. Bates); numerous localities in central part of 

 state (D. H. Talbot); Omaha, "a very abundant migrant" (I. S. Trostler); 

 "very abundant in Nebraska, and occasionally breeds here" (Aughey). 



172a. Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Rich.). — Hutchin's 

 Goose. 



West Point, Omaha (L. Bruner); "Migratory, abundant, arrives in April" 

 (Taylor); "South in winter chiefly through the Mississippi valley" (Goss); 

 Omaha (L. Skow) ; Cherry county (J. M, Bates); Omaha, "a common migrant" 

 (L S. Trostler). 



173. Branta bernicla {Liyin.). — Brant; Bernicle Goose. 



In Omaha gun store, said to have been shot on Platte river (L. Skow); 

 Omaha, "a not very rare migrant, saw three that were killed on the Missouri 

 river, Nov. 9, 1895 — sportsmen say they are commonest in/aZ/" (I. S. Trostler). 



180. Olor columbianus (Ord). — Whistling Swan. 



West Point, North Bend, Ashland, Lincoln, etc. — formerly bred in Holt 

 county (L. Bruner); "Probably migratory, rare " (Taylor); "North America 

 in general" (Goss); Omaha (L. Skow); Omaha, "a rare migrant" (I. S. 

 Trostler). 



181. Olor buccinator (Rich.). — Trumpeter Swan. 



Platte river (L. Bruner) ; " Rare in Nebraska " (Aughey); " Migratory, rare, 

 arrives in April and October" (Taylor); "chiefly the interior of North Amer- 

 ica" (Goss); Cherry county (J. M. Bates); Grant county (J. D. Knight); 

 Omaha, "a rare migrant" (I. S. Trostler). 



Order HERODIONES. — Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. 



Family IBID.ffi. — Ibises. 



186. Plegadis autumnalis {Hasselq.). — Glossy Ibis. 



Omaha (F.J. Brezee); "wandering northward to New England and Illi- 

 nois. In America only locally abundant and of irregular distribution " (A. 

 O. U. Check List). 



187. Plegadis guarauna {Linn.). — White -faced Glossy Ibis. 



Omaha (L. Skow); Omaha, "a straggler was killed on Florence lake, Aug. 

 19, 1893 (I. S. Trostler); Clarks, Nebr. (Frank Parmalee). 



