688 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Sept., 



Merganser serrator (Linn.). Red-breasted Merganser. 



Many. 



Anas boschas Linn. Mallard. 



Abundant. 



Nettion carolinensis Gmel. Green-winged Teal. 



Several flocks. 



Spatula olypeata (Linn.). Shoveller. 



Several. 



Bafila acuta (Linn.). Pintail. 



Several. 



Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmel.). Ruddy Duck. 

 Chen hyperborea (Pall.). Lesser Snow Goose. 



In great flocks going northward over the Cocopah Major, also near 

 the mouth of the Hardy. 



Branta canadensis subsp.7 



A form of this species was continually going toward the coast from 

 the delta, mostly at great elevatioixs. 



Tantalus loculator Linn. 7 Wood Ibis. 



A few seen. 



Ardea berodias Linn. Great Blus Heron. 



Very abundant. 

 Egretta candidissima (Gmel.). Snowy Heron. 



Several seen up the Hardy; especially at the Mount Major camp. 



Grus mexioana (Mull.). Sandhill Crane. 

 Abundant. 



Tringa minutilla Vieill. Least Sandpiper. 



A few seen. 



Actitis macularia (Linn.). Spotted Sandpiper. 



Often seen. 



Numenius budsonious Lath. Hudsonian Curlew. 



Two flocks on the Hardy. 



Oxyechus vocii'erus (Linn.). Killdeer. 



Several. 



Zenaidura macroura (Linn.). Mourning Dove. 



Two or three seen near Colony and one or two up the Hard\\ \'eiy 

 scarce. 



Scardafella inoa (Less.). Inca Dove. 



A very few seen in the upper Hardy river region. 



