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ARDEIDJE. 



109. *Ardea herodias. One individual seen. 



110. *Butorides virescens. Common. 



111. *Botaurus lentiginosus. Common. 



RALLIDiE. 



112. *Fulica americana. Common. 



113. * Rallus virginianus. Apparently common. 



114. *Porzana Carolina. Probably common, though but fewwerc seen. 



A3NTATIDJE. 



115. * Aix sponsa. Common. 



116. * Querquedula discors. Abundant. 



117. * Anas boschas. Abundant. 



1 18. * Fulix marila. A single female was killed at Topeka, — the only 

 representative of the species seen. 



Two other undetermined species of ducks were seen, but not taken. 



PODICIPIDJE. 



119. Podilymbus podiceps. Common. 



LARID-ffiJ. 



120. *Hydrochelidon fissipes. Several seen. 



PELECANIDJE. 



121. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus. Said to be common. Saw a speci- 

 men which was killed about May 10th, which had the crest on the upper 

 mandible remarkably high and thick. 



II. — List of Birds observed in the Vicinity of Fort Hays, Kansas, from 

 May 2G to July 3, 1871 ; with Annotations. 



The subjoined list of sixty-one species of birds, observed in June 

 at Fort Hays and viciuity, indicates the general character of the sum- 

 mer avian fauna of the eastern border of the Great Plains. The next 

 following list of twenty-five species, observed during three weeks in 

 midwinter, somewhat to the westward of Fort Hays, embraces all the 

 more characteristic species of winter. Many not mentioned in these 

 lists occur in fall and spring, chiefly swimming and wading birds. 



Fort Hays is situated on Big Creek, three hundred miles west of the 

 Missouri River, about ten south of the Saline River, and about the 

 same, distance north of the Smoky River. The timber here is not only 



