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to be much less numerous the present season than usually. In the Great 

 Salt Lake Valley we have of course the paler or light-colored form of the 

 Plains, to which Mr. D. G. Elliot has restricted the name P. columbianus* 

 the darker form of the more heavily wooded regions of the north being con- 

 sidered by him to be the true P. phasianellus (=P. Kennicotlii Suckley).f 



92. Bonasa umbellus. The ruffed grouse is said to occur sparingly 

 in the mountains. 



PERDICLIXE. 



93. Ortyx virginianus. A few pairs of the common quail were intro- 

 duced from the East last year, and are said to have each raised a brood of 

 young. 



94. Lophortyx californicus. A few pairs were introduced a short 

 time since, and are said to have raised young the present year (1871). 



CHARADRIID.SJ. 



95. iEgialitis vociferus. Abundant. 



SCOLOPACID^. 



96. Gallinago Wilsoni. Very abundant. 



97. Macrorhampus griseus. Abundant September 25th and later; 

 perhaps breeds here. 



98. Pelidna americana. Common. 



99. Actodromas minutilla. Not common. 



100. Gambetta melanoleuca. Abundant. 



101. Gambetta flavipes. Not common. 



102. Rhyacophilus solitarius. Not common. 



103. Tringoides macularius. Not common. Only two nr three were 

 seen. 



PHALAROPODID^I. 



104. Phalaropus "Wilsoni. Abundant. Said to breed in great num- 

 bers on the islands in the lake. 



RECURVIROSTRID^l. 



105 Recurvirostra americana. Very abundant. Flocks of several 

 thousands seen on the shores of the lake. Said to breed on the islands. 



106. Himantopus nigricollis. Common, but far less numerous than 

 the preceding, with which it freely associates. Both this and the pre- 

 ceding species are known locally as " White Snipes." 



GRUID^l. 



107. Grus canadensis. Occasional in fall and spring. 



* Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1862, p. 403. 

 t Ibid ,1861, p. 361. 



