648 BIRDS OP Southwestern texas. 



Genus ANSER JJuissoN. 



36. Aiiser albifroiis gambeli (IIaktl.). American White-fronted Goose. 



Dresser states that lie shot several of those Geese durin*;- the winter 

 on Mitchell's Lake, near Sau Antonio. 



Genus BRANTA ScoroLi. 



37. Branta canadensis (Linx.). Canuda Goose 



Dresser found the Canada Goose common near San Antonio during 

 the winter. 



38. Branta canadensis liutchinsii (Sw. & Rich.). Hutcliins' Goose. 

 Dresser shot several of these birds on Mitchell's Lake, near San An- 

 tonio, during- the winter. It was known there to the sportsmen as the 

 "Prairie Goose," while B. canadensis was called the " Bay Goose." 



Order HERODIONES. Herons, Storks, Ibises, etc. 



Family PLATALEID^. Spoonbills. 

 Genus AJAJA Reichenbach. 



39. Ajaja ajaja (Linx.). Ro.seate Spoonbill. 



I saw a mounted specimen of the Spoonbill in a drug store, and was 

 informed that they usually arrived at Corpus Christi about the last of 

 February. Dr. Burke, chief quarantine oflicer at Corpus Christi, told 

 me that he had often seen them at the quarantine station in summer. 

 Sennett saw four individuals on the mud flats at the mouth of the 

 Nueces River during a storm. 



Family IBIDIDyE. Ibises. 



Genus PLEGADIS Kaup. 



40. Plegadis guarauna (Lixx.). Wliite-faced Glossy Ibis. 



" While at the northern end of Padre Island on March 29, a flock of 

 these Ibises were seen flying over the flats" (Sennett). 



Family CIC0NIIDJ3. Storks, etc. 

 Genus TANTALUS Lixx^us. 



41. Tantalus loculator Lixx. Wood Ibis. 



"Not of uncommon occurrence near San Antonio" (Dresser). This 

 was over twenty years ago, and I doubt very much if any Wood Ibises 

 are to be found in that locality now. 



Family ARDEID^E. Herons, etc. 

 Genus BOTAURUS Hermann. 



42. Botaurus lentiginosus (Moxtag.). American Bittern. 



"Common and resident" (Dresser). Not in Sennett's or Hancock's 

 papers. 



