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Mexican boundary (western Texas to southern California), and north- 

 ern Lower California to northern Alaska. (Resident throughout, 

 even in Alaskan localities.) 



Cinclus pallasii (uot of Temmiiick) Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ii, 1826, 439; 

 Zool. Journ., ii, 1827, 52; Am. Orn., ii, 1828, 173, pi. 16, fig. 1. 



Cinclus mexicanus (not of Swainson, 1827) Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 10, part 

 (New Mexico). — Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1864, 60, part. — Salvin, Ibis, 

 1867, 120, part (nionogr.).— Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila, xviii, 1866, 

 66 (Arizona); Check List, 1873, no. 19; 2d ed., 1882, no. 30; Birds N. W., 



1874, 10; Birds Col. Val., 1878, 89; Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. 

 Terr., iv, 1878, 552 (Chief Mountain Lake, Montana) .—Cooper, Orn. Cal., 

 1870, 25.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 148 (Colorado City), 

 161 (Mount Lincoln, Colorado), 166 (Ogden, Utah), 174 (Utah; Colorado).— 

 Merriam, Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, for 1872 (1873), 671, 713 (Ogden, 

 Utah; Mystic Lake, Montana; habits; descr. nest); Auk, xi, 1894, 258 (20 

 m. s. of Monterey, California; several pairs, Mar.). — Dall, Proc. Cal. Acad. 

 Sci., 1873 (Unalaska I., Alaska). — Baird', Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 56, pi. 5, fig. 1. — Yarrow and Henshaw, 'Rep. Orn. 

 Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1874, 6 (Provo, etc., Utah; habits). — Henshaw, Rep. 

 Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1874, 40 (Utah; resident), 98 (White Mts., 

 Arizona; Tulerosa, New Mexico), 155 (Arizona); Orn. Rep. Wheeler's 

 Surv., 1876, 227 (Mount Whitney, California); Zool. Expl. W. 100th Merid., 



1875, 159 (Provo R., Utah, White Mts., Arizona, Diamond Creek, New 

 Mexico, and El Paso Co., Colorado; habits). — Ridgway, Orn. 40th Parallel, 

 1877, 406 (localities in Nevada and Utah; habits); Nom. N. Am. Birds, 

 1881, no. 19.— Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 397 (Calaveras Co., 

 California; habits). — Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 39 (descr. 

 young); vii, 1882, 76 (Chiricahua Mts., Arizona; habits). — Salvin and 

 GoDMAN, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1879, 44, part. — Minot, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, V, 1880, 224 (Boulder Co., Colorado; habits; descr. nest). — Sharpe, 

 Cat. BirdsBrit. Mus., vi, 1881, 317, part.— Drew, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club,vi, 1881, 

 86 (San Juan Co., Colorado, resident; habits). — Williams, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, vii, 1882, 118 (Gold Run, Montana; descr. nest). — Turner, Auk, ii, 

 1885, 157 (Nearer Islands, Alaska, 1 spec, Aug.). — Batchelder, Auk, ii, 

 1885, 234 (Las Vegas, New Mexico; habits). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check List, 1886, no. 701. — Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 

 1887, 225 (McCloud R., etc., California; habits).— Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. 

 Valr, 1888, 264 (Nebraska, "abundant in Otoe Co.;"« Black Hills, Dakota); 

 Bull. 37, Col. State Agric. Coll., 1897, 118 (Colorado, 8,000 ft. upward in 

 summer); Bull. 44, 1898, 169 (Boulder, Clear Creek, etc., Colorado, and 

 upward to 11,500 ft. ). — Bendire, Auk, vi, 1889, 75 (descr. peculiar nest from 

 Boulder, Colorado).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 1890, 151 (Ducks, 

 British Columbia). — Fannin, Check ListBirds Brit. Col., 1891, 42. — Nehrling, 

 Our Native Birds, i, 1893, 72.— Mitchell, Auk, xv, 1898, 310 (San Miguel 

 Co., New Mexico, breeding chiefly above 8,000 ft.). — Grinnell (J.), Pacific 

 Coast Avifauna, no. 6, 1900, 58 (Kowak Valley, Alaska); Condor, iii, 1901, 

 22 (Kadiak), 23 (lak Lake, Prince William Sound). — Bishop, North Am. 

 Fauna, no. 10, 1900, 92 (Glacier and Unalaska, Alaska). — Osgood, North 



« Otoe County, Nebraska, is in the extreme eastern portion of the State, bordering 

 the Missouri River; it is in the prairie region, a country different as possible from 

 that inhabited by the present si)ecies. It therefore seems almost certain that an error 

 has been made in the record cited. 



