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b'Xi. Actodromas aciimuutla (Horsf.) Ridgw. — Obtained at St. Michael's, Alaska, by Mr.* 

 E. W. Nelson, U. S. Signal Service, and by Dr. T. H. Bean, of the National 

 Museum, at Port Clarence, on the Arctic coast of Alaska. 



Numerous specimeus of this Indian and Australian species, all in the autumnal plumage, 

 have been obtained by Mr. Nelson. Dr. Bean's example was obtained September 9, 1880, at 

 Port Clare)iee, ou tlio Arctic coast. Mr. Nelson is entitled to the credit of being the tirst to 

 discover this species in America, and the aunoiincc^raent should have been made in his name ; 

 but owing to the apparent miscarriage of a letter on the subject, I have been unable to get 

 the data upon which to base such publication. 



537. Actodromas bairdi, Cones. — Proc. Plxilad. Acad. 18(il, 194. (Arctic America.) 

 539. Pelidna alpina (Linn.) Boie. — Tringa alpina, Newton, Man. Nat. Hi§t. Greenl. 1875, 



103. (Greenland.) 

 541a. Ereunetes pusillus occiDENTALis(Lav\-r.) Cones. — E. occidentalis, Lawr. Proc. 



Philad. Acad. 1864, 107, (Pacific coast U. S.) 

 544. Limosa lapponica novw-zealandiw, Gray. — L. uropi/gialis, Baird, Trans. Chicago 



Acad. i. 1869, 320, pi. 32. (Alaska.) 

 546, Limosa cegocephala (Linn.) Leach. — Cf. Reinh. Ibis, 1861, 11. (Greenland.) 

 551. Rhyacophilus ochropus (Linn.) Ridgw. — Cf. Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii. 



Jan. 1878, 49. (Nova Scotia.) 



561. Niimenins phcBopus (Linn.) Lath. — Cf. Reinh. Ibis, 1861, 10. (Greenland.) 



562. NumeniuH taliitiensis (Gmel.) Cass. — " Numenius femoralis, Peale", Ridgw. Am. 



Nat. July, 1874, 435. (Kadiak, Alaska; F. Bischoft'.) 

 568. Parra gipiinostoma, Wagl.—Cf. Merrill, Ball. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1. Nov. 1876, 88 



(Ft. Brown, Texas); Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. 1878, 167, pi. iii. 



(synonymy and descriptions). 

 570. Rallus obsoletus, Ridgw. — R. elegavs, var. obsoletvs, Ridgw. Am. Nat. viii. 



Feb. 1874, ill. (Coast California.) 

 571a. Rallus longirostris saturatus, Hensh. — Cf. Ridgw, Bull, Nutt, Orn, Club, 



July, 1880, 140, (Louisiana.) 

 573. Porzana marueita (Leach) Bp. — " Orfygometra porzana (Linn.)", Reinh. Ibis, 



1861, 12. (Greenland.) 

 576a. Porzana jamaicensis coturniculus, Baird, — P. jamaicensis, var. cohmncuJun, 



Baird, Am. Nat. viii. Feb. 1874, 111. (Farallone Islands, California,) 



586. Olor cygnus (Linn.) Bp, — '^ C'ignus ferus, Ray", Reinh, Ibis, 1861, 13, (Green- 



laiid.) 



587. OJor minor (Pall,) Bp.—"Cygnns hewickii", Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. ii. 1831, 465. 



("Igloolik [Arctic America], lat. 66°, Jnue 19, 1823." Said to breed "on the 

 sea-coast within the Arctic circle." The description, from specimens killed 

 at locality quoted above, is of the true 0, minor, or Bewick's Swan,) 



592, Chen rossi (Baird) Ridgw, — Anser rossii, "Baird, MSS,", Cass, Proc, Philad. 



Acad, 1861, 73, (Arctic America,) 



593. Anser alJnfrons (Gm,) Bechst,— CJ, Reinh, Ibis, 1861, 12. (Greenland.) 



603. Anas fulvigula, Ridgw. — A. obscura, var. fulvigula, Am. Nat. viii. Feb. 1874, 



111. (Florida.) 

 627a. Somateria mollissima dresseri (Sharpe) Coues. — S. drcsseri, Sharpe, Ann. 



Mag. N. H. July, 1871, 51, tigs. 1,2. 



This bird has been called by all American writers S. mollissima. The true Eider, how- 

 ever, has only lately been detected in America, it being the form found by Mr. Kumlicii 

 breeding abundantly on the west side of Cumberland Gulf. 



631. Mdanetta fusca (Linn.) — Cf. Reinhardt, Vid. Medd. Nat. For. Kjobenhavn, 



1879,1. (South Greenland.) 

 646a, Phalacrocorax violaceus respUndens (And,) Ridgw. — Graculus hairdii, "Gruber, 



MSS.", Cooper. Proc. Philad. Acad. Jan. 1865, 5. (Farallone Islands.) 



