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COTT, Trans. Illinois Agr. Assoc, 1, 1855, 386 (Illinois). — Cassin, in 

 Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 746.— Baikd, Cat. Birds North Amer., 

 1859, no. 552.— Hoy, Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst, for 1864 (1865), 438 (Mis- 

 souri). — Dressek, Ibis, 1866, 401 (s. Texas). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist. New York, viii, 1866, 295 (vicinity New York City). — Sclateb and 

 Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 444, part (monogr.). — Tuenbull, 

 Birds Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1869, 42 (Phila. ed., p. 33). — 

 Snow, Birds Kansas, 1873, 10.— Cotjes, Check-list, 1874, No. 406, ed. 2, 1882, 

 No. 676; Birds Northwest, 1874, 535, part (excl. synonyms under "b. obso- 

 letus" ).—FvRDiF., Bull. Nutt. Oru. Club, ii, 1877, 22 (Nahant, Mass., Nov. 21, 

 1875) ; iii, 1878, 140 (Sudbury Meadows, Mass.). — Brewer, Proc. Boston 

 Soc. Nat. Hist, xix, 1878, 307 (Nahant, Mass., spring 1876).— Brown (N. C), 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 60 (Scarboro Marsh, near Portland, Maine, 

 Oct. 8, 1881), 124 (Portland, Conn., Sept. 17, 1879).— Bailey (H. B.), Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 42 (St. Simon Island, Ga., breeding).— Baird, 

 Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Birds North Amer., i, 1884, 353, part (excl. 

 syn. "b. tenu'irostris"). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check -list, 1886, 

 and ed. 2, 1895, No. 208; ed. 3, 1910, p. 101.— Butcher, Auk. v, 1888, 176 

 (Long Island records). — Scott, Auk, vi. 1889, 153 (Tarpon Springs and 

 Caloosahatchee River, Fla.) ; ix, 1892, 212 ( Caloosaha tehee River, breed- 

 ing). — Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 494 (Winnipeg and Car- 

 berry, Manitoba).— Miller (G. S.), Auk, ix, 1892, 396 (North Truro, Mass., 

 Feb. 1892).— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 8, part (Kankakee 

 and Chicago, 111. ; De Soto County and Tarpon Springs, Fla. ; Browns- 

 ville, Tex.). — Stone, Birds Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1894, 

 66 (records). — Brock, Auk, xiii, 1896, 79 (Falmouth, Mass., Sept. 19, 

 1895).— Morris, Auk. xiii, 1896, 86 (near Springfield, Mass., Oct. 9, 1895) ; 

 xxix, 1912, 237 (near Springfield, Mass., Aug. 30, 1911) ; xxx, 1913, 580 

 (near Springfield, Aug. 22, 1913).— Posson, Auk, xvi, 1899, 194, (Carleton, 

 Orleans County, N. Y., Aug. 1880). — Beyer, Proc. Louisiana Soc. Nat. for 

 1897-99 (1900), 93 (Louisiana, abundant winter resident). — Kumlien and 

 Hollister, Wisconsin Nat. Hist. Soc. Bull. 3, 1903, 38 (Wisconsin; hab- 

 its).— Williams (R. W.), Auk, xxi, 1904, 452 (Leon County, Fla., resi- 

 dent). — Rhoads and Pennock, Auk, xxii, 1905, 198 (Delaware, resident). — 

 Farley, Auk. xxii, 1905, 409 (Cambridge, Mass. Dec. 30, 1896).- Wilson (B. 

 H.), Wils. Bull., No. 54, 1906, 2 (Scott County, Iowa, breeding).— Fleming, 

 Auk, xxiii, 1906, 447 (Toronto, Ontario, rare migrant) ; xxx, 1913, 226 (Toronto, 

 Apr. 24, 1907).— Holmes, Wils. Bull., No. 58, 1907, 22 (Summit, N. J., breed- 

 ing),— Burns, Wils. Bull., No, 58, 1907, 32 (Chester County, Pa., May 

 4). — WiDMANN, Birds Missouri, 1907, 58 (common summer resident). — ■ 

 Taverner and Swales, Wils. Bull., No. 60, 1907, 83 (Point Pelee, Ontario, 

 June, Sept., Nov., and Dec. 31). — ^Andehison, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci., xi, 

 1907, 206, (Iowa; habits).— Knight, Birds Maine, 1908, 138 (Maine rec- 

 ords).— Kennard, Auk, XXV, 1908, 218 (Needham, Mass., Oct. 10, 1907),— 

 Miller (R. F.), Auk, xxv, 1908, 218 (Philadelphia County, Pa., breed- 

 ing),— Allen (G. M.), Auk, xxv, 1908, 234 (Peabody, Mass., Mar. 13, 

 1908),— Phuxpp, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 315 (Ellis Lake, N. C, breeding).— Coby, 

 Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Publ. 131, 1909, 381 (Illinois; Wisconsin).— Wayne, 

 Birds South Carolina, 1910, 35 (resident in fresh-water ponds and marshes; 

 habits). — Eaton, Birds New York, i, 1910, 271, pi. 25 (summer resident). — 

 Howe, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 339 (New Barnstable, Mass., Dec. 30 or 31, 1909.) — 

 Barrows, Michigan Bird Life, 1912, 152. — Forbush, Game-birds, Wild-fowl, 



