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Orus fusca Vieiixot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., xiii, 1817, 558, part. 



Orus canadensis (not Ardea canadensis Linnaeus) Bonapabte, Contr. Maclurian 

 Lye, i, 1927, 24 ; Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, ii, 1827, 302 ; Synopsis, 1828, 

 No. 225. — SwAiNsoN and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Anier., ii, 1831, 373, part. — 

 NuTTAix, Man. Orn. United States and Canada, Water Birds, 1834, 38. — 

 MoCall, Proe. Aead. Nat. Sci. Philadelpliia, v, 1851, 223 ( Texas ) .—Baibd, 

 in Stansbury's Expl. and Surv. Great Salt Lake, 1852, 319 (Salt Lake valley, 

 Utah) ; Rep. U. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. 2, 1859, 24 (Colorado River, 

 Calif., Feb.) ; Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, No. 2, 1859, 14 (Rio Grande Valley) ; 

 Cat. North Amer. Birds, 1859, No. 479 ; Ives' Rep. Colorado River, pt. 5, 1861, 

 14. — WooDHOrsE, m Sitgreaves' Expl. Zuni and Colorado Rivers, 1853, 96 

 (New Mexico; Arizona). — Kennicott, Trans. Illinois Agr. Soc, 1, 1855, 587 

 (Illinois). — Hayjiond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, viii, 1856, 294 

 (Whitewater Valley, se. Indiana; 3 specimens). — Cassin, in Baird, Rep. 

 Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 655; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1882, 

 321 (California).— Newbeeby. Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv.. x, pt. vi, 1859, 62 

 (California, etc. ) .—Henry, Proe. Aead. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1859, 108 (New 

 Mexico.) — Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, pt. 2, 1860, 227 

 (Washington). — Wheaton, Ohio Agr. Rep., 1860, No. 182. — Hoy, Ann. Rep. 

 Smiths. Inst, for 1864 (1865) 438 (Missouri).— Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 V, No. 30, livr. 7, 1865, 2 (descr. ; North America to Mexico). — Dresser, Ibis, 

 1866. 30 (s. Texas).— McIlwbaith, Proc. Essex Inst., v, 1866, 91 (Hamilton, 

 Ontario). — Coues, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1866, 95 (Fort Whipple, 

 Ariz.) ; Ibis, 1866, 263 (Colorado and Gila Rivers, Ariz.) ; Check List, 1874, 

 No. 463, part ; Birds Northwest, 1874, 532 part ; Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. 

 Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 646, part (North Dakota). — Butcher, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sei. Philadelphia, 1808, 150 (Laredo, Tex. ) .—Brown, Ibis, 1868, 424 (Van- 

 couver Island). — Allen, Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1868, 501 (Iowa, 

 breeding) ; Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 1874, 37 (Little Missouri 

 River). — Sclateb, Proc. Zool. Soe. London, 1868, 567 (in London Zool. 

 Park). — Tbippe, Proc. Essex Inst., vi, 1871, 118 (Minnesota, breeding) ; Proe. 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, xv, 1872, 240 (Iowa, "vast numbers in migration"). — 

 Aiken, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xv, 1872, 209 (Colorado). — Meeriam, 

 Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1873, 102 (Idaho, etc.) ; Birds Connecticut, 1877, 

 113, note (formerly common in New England). — Henshaw, Ann. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist. New York, xi, 1874, 12 (Utah). — Lawrence, Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., ii, 1874, 311 (Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Sept.-Mar.). — Jouy, Field and Forest, 

 1877, 180 (District of Columbia ) .—Langdon, Birds Cincinnati, 1877, 16 (rare 

 migrant). — Bendire, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 1877, 143 (Camp Harney, 

 Oreg., breeding; descr. eggs). — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 443 

 (centr. California ) .—Roberts, Amer. Nat, 1880, 108-114, fig. 10 (descr. 

 trachea ) .—Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 202 (Cat North Amer. 

 Birds, No. 583), part; Nom. North Amer. Birds, 1881, No. 583, part.— Seion, 

 Auk, iii, 1886, 150 (Manitoba, summer resident). — Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, iii, 1903, 336 (Mazatlan, Sinaloa; San Luis Potosi; 

 Guanajuato; Valley of Mexico; Cozumel Islands). — ? Miller, Condor, xxxvii, 

 1935, 78 (near MeKittrick, Calif., winter).—? Haegrave, Condor, xli, 1939, 

 208 (bones from Indian sites in Arizona). 



[Grits] canadensis Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. ii, 1857 [1854], 98, part. — Gray, 

 Hand-list, iii, 1871, 24, No. 10083, part.— Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, 

 1872, 271, part. 

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