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Order HERODIONES. 



Suborder HERODII. 



Family ARDEID/E. 



Sul) family ARDEIX.-K. 

 ARDEA HERODIAS FANNINI Chapman. 

 NORTHWEST COAST HERON. 



'Phis bird was observed several times about Union Bay, Vancouver 



Island. 



ARDEa, species. 

 HERON. 



Herons were seen at various places along the Japanese coast, at 

 the Oki Islands, Matsushima, and in the Linschoten Islands. One 

 was also seen on October 1 among the small islands northeast of 

 Yezo. As no specimens were obtained, their identity is uncer- 

 tain, though I am almost sure that the last was an example of 

 Ardea cinerea jouyi. 



Order PALUDICOLyE. 



Suborder GRUES. 



Family GRUIDJ^. 



GRUS CANADENSIS (Linnaeus). 

 LITTLE BROWN CRANE. 



On the morning of June 8 while ashore on Agattu Island I encoun- 

 tered a pair of these birds, but could not succeed in getting anywhere 

 near them. On being flushed they never flew for any great distance, 

 but always alighted far out in the open pasture-like areas, out of 

 reach from any rocks or other suitable cover. I tried twice to creep 

 up on them under the lee of some small hills, only to find that they 

 had walked a long way from the spot where they had settled, and I 

 therefore gave up the chase as hopeless. 



Order LIMICOL^. 

 Family PHALAIK )P( >I)II) Jv 



PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS ( Linnaeus). 

 RED PHALAROPE. 



The only time I observed this bird was just before reaching Unalaska. 

 On the morning of the day we reached that island thousands of these 

 birds were seen, mostly in (locks of from fifty to a hundred or more, 



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