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found in fall were shot -with mncU less difiiculty than the spring birds, 

 perliaps because they were young. I do not know whether they breed 

 here. 



cf ad. Stockton. 



June 3,1878 



218. ^chmophorus clarki, (L.iwr.). — Clarices Grelic. 



[There are no notes concerning' this species. — R. E.] 



Stockton 



do . 



do. 



Apr.26,?187f 

 Oct. 3, 187S 

 *Sept. 24, 187^ 



219. Dytes auritus, ,3. californicus, (Lawr. ). — American Eared Grehe. 



The bird shot at Murphy's and the one shot at Stockton are all I have 

 seen of this species in two years. 



73846 

 74401 



— ad. 

 d ad. 



Murphy'.s. 

 Stockton.. 



Apr. 16,1877 

 May 9, 1878 



"Iiis and eyelids red." 

 Do. ■ 



220. Podilymbus podiceps, (Liuu.). — Thick-Ulled Grehe. 



The specimen sent Avas the only one seen at Murphy's in the spring of 

 1877. It was apparently only a visitant. 1 have seeii them in the small 

 lakes near the summit in fall, and they are not rare in the sloughs iu 

 the valleys in winter. 



73847 I — ad. Murphy's | Spring, 1877 



CATATiOOrE OF A ('Ol.T.EC'TSOIV OF BEK1>.^ OI5TA¥]Vr:i> B?J «ITAI>E- 

 I^OEJSPE FOB THIS SITISTHSONBAIV IJ^fSTHTUTaO^V, BIT liBK. FKEfi>. A. 

 OCSEK. 



By GEORGE N. I.A^¥KEI\CE. 



Mr. Ober collected in Guadeloupe during August and September, 

 1878, and sent to the Smithsonian 132 specimens of birds ; in his notes 

 he enumerates 45 species. 



Early in October he engaged his passage to !N"ew York, and went on 

 board the vessel, but she was detained iu port for over two weeks by 

 adverse winds, and did not arrive here until ISTovemlSer 13. ]\Ir. Ober 

 left the United States in December, 1877, making an absence of nearly 

 two years. The result of his exi)lorations has proved to be quite as 

 satisfactory as was expected. 



While in Guadeloupe, Mr. Belanger gave him a copy of Dr. L'Herminier's 

 catalogue of the birds observed in Guadeloupe; it enumerates 135 spe- 



* " Bill blight yellow, except ridge ; space befoie eye white ; ridge of bill browu ; 

 iria orange. Length, 24.00." 



Proc. Nat. Mus. 78 29 Apa^il 92, 1 879. 



