12 



Tringoides macuLirius. Abundant. 

 Herodias alba egrctta. Rare. 

 Nj'ctiardea grisea naivia. Rare. 

 Botaurus minor. Common. 

 Grus Canadensis. Common. 



30. Porzana Carolina. Common. 



31. Fulica Americana. Common. 



32. Anas boschas. Common. 



33. Querquedula cyanoptera. Common. 



{In suitable localities.) 



1. Progne subis. Common. 



2. Taehj'ciueta bicolor. Abundant. 



3. Cotjde riparia. Common. 



4. Stelgidopter}'x serripeunis. Abundant. 



5. Hirundo horreorum. Common. 



6. Petroclielidon lunifrous. Very abundant. 



7. Sayoruis Sayus. Common. 



8. Cei'yle alcyon. Common. 



Farther down the river, where the cottonwood trees increase in 

 number, the fauna was augmented by N'ephcecetes niger (extremely 

 abundant), Buteo ISwainsoni and B. borealis calurus, thus becoming 

 essentially like that of the lower Truckee Valley (see table f.). 



CATALOGUE OF WINTER RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY 

 OF CARSON CITY. 



Turdufl migratoriiis . . 

 Cinclus Mi'xicanus . . 

 Sialia ilexicaua . . . 



S. arctica 



Rcirulus caleudiila . . 

 Lophoph.'ines inornatus 

 Parus montanus . . . 

 Psaltriparus minimus 



plumbeus 

 SittaCarolinensis aculeata 



S. iiyumsea 



Certhia Americana . . 

 Catherpes Mexicanus 



conspersus 

 Tehnatoclytes palustris 



paludicola 

 Iroglodytes aedou 



Pavlcmanni 

 T. hycmalis Paciflcus . 

 Antl'uis Liidovicianus . 

 Dendroica Audiiboni 

 CoUurio borealis . . . 



Common 



Bare . . 



Abundant 



Abundant 



Abundant 



Abundant 



Abundant 



Sometimes met with 

 Abundant .... 

 Abundant .... 

 Not common . . . 



Common .... 



Common .... 



Not common . . . 



Rare 



Extremely abundant. 

 Common .... 

 Not common . . . 



Localities frequented. 



Willows. 



Streams. 



Fields and pines. 



Cedars and open fields. 



Willows. 



Pines and cedars. 



Pines only. 



Brushy ravines. 

 Pines only. 

 Pines only. 

 All wooded places. 



Secluded rocky places. 



Tules and rushes. 



Brushwood and willows. 

 River bottoms. 

 All wet open portions. 

 Willows and cotton woods. 

 Open situations. 



