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Sci. Phila., 1859, 105 (Rio Grande, New Mexico, 1 spec, July).— Verrill, 

 Proc. Essex Inst., iii, 1862, 145 (Oxford Co., Maine, rare summer resident). — 

 ScLATER, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 340 (e. North America).— Dresser, Ibis, 

 1865, 469 (Nueces, Guadalupe, Colorado, Brazos, and Medina rivers, Texas). — 

 McIlwraith, Proc. Essex Inst., v, 1866, 83 (Hamilton, Ontario). — Lawrence, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1866, 291 (vicinity of New York City).— Gray, List 

 Birds Brit. Mus., Picidse, 1868, 115.— Cooper, Orn. Calif., 1870, 402.— Allen, 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 129 (Leavenworth and Topeka, Kansas), 

 139 (Ft. Hays, Kansas), 151 (Denver and Plum Creek, Colorado), 158 (South 

 Park, Colorado); Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 1874, 63 (Missouri R. to Mussel- 

 shell R., abundant); Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., i, 1886, 247 (Massachusetts, rare 

 summer resident).— HoLDEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 1872, 207 (near Sher- 

 man, Wyoming).— Trippe, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 1872, 233 (Decatur 

 and Mahaska counties, Iowa, breeding). — Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, 



1873, 173 (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1 spec, May), 177, 185 (Colorado); vii, 1875, 

 31 (Salt Lake City); Field and Forest, i, 1877, 209 (Colorado); Orn. 40th 

 Parallel, 1877, 554 (Salt Lake City; Laramie, Wyoming); Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., iii, 1880, 189; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 375; Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, vi, 1881, 120 (unusual migration in s. Illinois in fall of 1879); Orn. 

 Ilhnois, i, 1889, 383.— Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 309; 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 453; Birds Northwest, 1874, 290 (Nehama R.; Yellowstone R.; Platte R.; 

 Ft. Lookout; Bitter Cottonwood and La Bonte creeks, Colorado, etc.); Bull. 

 U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 617 (Pembina R., North Dakota, 

 to Rocky Mts.). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 



1874, 564, pi. 54, fig. 4; special ed., 1875, plate facing p. 564.— Fernald, 

 Am. Nat., viii, 1874, 437 (Orono, Maine, accidental). — Henshaw, Rep. Om. 

 Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1874, 90 (South Park and Huerfano R., Colorado); 

 Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 398 (South Park, Pueblo, Twin Lakes, 

 and El Paso County, Colorado).— Gentry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1874, 

 109 (habits).— Brewster, Ann. Lye. N. Y., xi, 1875, 144 (Ritchie Co., West 

 Virginia). — Grinnell(G. B.), in Ludlow's Rep. Recon., 1876, 81 (Mon- 

 tana).— McCauley, Rep. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iii, 1877, 679 

 (Red R. Valley, Texas; crit.).— Bailey (H. B.), Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, iii, 

 1878, 97 (Vermilion, South Dakota; habits).— Ma ynard, Birds Florida, 1878, 

 229.— Merriam, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, iii, 1878, 123 (Lewis Co., New York, 

 resident; habits); vi, 1881, 232 (Adirondack region, breeding). — Rathbun 

 (F. R.), Rev. List Birds Centr. New York, 1879, 25 (resident).- Coues 

 (G. H.), Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, iv, 1879, 31 (Brooklyn, New York, summer 

 resident). — Roberts, 8th An. Rep. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv. Minn., 

 1880, 163 (Duluth, 1 spec. , July 11, 1877) ; in Wilcox's Hist. Becker Co. , Minn., 

 1907, 176 (common).— Agersborg, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 120 (Ver- 

 milion, South Dakota; peculiar nesting site). — Brown (N. C), Proc. Portland 

 Soc. N. H., 1882, (19) (Portland, Maine, rare and irregular). — Ogilby, Sci. Proc. 

 Roy. Dublin Soc, iii, 1882, 59 (Navarro Co., Texas, uncommon in summer). — 

 PuRDiE, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, vii, 1882, 57 (near Boston, Massachusetts, 

 Sept., Oct., and Nov., 1881).— Williams, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, vii, 1882, 

 63 (Belt Mts., Montana, 1 spec). — Knowlton, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, vii, 

 1882, 63 (Orwell, Brandon, Rutland, etc, Vermont, common). — Nehrling, 

 Bull. Nutt. Om. Club., vii, 1882, 171 (Houston, etc., s. e. Texas, breeding). — 

 Allen and Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, viii, 1883, 196 (Colorado 

 Springs, Colorado). — Drew, Auk, ii, 1885, 17 (Colorado, breeding from 

 plains up to 10,000 ft.).— Beckham, Auk, ii, 1885, 143 (Pueblo, Colorado); 



