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CYPERACE.E. 



Carex stricta, La?n. Wet sand ; Upper Missouri. June 75. 



GRAMIXIEJE. 

 Elymus, (undetermined.) Elk Horn prairie. June 18 94. 



^ EQUISETACE^. 



Equisetum arvense, Linn. (Sterile plant.) Common along the Missouri. June 50. 



LIST OF BIRDS AND MAMMALIA FOUND ON THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM FORT 



LEAVENWORTH TO FORT UNION, AT THE MOUTH OF THE . YELLOWSTONE 



RIVER, BY EDWARD HARRIS, ESQ. 



(The Species marked with an asterisk were seeu on the lower part of the river; the rest were 

 higher up towards Fort Union.) 



BIRDS. 

 Catharlcs aura, III. Turkey Buzzard. 

 Buteo swainsonl, Bp? Common Buzzard. 

 ArctiiljiUeo St. Johannis, {Gin.) Black Hawk. 

 Aquila ckrysatos, Golden or Kiiigtailed Eagle. 

 Halialus Icucnccphdlug, Sav. Bald Eagle. 

 Paniliiin carnllnus, Bp. Fish Hawk. 



* Naurkrus fiircalus, Fig. Swallow tail Hawk, (above Council Bluffs.) 

 Falco peregrintis, L. Duds Hawk. 



sparteriiis, L. Sparrow Hawk. 

 Circus ullginosiis, If'th. Marsh Hawk. 



* Athene ciiniculiiria, Bp. Burrowing Owl. 



PhIjo virginianus, Great Horned Owl, the whitish variety. 

 Antrostomus nultiil/i, Aud. Poor Will. 

 Clwrdedes virginianus, Sw, Night Hawk. 

 Acunthylis pelasgia, Boil. Chimney Swallow. 

 Hirundo purpurea, L. Furple Mariin. 



limifrons, Say. Clitl" Swallow. 



bicolur, Vieitl. White bellied Swallow. 



rufft. Gin. Barn Swidlow. 

 * serrlprnnis, Aud. Hough winged Swallow, 

 Tyranuus vatirulis, iV;;/. Arkansas Flycatcher. 



crinitus, Sw. Great crested Flycatcher. 

 inirepidus, Vieill. King Bird. 

 Tyranmcla sayi, Sw. Sa\' s. Flycatcher. 

 Sctapltaga ruticilla. Sw. liedstart. 

 Sylr/uola wsliva, Sw. Yellow Warbler. 

 Tr/(iias marilandica, Bp. Maryland Yellow Throat. 

 llcllnaia peregrina, Aud. Tennessee Warbler. 

 jyUnotiha varia, Vieill. Black and White Creeper. 

 Troglodytes ohsoletua, Say. Kock Wren. ^ 



a'don, I'icill House Wren. 

 Parns septenlriomdis, Harris. Long tailed Wren. 

 Sialia arclicd, Sw. Northern Blue Bird. 

 JHimus carolincnsis, L. Cat Bird. 



rufus, Bp. Brown Thrush. 

 Tardus migratorius, L. Robin. 



wilsonii, Bp. Tavvney Thrush. 

 Seiurus aurocapillus, Sw. Golden Crowned Thrush, 



noteboruansis, Bp. Water 'I'hrush. 

 Agrodoma sptaguei, Aud. Sprague's Lark, 

 Olocoris rufus. Western Sky Lark. 

 Fleclrophanes pictus, Sw. Smith's Lark. 



urnatus. Towns. Chesnnt collared Lark. 

 Chondestrs granimaca, Bp. Lark Finch. 

 Zunotrichia graniincii, Sw. Grass Finch. 



leuaiphrijs. Sw White crowned Sparrow, 



* Zonolrichiu querula, l^.uU, Harris' Finch. 



