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female were taken May 25th, tog-ether with a set of five eggs. No 

 nest was built, the eggs being deposited on the bare ground. 



7. Phalacrocorax mexicanus (Brandt). [Mexican Cor- 

 morant). Several birds were seen on the tops of old piles that pro- 

 jected from the water some distance from the coast at Corpus 

 Christi. This species is evidently the same as that observed by Mr. 

 Sennett.* 



8. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmel. [American 

 White Pelican). Several flocks were seen flying over the city in 



the latter part of March. 



9. Pelecanus fuscus Linn. [Brown Pelican). On March 

 26th I saw large flocks of these birds across the Bay from Corpus 

 Christi, and on April 15th a friend took five eggs on Bird Island. 

 The eggs were laid on the bare ground. 



10. Anas boschas Linn. [Mallard). Several specimens 

 were shot on the Nueces River in company with the Gadwall. 



11. Anas strepera Linn. [Gadzvall). Seen in large num- 

 bers April 1st, on the Nueces River. 



13. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). [S hoveller). Several speci- 

 mens were shot April 1st, on the Nueces River. 



13. Aythya AMERICANA (Eyt.). [Redhead). A few were 

 seen April ist, on the Nueces River. 



14. Aythya affinis (Eyt.). [Lesser Scaup Duck). Large 

 flocks were seen on the Nueces River iVpril ist. 



15. Chen hyperborea nivalis (Forst.). [Greater Snow 

 Goose). On March 27th, as we drove up to Mr. King's ranch^ 

 which is located about ten miles north of Corpus Christi, a large 

 flock of Snow Geese alighted in an adjoining pasture not twenty 

 yards off. So tame were they, that, should one not well informed 

 observe them, he would easily mistake them for the domestic goose. 

 On our alighting from the wagon they rose from the ground, but 

 settled down again a few paces off. My friend unhitched one of 

 the horses and started after them, taking care to keep in step with 

 the horse's front legs. When within a gun range, a large, dark, 

 peculiarly marked specimen was shot. 



Many could have been taken had we been so disposed. 



16. Ardea herodias, Linn. [Great Blue Heron). This 

 beautiful bird was seen on the flats north of Corpus Christi on 

 March iSth, and on May 15th a nest containing three eggs was 

 brought to me. 



* Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey. Vol. V, p. 155. 



