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28. Erismatura rubida (Wils.). Ruddy Dzick* 



29. Branta canadensis (Linn.). Canada Goose. A spec- 

 imen is in the collection of F. Lorquin, of San Francisco, Cala.* 



30. Branta bernicla (Linn.). Brant.\ 



31. Dendrocygna fulva (Gmel.). Ftdvous Tree-dtick.\ 



32. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.). American Bit- 

 tern.\ 



33. Porzana CAROLINA (Linn,). Sora. A specimen was 

 described to me by Mr. Robert Ridgway as follows: Primaries 

 snow-white, the rest of the plumage being normal. Toes bright 

 gamboge yellow, presenting a striking contrast to the olive of the 

 tarsi. The toes did not shade gradually into yellow, but were sep- 

 arated by a sharply defined boundary-line. 



34. Gallinula galeata (Licht.). Florida Gallinule. A 

 specimen in the collection of R. Deane, of Chicago, 111., was shot at 

 English Lake, Ind. 



35. FuLiCA AMERICANA GmcI. American Coot. A speci- 

 men is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution at Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



36. ScoLOPAX RUSTicoLA Linn. European Woodcock.^ 



37. Philohela minor (Gmel.). American Woodcock.\ 



38. Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilson's Snipe. A spec- 

 imen is in the collection of Geo. L. Toppan, of Chicago, 111. 



39. Tringa canutus Linn. Knot.^ 



40. Tringa minutilla Vieill. Least Sandpiper. A spec- 

 imen is in the collection of R. Deane, of Chicago, III. 



41. Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.). Semipalmated Sand- 

 piper.l 



42. Calidris arenaria (Linn.). Sanderling.'^ 



43. LiMOSA H^EMASTiCA (Linn.). Hudsonian Godwit.^ 



44. NuMENius longirostris Wils. Long-billed Curlew.^ 



45. NuMENius hudsonicus Lath. Hudsoniaii Curlew.'^ 



46. Charadrius dominicus Miill. American Golden 

 Plover. A specimen is in the collection of B. T. Gault, of Chi- 

 cago, 111. 



47. CoLiNUS virginianus (Linn,). Bob-white. Several 

 specimens are in the collection of G. F. Morcom, of Chicago, 111- 



48. Oreortyx pictus (Dough). Mountain Partridge.\ 



♦From the Note-book of R. Deane. 

 +Deane, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. I, 1S76, pp. 20-24. 

 JDeane, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV, 1S79, pp. 37-30. 

 §Deane, Bull, Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. V, iSSo, pp. 25-30. 



