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64. Branta nigricans. Black Brant. 



"Lloyd states that it was shot in Tom Green county in the fall of 1884" 

 (Cooke). This species is evidently a very rare or irregular visitor, as 

 this is the only definite record of its occurrence that I can find. 



65. Dendrocygna autumnalis. Black-bellied Tree Duck. 



Summer resident on the Lower Rio Grande (Fort Brown, Hidalgo, etc.) 

 remaining from April to October. 



66. Dendrocygna fulva. Fulvous Tree Duck:' ■ ■ -^ "'" 



Lower Rio Grande (Cameron atid 'Hidalgo ^botiil ties) straggling north- 

 ward along the coast to Louisiana. ' ' SUmm^i" resident as far north as 

 the sources of the Neuces. Lloyd reporded it ^s tolerably common in 

 winter on the North Concho. 



67. Oior columbianus. Whistling Swan. • ^ ' 



Winters abundantly on Galveston and Corpus ChrisCi bays and at 

 other points along the coast. Migrates over' the entipft region east of 

 the Pecos. ■ ■-> ''J '^ 



68. Olor buccinator. Trumpeter Swan. '- ^ -^ *-'''' 



Common winter resident of the' coast. - Lloyd retoWieW it as wintering 

 in Western Texas. ' ' '* ' 



.^ / ; ORDER ODONTOGLOSSAE. LamelUrostral GrallatoFe&> 



FAMILY PHOENIC(JPTERIDXe; FlajiiiAgMs; '"^ "" 



69. Phoenicopterus rnbe'r. American Flamingo. 



In former years a frequenH visitor, pFobably •sumfteit ilesldent, of the 

 coast counties. Recorded from Western Texas (TomiCireen and (Con- 

 cho counties), in 1881 and 1882 by William LJoyd.i >- - - - 



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ORDER HERODIONES. Herons, Storks, Ibises, EtO. 't»i - '■ ■ 

 FAMILY PLATALEIDAE. Spoonbills. ""'/'''' 



70. Ajaia ajaja. Roseate Spoonbill. ' . 



Eastern and Southern Texas, formerly breeding in abundan(^e in the 

 marshes and lagoons, in company with Ibises and Herons. Formerly 

 bred near Houston (Nehrling) , in recent years reported from various 

 localities along the coast (Refugio, Bee, Neuces coimties, etc.) 



