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ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



young' were liatclied. The time for liiying eg-gs probably varies considerably, 

 as, during the month of July, the young were seen at various places in 

 New Mexico. 



Locality. 



Rio Grande, Colo . 



do 



, do 



Pueblo, Colo 



, do 



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do . 

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June 10, 1873 



do 



do 



July 30, 1874. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Collector. 



H. W. Henshaw ' 5.93 



do.... 



do.... 



C. E. Aiken. 



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do.... 



Fam. IIECURVIIIOSTRIDAE : Stilts asd Avocets. 



KECURVIllOSTRA AMERICANA, GmeL 

 American Arocet. 



liccurrirogtra americana, Gmel., Syst. Nat., i, 17S8, G9.3. — Bd., Stans. Rep. E.xp. Great 

 Salt Lake, 1852, ;}20.— WooDil., Sitgreave's E.\i>. Zufii & Ool. Riv., 1854, 

 1(H» (Indian Territory; New Mexico). — Bd., Ives' Col. E.xped., 1857-58, pt. 

 iv, G.—Id, Birds N. A., 1858, 70;{.— Xantus, Troc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 

 185!), 1012 (Fort Tejon, Cal.).— Bd., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 

 1851), Birds, 25.— Coor. & SucKL., P. R. R. Rep., xii, pt. ii, 18G0, 234.— 

 IlKNUY, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 18.59, 108 (New Mexico).— IIavd., 

 Rep., 1802, 173 (Yellowstone).- CoUES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 18G(J, 

 97 (Arizona).- Stkv., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 40f. (North Platte).— 

 CouES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1871, 33. — Allen, Bui. Mus. Coinp. 

 Zotil., iii, 1872, 182 (Great Salt Lake).— CouES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 147, 

 f. 159. — Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 1.3. — Aiken, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 XV, 1872, 209 (Arkansas River).— Merriam, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1.S72, 

 701.— Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., June, 1874, 30.— Yarrow & Hen- 

 shaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1872, \Vliee!er's Exped., 1874, 29. — Hensuaw, 

 Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 09, 93, 145.— Coues, Birds 

 Northwest, 1874, 400. 



Ii£Curviroslia occidcntalis, Bd., Stans. Rep. E.xp. Great Salt Lake, 1852, 320. — Newb., 

 P. R. Rep., 1857, vi, 99. (Young.) 



In Utah and Colorado, the Avocet is a common summer resident, though 

 occurring in these Territories in greater abundance during the migrations, 

 when on the way in spring to more northern breeding resoi-t.s, and in fall 



