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ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



markets, and on tlie lOtli took a male in the breeding dress on the shores of 

 the Platte. By this time, the species appeared to have passed this hititude 

 on their way north, and those remaining would doubtless have found their 

 summer homes not far away. None were found breeding at the Alkali 

 Lakes, Southern Colorado, a place to all appearance well adapted to 

 attract it. 



TOTANUS MELANOLEDCUS (Gniel.). 

 Great Yellowle^s. 



iScoh>j)aT melanoleitcuH, Gmel., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, G59. 



Totumui melanoleHcun, Woodh.. Sitj^rciive's Exp. Zuni «S Col. Riv., 1854, 99. — Nkwb., 

 P. R. E. Eei>., vi, 1857, 98.— Heekm., P. R. R. Rep., x, 1859, pt. ii, (i5.— 

 CoUES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, '25S. — Uenshaw, Rei). Orii. Sjjecs., 1873, 

 Wlieeler's Exped., 1874, 68. — ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., June, 

 1874, 3(5.- CouES, Birds Northwest, 1874, 490. 



Gambctia mdanoleuca, Bd., Birds N. A., 1858, 731. — Id., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Siirv., 

 ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 25. — Kenneely, P. R. R. Rej)., Whipple's Route, x, 

 1859, 34.— XantUkS, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 192 (Fort Tejoii, 

 Cal.).— Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 118 (New Mexico).— 

 Co<»p. & Suckl., p. R. R. Rep., xii, pt. ii, ISGO, 242.— Uayd., Trans. Am. 

 Phil, Soc, xii, 18(J2, 174.— CouES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18<;«, 98 

 (Colorado River).— Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 4G6.— Allen, Bui. 

 Mus. Couip. Zool., 1872, 182. — Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 14. — Merriam, U. 

 S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 700. — Yarrow & Henshaw, Rep. Oni. Specs., 

 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 29. 



It is unnecessary to mention special localities with reference to the 

 occurrence of this bird during the spring and fall migrations, as it passes in 

 great numbers through the Middle and Southern Regions, being absent only 

 where there are no bodies of water, while it may be seen on many of the 

 smallest streams, and even pools of water ; and in the neighborhood of any 

 marsh of magnitude it is sure to be present in great numbers. 



