ACTITUKUS BARTRAMIUS— GUIJS CANADENSIS. Gil 



ACTITURUS BARTRAMIUS. 

 Bnrlram's Tsitlei-. 



Tringn bartntmia, Wilson, Am. Oiii., V'll, 1813, 0;3, pi. .50, ft-,'. 2. 



Avtitunis bfirtntmiits, Bonap., Saggio, 18;n, — .—Cassin, in Baird's Birds N. Am., 



1858, 737.— Baiud, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 545.— COUES, Ki-y, l.S7li, 



L>()0; Chei-U List, 187;?, No. 438; Bird.s N.W., 1874, 502. 



This oa.stoni species was rather couinion in July in the grassy iields 

 of Kamas Prairie, Utah, l)ut none were seen anywhere else. 



NUMENIUS LONCUROSTRIS. 



LoiiR-billod Ciii-ifw. 



Numcniufi hnuiironlris, Wilson, Am. Orii., \'lll, 1.S14,L'4, pi. (i4, (1;;. 4.— Cassin, in 

 Build's Birds N. Am., 1858, 743.— Baiud, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1850, No. 541). 

 — CouES, Key, 1872, 262, fig. 174; CLecU List, 1873, No. 441; Birds N.W., 

 1874, 508.— Oenshaw, 1875, 401. 



This large Curlew, called "Snipe" by the people of the Salt Lake 

 ^ alley, was distributed in summer throughout the Interior in the vicinity 

 of marshes, the wet meadows near the shores of the larsrer lakes beinsr 

 its favorite resort. It was particularly abunilaiit along the southern .shore 

 of the Great Salt Lake, and on some of the larger islands. 



List of specimens. 



1088, 3 art.; Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake,. Fuik- 4, 1809. 22i— 39, Bill, black, 

 becoming dull lilaceous on the basal half of the lower mandible; iris, vandykebrown . 

 legs and feet, ashy. 



1\1Q,$ ad.; Antelope Island, June 5, 1869. 23J — 39. Same remarks. 



WW, puUnx ; W\2, pulliis ; same locality and date. 



1159, 2 ; south shore of Great Salt Lake, .luue 11, 1809. 20 — 41^. Same remarks 

 as to No. 1088. 



Family G lUJ I D.E— Cranes. 



Grus c.vnadensis. 



Saiid-liill Crane. 



Ardca canadensis, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1700, 234. 



Orus canadensis, Temm., Anal. p. c. — Baikd, Birds N. Am , 1858, 055; Cat. N. 

 Am. Birds, lS.-)9, No. 479.— COUKS, Key, 1872, 271; ciieck List, 187.3, No. 

 463; Birds N. W., 1874, 5.32.— IIknsiiaw, 1875, 4(17. 



The Sand-hill Crane was an abundant species in nearly all localities 

 where extensive grassy marshes or wet meadows existed. A friend living 



