AGTITUKUS Bx'vRTRAMlUS-GRUS CANADENSIS. Gil 



ACTITUEUS BAliTKAMlUS. 

 Bartraiii's Tatlor. 



Tringa bartramio, Wilson, Am. Orii., VII, 1813, 03, pi. 59, fig. 2. 



Actitnniti bartramiiig, BONAP., Saggio, 1831, — .— Cassin, in Biiird's Birds N. .\iii,, 



1858, 737.— Baird, Gat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 545.— GoUES, Key, lS7:i, 



L'Glt; Glicck List, 1873, No. 438; Birds N.W., 1S74, 502. 



Tliis eastiTii species was rather common in July in the grassy iiekls 

 of Kauias Prairie, Utah, Ijut none were seen anywhere else. 



NUMENIUS LUNGIKOSTKIS. 

 Lons-billcd C'miow. 



Nuincniiis hiiiijiro.siris, Wilson, Am. Oni., Vlll, 1814,24, i)l. (i4, fig. 4.— Cassin, iu 

 Bair.r.s Birds N. Am., 1858, 743.— Baikd, C:it. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 549. 

 — CotiES, Key, 1872, 202, fig. 174; Check List, 1873, No. 441; Birds N.W., 

 1874, 508.— Henshaw, 1875, 401. 



This larrre Curlew, called "Sniix-" by the iXM.ple of the Salt Lake 

 Valley, was distributed in summer thronghont the Interior in the vicinity 

 of marshes, the ^\ct meadows near the shores of the larger lakes lieing 

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

 of the Great Salt Lake, and on some of the largei' islands. 

 List of fipeclmens. 



loss, i ad.; Anteloiie Island, Great Salt Lake, June 4, 18a9. 22^—39. Bill, black, 

 becoming dull lihiceous on the basal half of the lower mandible; iris, vandyke-brown ; 

 legs and feet, ashy. 



1110, 3 ad.,- Antelope Island, June 5, 1809. 23.1—39. Same remarks. 



1111, jjm/<«.s; 1112, puUuH; same locality and date. 



1159, 2 ; south shore of Great Salt Lake, June 11, 1809. 20— 4i:j. Same remarks 

 as to No. 1088. 



Family G K 1 1 1 \)M —Cranes. 

 Grus canadensis. 



Saiid-Biall Crane. 



Ardcu canadcnuin, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1700, 234. 



Gru.s canaden.sk, Temm., Anal. p. c— P>AIKD, Birds N. Am , 18.58, 0.^5; Cat. N. 



Am. Birds, 18,59, No. 479.— Couks, Key, 1872, 271 ; Check Lisl, 1873, No. 



403; Birds N. W., 1874,'.532.— IIensiiaw, 1875, 4(!7. 



The Sand-hill C!rane was an abundant species in nearly all locdities 

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



