386 DAVKNPOKT ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



3. (63). Gc/oc/ic/idon m/o/ica (masnQlq.) . Gull-billed Tern. 

 The Gull-billed Tern was included by J. A. Allen in his list 



(1870). Thomas Say reported the " Marsh Tern " (^Sterna ar- 

 anea Wilson) at Engineers' Cantonment in 1819-20, but perhaps 

 referred to the Black Tern (Long's Exp.). The species is of south- 

 ern distribution, but has been recorded from Illinois and Michigan. 



Family ANATID^E. Ducks and Geese. 



4. (138). Nettion crecca {\M\\\.') . European Teal. 



John Krider states : ' ' Nettion crccca Y^2iVi^ . English Teal. I 

 found two specimens in the year 1874 in Winnebago county, Iowa. 

 Rare " (Forty Years' Notes, p. 72). This species is of casual oc- 

 currence in North America, closely resembling A^. carolinensis. 



5. (176). P/iilacfc canagaca iS^va-si.). Emperor Goose. 



The Emperor Goose is a species of the Northwest coast, from 

 Alaska south to California; rare in the United States. J. G. 

 Smith reported the Emperor Goose as occurring at Algona, Iowa 

 {Forest and Stream, xviii, 6, 1882, p. 107). Prof. C. C. Nutting 

 reported a .specimen taken at Coralville, John.son county, Iowa, in 

 1892 (Report of Com. on State Fauna, Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci., 

 1892, p. 40). This was probably a mistaken identification, as 

 Prof. Nutting says it was identified by him from a verbal descrip- 

 tion by Mr. Paintin. 



Family IBIDID.E. The Ibises. 



6. (184). Giiara alba iX'Xnn.) . White Ibis. 



" Coming north regularly to .southern Indiana and southern 

 Illinois (Ridgway). Dr. Agersborg shot a specimen and saw an- 

 other in southeastern Dakota in May, 1879" (Cooke, Bird Migr. 

 in Mi.ss. Val., 1884-85, p. 20). 



Family CICONIID^. The Storks. 



7. (188). Tantalus locidator l^inw. Wood Ibis. 



This species was li.sted by J. A. Allen (White's Geol. of Iowa, 

 1870, ii, p. 426). Kumlien and Holli.ster state : " There are re- 

 corded several captures of this southern species within the state. 

 Can be classed only as a very rare midsummer straggler at the 

 present day, however" (Birds of Wis., 1903, p. 32). "A few 



