GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TEE TERRITORIES. 



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Stil$-class 3.— IVATATOKES, THE Si;*^Oi:?IERS. 



Order 9.-LAMELLIR0STRES, ANSERINE BIRDS. 



Fiiinilj G9. — Anatid^. 

 (Sub-family Cygnincc, the Sicans.) 

 Cygnns buccinator , E-ich., (trumpeter-swan :) 



Hob. — Western America, from the Mississippi Valley to tbe Pacific. 

 These large and beautiful birds were only met with on Snake River, 

 in the vicinity of Jackson's Lake. 



(Sub-family Anatin(c,, tlie Eiver-duclcs.) 

 Alias hoschas^ Linn., (mallard :) 



Hah. — Entire continent of North America and greater lyart of Old 

 World. 



Bafila acuta, Jenyns, (sprig-tail; pin-tail:) 



Hah. — Whole of North America and Europe. 

 Querquedula cyanopterus, Cassin, (red-breasted teal:) 



ffah. — Eocky Mountains to Pacific; accidental in Louisiana. 



I found the nest — No. 55, (10321)— of this species on the 29th of June, 



