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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. 



at Marsh Creek, Idaho Territory. It was iu the swami)-grass, was lined 

 with down, and contained nine eggs. 



Hah. — North America generally, and Europe. 



On the 29th of June I found the nest of this bird at Marsh Creek. 

 It was lined with down, and contained three fresh eggs. 



Order 11.— LONGIPENNES, LONG-WINGED SWIM- 

 MERS. 



Family 76. — Larid^, the Gulls. 



(Sub-family Sternincv, the Terns.) 



Sterna fosteri^ Il^uttall, (Foster's tern:) 



Hah. — North America generally. 



O O L O a Y . 



SHb°c3as§ I.— Il^SESSOgSES, TIBE PJEKCHEKS. 



Order L— PASSERES. 



(Section OSCINES, SINGEES.) 

 Family 1. — Tukdid^, the Thrushes. 

 Turdus sicainsonii. Cab., (olive-backed thrush :) 



This nest was found on a dead cotton-wood sapling, among the 

 branches of a pine-tree, on the side of a caiion j it was about five feet 



