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ORDER 3.— GALLINA. 



1 Rufted Grous or Pheasant, Tetiao umbellus. 

 1 Pinnated Grous, Tetrao cupido. 



ORDER 4.— GRALLiE. 



1 Ringed Plover, Ciiaradrius seinipalmatue. 



2 Ringed Plover, Ciiaradrius inelodus. 

 1 Kildeer Plover, Ciiaradrius vociferus. 



1 Black-bellied Plover, Charadrius helveticus, 

 1 Turn Stone, Slrepsilas intcrprcs. 

 : 1 Pitd Oyster Calcher, Hcomatopus ostralegus. 



1 Rrown Crane, Grus canadensis. 

 1 Great White Heron, Ardea alba egretta. 

 1 Louisiana Heron, Ardea ludoviciana. 



1 Yellow Crowned Heron, Ardea violacea. 



2 Night Heron, (male and young,) Ardea nycticorax. 

 1 Blue Crane, Ardea coerulea. 



1 American Bittern, Ardea minor. 



1 Green Heron, (young,) Ardea virescens. 



3 Least Bittern, (male and female,) Ardea exilis. 

 1 Ibis Fusca, vel Tantalus Fusca ? Nondescript. 

 1 Long billed Curlew, Numenius longiroslris. 



1 Esquimaux Curlew, JNumenius hudsonicus. 



2 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Tringa semipalmata. 

 1 Cape Curlew, Tringa subarquata. 



1 Red-backed Sandpiper, (Purre of Wilson,) Tringa alpinus. 



2 Little Sandpiper, Tringa pusilla. 



1 Ruddy Plover, (Sanderling of Wilson,) Tringa arenaria. 



1 Semipalmated Snipe, Totanus semipalmatus. 



1 Scliinz Sandpiper, Tringa schinzii. 



1 Yellow-shanks Snipe, Totanus flavipes. 



1 Spotted Sandpiper, Totanus macularius. 



1 Do. do. young, in summer plumage. 



1 Red-breasted Snipe, Scolopax grisea. 



1 Snipe, Soolopax wilsonii. 



1 Woodcock, Scolopax minor. 



1 Clapper Rail, Rallus crepitans. 



1 Virginian Rnil, Rallus virginianus. 



1 Common Rail, Rallus carol iiius. 



1 Yellow-breasted Rail, Rallus novcboracensis. 



1 Great Marbled Godwit, (female,) Limosa fedoa. 



1 Common Coot, Fulica atra, Americana. 



1 Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea ajaja. 



ORDER 5.— ANSERES. 



1 Black Skimmer, or Shearwater, (female,) Rhinehops nigra. 



1 Great Tern, Sterna hirundo. 



2 Lesser Tern, (male and female,) Sterna minuta. 

 1 Black-headed (iull, Larus atricilla. 



1 Common Gull, Larus canus. 

 1 Herring Gull, Larus argentatus. 

 I White-winged Silvery Gull, Larus leucopterus. 

 1 Black-backed Gull, Larus rnarinus. 

 1 Stormy Petrel, Tlialassidroma wilsonii. 

 1 Whistling Swan, Cignus musicus. 

 • 2 Pintail Duck, (male and female,) Anas acuta. 

 1 American Widgeon, Anas americana. 

 1 Summer or Wood Duck, Anas sponsa. 

 1 Green-wingpd Teal, •\.n.->s crecca. 

 1 Scoter i)uck, Fulig'ila nigra. 

 1 Scaup Duck, Fuligula marila. 



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