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them occasionally as we marched towards the Pacific. In the market at San Francisco it is a 

 very common bird. When on the wing they arrange themselves either in a straight line or a 

 wedge-shaped figure, accompanying their flight with their peculiar notes. 



76. AEGIALITIS VOCIFEBUS, Cassin, (p. 692.) Killdeer. 

 6590. Camp 121, New Mexico. Kennedy and Mollhausen. 



Throughout Texas and New Mexico we found this bird wherever there was permanent water. 

 Its well-known cry we often heard late at night as it flew over our camp or ran along the shore 

 of some pool or running stream. 



77. GALLINAGO WILSONII, Bon. (p. 710.) English Snipe. 

 6614. Camp 123, New Mexico, February 16, 1854. Kennerly and Mollhausen. 



We found this snipe abundant in the swamps along Bill Williams Fork &quot;in the month of 

 February ; but we did not observe it elsewhere during our journey. 



78. GAMBETTA MELANOLEUCA, Bon. (p. 731.) Tell-tale. 



We found small flocks of this bird only on Bill Williams Fork and on the Mohave river, 

 during the latter part of February and the month of March. Here they were very gentle and 

 easily approached. 



79. NUMENIUS LONGIROSTRIS, Wils* (p. 743.) Long-billed Curlew. 

 San Francisco, California. (195.) 



This bird we did not meet with until we reached San Francisco, where we found it very 

 common in the market. 



80. RALLUS ELEGANS, Aud. (p. 746.) King Rail. 

 San Francisco, California. (196.) 



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We saw this bird first in the vicinity of San Francisco, where it was quite abundant in the 

 month of March. It was one of the most numerous water birds that we found in the market. 



81. BERNICLA CANADENSIS, Boie, (p. 764.) Canada Goose. 

 954. Rio Rita, Laguna, New Mexico, November, 1853. Kennerly and Mollhausen. 



We found this goose very abundant along the Rio Grande, and met with it frequently from 

 thence to the Pacific. During the period of which we write, from October to March, they were 

 always seen in flocks. 



82. DAFILA ACUTA, Jenyns, (p. 776.) Pin-tail Duck. 

 Bill Williams Fork, New Mexico. (172.) Kennerly and Mollhausen. 



We found this a very abundant species in the marshes along Bill Williams Fork, where 

 they congregated with hundreds of other ducks of various species ; was quite troublesome and 

 annoying on account of its watchfulness. It was generally on such occasions the first to take 

 to the wing, arid by its cries give the alarm. 



