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Egret (Herodias egretta). No specimens. Dr. J. C. Hvoslef reports: 

 Lanesboro, Fillmore Co. "occasional; one stayed July 21-23, 

 1884." 



Little Brown Crane (Grus canadensis) . One specimen Sur. Coll.: 

 Hennepin Co., Apr. 2, 1894. 



Knot (Tringa canutus). One specimen Sur. Coll.: Lanesboro, Fill- 

 more Co., Sept. 7, 1885 (Hvoslef). 



Sanderling (Calidris leucophaea). Four Minn, specimens Sur. Coll. 

 One taken (two seen) June 24, 1916, Lake of the Woods (Rob- 

 erts). Several other reliable records. 



Piping Plover (Aegialitis meloda). Only one record; four seen and 

 studied at close range on a sand bar at the mouth of the Rainy 

 River, Lake of the Woods, July 6, 1915 (Roberts). 



Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria inter pres morinella). Three Minn. 

 specimens Sur. Coll. Several other good records. One taken 

 Mille Lacs Lake, Mille Lacs Co., June 22, 1915 (Roberts). 



Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus lagopus). One specimen Sur. 

 Coll. taken Apr. 20, 1914, on Springsteel Island, Lake of the 

 Woods, Roseau Co., Minn., and presented to the Museum by 

 Mr. S. Withey of Crookston. See Auk 32:99, for record of this 

 bird by Mr. J. W. Franzen. No other Minnesota specimens 

 known and other records based on hearsay. 



Western Red-tail (Buteo borealis calurus). This dark phase of the 

 Red-tail is represented in the Sur. Coll. by a single specimen: 

 Hennepin Co., Apr. 6, 1889 (Albert Lano). 



Harlan's Hawk (Buteo borealis harlani). The southern melanistic 

 phase of the Red-tailed Hawk occurs in Minnesota occasion- 

 ally. One specimen Sur. Coll.: Madison, Lac qui Parle Co., 

 Apr. 12, 1893, Albert Lano. (See Auk 13:342.) One taken near 

 Minneapolis, Dec. 5, 1914, by Martin K. Bovey. 



Gray Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus rusticolus). . An occasional win- 

 ter visitant. One female specimen in Sur. Coll. taken at 

 Madison, Lac qui Parle Co., Dec. 11, 1894, by Albert Lano 

 (Auk 29:239). This specimen combines the heavily streaked 

 head of Falco rusticolus rusticolus, the white and heavily 

 marked underparts of F. r. gyrfalco, and the plain dark back 

 and imperfectly barred tail of F. r. obsoletus. Other specimens 

 have been taken in the state and reported under various sub- 

 specific names. 



