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6 7. Grus americana, (Znm.) Tenun. Whooping Crane. — A large 

 white bird, seen in company with a pair of the following species, supposed 

 to be this bird, as it is said by residents to breed here. 



68. Grus canadensis, (Zi«n.) Temin. Sand-hill Crane. — Com- 

 mon ; several pairs seen on the low ground bordering the Mustinka 

 River. 



69. Porzana Carolina, (Linn.) Cab. Carolina Rail. — Common, 

 several nests found, but without eggs. 



70. Fulica americana, Gm. Coot." — Several seen around Herman 

 in suitable sloughs. 



71. Anas boschas, Linn. Mallard. — Common. A nest found 

 June 10, with eight freshly laid eggs, was in a bunch of dry grass in a 

 meadow. Another, taken June 20, containing ten eggs in various stages 

 of incubation, was placed in a thick clump of bulrushes in a slough where 

 the water was several inches deep. The female was on the nest in each 

 instance. 



72. Chaulelasmus streperus, (Linn.) Gray. Gadwall. — The com- 

 mon Duck of this locality, being quite as abundant as the Mallard, if not 

 more numerous. A nest and eleven fresh eggs taken June 20, in a wheat- 

 field some distance from water. On June 14, when the nest was first ex- 

 amined, the parent was absent, and the eggs were covered with a light 

 layer of down and grass. On the 20th, the female was sitting, and was 

 shot as she left the nest. The nest was simply a bowl-shaped cavity 

 scratched in the ground, and lined with short dry grass and down. The 

 internal diameter of the nest at the top. before it was disturbed, was 7 

 inches by about 3^ in depth. There was no concealing vegetation around 

 it, the wheat being still very short. The eggs are rather broadly elliptical 

 in outline, and of a uniform cream-color. The average of the eleven eggs 

 is 2.04 inches in length by 1.54 inches in breadth. 



73. Querquedula discors, (Linn.) Steph. Blue-winged Teal. — 

 Very common. Xest and twelve eggs, nearly fresh, taken in a meadow 

 around a slough at Herman, June 20. 



74. Spatula clypeata, (Linn.) Boie. Shoveller. — Common. 



75. Aix sponsa, (Linn.) Boie. Wood Duck. — Common. A nest 

 with eggs found in a deep hollow in a tree at Elbow Lake, June 13. 



76. Fuligula ferina americana, (Etjt.) Coues. Red-head. — Several 

 pairs seen around Herman. 



77. Fuligula vallisneiia., (Wils.) Sleph. Canvas-back. — About a 

 dozen pairs seen on a sand-bar in Mustinka River, near Lake Traverse, 

 and also a pair at Elbow Lake. 



78. Pelecanus trachyrhynchus, LmIJi. White Pelican. — As this 

 trip was especially undertaken with a view of visiting a Pelican roost or 

 camp in the vicinity of Herman, of which vague rumors had reached us 

 in Minneapolis, our disappointment was rather keen in not finding the 

 birds there the present season. The fact that they were formerly there 



