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70. Totanus solitarius (Wils.) Solitary Sandpiper. 

 Quite common about the ponds and along the streams. 



71. Tringoides macularius (L.) Spotted Sandpiper. 

 A few seen. 



BEOURVIROSTRIDJE (the Avocets). 



72. Recurvirostra americana, Gm. Avocet. 



Abundant. Numbers of this and the succeeding species find their 

 way into the markets. 



73. Himantopus nigricollis, Vieill. Black-necked Stilt. 



Less common than the preceding. Both frequent the small ponds 

 and marshes. 



BALLID^E (the Bails). 



74. Rallus virginianus, L. Virginia Bail. 



A single one of this species was found skulking in a bed of rushes in 

 early May. 



ANATIDJE (the Ducks). 



75. Anas boschas, L. Mallard. 

 Common. 



76. Nettion carolinensis, Gin. Green- winged Teal. 



77. Querquedula discors, Steph. Blue-winged Teal. 



78. Querquedula cyanoptera, Cass. Bed-breasted Teal. 

 All abundant. 



79. Spatula clypeata (L.) Shoveler. 



One of the most abundant of the family. Found in every pond and 

 slough. 



80. Mareca americana (Gm.) American Widgeon. 

 Bather numerous. 



81. Aythyaferina (L.), var. americana, Eyton. Bed-head. 

 A few seen. 



PODICIPIDJE (the Grebes). 



82. Podiceps auritus, L., var. caUfornicus, Heerm. Eared Grebe. 

 Numerous in the ponds as late as the 15th. 



SECTION II. 



Fort Garland is situated in Southern Colorado, on the lowest bench 

 of the Sierra Blanca Mountains, distant twenty miles east of the Bio 

 Grande, in latitude 37 25' north, longitude 105 26' west, and has an 

 elevation of 7,600 feet above the level of the sea. Immediately sur- 

 rounding the post is a sage-brush plain, which to the northward and 



