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12. Sterna hirundo. Common Tern. Also 

 common. A few breed. 



13. Sterna antillarum. Least Tern. Quite 

 rare. Have observed it at Minneapolis and on 

 Lake Minnetonka. 



14. Hydrochelidon nigra surlnamensis. 

 Black Tern. An abundant summer resident. 



1.5. Phalacrocorax dHopJiiis. Double-crested 

 Cormorant. Rare, except at Lake Minnetonka, 

 where a large colony nest in a heronry on 

 "Crane Island." 



10. Pelrranu^ erythrorhynchuft. White Pel- 

 ican. Common. Breeds in western part of 

 the state. 



17. Merganser americanns. American Mer- 

 ganser. This species and the next are rather 

 rare and of local occurrence. 



18. Merganser serrator. Red-breasted Mer- 

 ganser. 



19. Lophodytes cucuUatus. Hooded Mer- 

 ganser. Abundant during migrations. 



20. Anas boscJtas. Mallard. Common. 



21. Anas obscura. Dusky Duck. Rare. 

 Ha.s- been taken near Minneapolis, also on 

 Lake Minnetonka by Albert Lano. 



22. An<(s strepern. Gadwall. Not com- 

 mon. 



23. Anas ainericana. American Widgeon. 

 Not common. 



24. A)ias earolinensls. Green-winged Teal. 

 Common. 



25. Anas discors. Blue-winged Teal. 

 Common. Breeds. 



2(). Anas cyanoptera. Cinnannui Teal. 

 Very rare. One was captured ctn Bigstone 

 Lake in LSSO. 



2T. Spatula clypedta. Shoveller. Common. 

 Breeds. 



28. I)(if la acuta, rintail. Common. Breeds. 



29. Ai.r sponxa. Wood Duck. Common. 

 Breeds. 



30. Aythya aniericana. Redhead. Com- 

 mon. Breeds. 



31. Aythya vallisueria. Canvas-back. Not 

 common Confined i)rincipally to the west 

 where it breeds. 



32. Aythya rnarila nearctica. Scauj) Duck. 

 This and the following species are generally 

 found together. Both are common and 

 breed. 



33. Aytliya ajjinis. Lesser Scauj) Duck. 



34. Aythya c.oltaris. Ring-neck Duck. 

 "Very common during migrations. A few re- 

 main to breed. 



35. Glancionetl a clang ula ainericana,. Amer- 

 ican Golden-eye, Rare. Occurs on Lake Min- 

 netonka. 



30. Glaucionetta islandica. Barrow's Gol- 

 den-eye. Also rare. Occurs principally during 

 winter wherever there is open water. 



37. Clangula hyemalis. Long-tailed Duck. 

 Rare. Occurs on Lake Superior during the 

 winter. 



38. (Jidemia americana. American Velvet 

 Scoter. This species has been observed by 

 Mr. T. S. Roberts on several occasions in the 

 Mississippi River, below Minneapolis. 



39. (Edonia dcglandl. White-winged Scoter. 

 Rare. Reported by Mr. Thos. Miller from 

 Heron Lake. 



40. (Edeniia perspicillata. Surf Duck. Not 

 rare. Have taken several on Lake Minnet(»nka. 



41. Erlsinutiirarabida. Ruddy Duck. Com- 

 mon. 



42. Chen hyperborea. Snow Goose. Abun- 

 dant during migrations, esjiecially in the west. 



43. Choi c(erulescens. Blue Goose. Com- 

 mon in western part of the state. 



44. Anser (dblfrons gambeli. American 

 White-fronted Goose. Rare. Mr. J. C. Hvos- 

 lef reports this species from Lanesboro, April 

 3, 1883— November 5, 1884. 



45. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. 

 Abundant. 



4(j. Branta canadensis car. Iintchinsii. Not 

 so common. 



47. Branta hernicl((. Common Brant. C'om- 

 mou during migrations, especially in the west. 



48. Olor coluiubitenus. Whistling Swan. 

 Rare. 



49. Olor buccinator. Trumjieter Swan. 

 More common than the foregoing; "breeds on 

 the Red River." Hatch. 



50. Botanrus lentiginosus. American Bit- 

 tern. An abundant summer resident. 



51. Botaurus crilis. Least Bittern. Also a 

 common summer resident. 



52. Ardea herodi(ts. Great Blue Heron. 

 Common. Thei-e is a large heronry of this 

 species at Lake Minnetonka. 



53. Ardea egretta. American Egret. Rare. 

 Mr. Hvoslef reports the species from Lanes- 

 boro. He says. "One stayed herefrom July 

 21st till the 23d, 1884. A few years earlier two 

 more were seen and one of them was shot." 



54. Ardea rire.'iccns. Green Heron. Not 

 very common. 



55. Nycticora.r nycficorax n(erii(s. Black- 

 crowned Night Heron. Rare. More i)lentiful 

 in the i)rairie regions. 



50. Cru.^ ainericana. Whooping Crane. A 

 jirairie bird, wild and wary. Breeds. 



57. Crus mextcana. Sandhill C^rane. More 

 common than the foregoin<i. Breeds. 



