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172. Branta canadensis, Canada Goose 

 Reported by Messrs. Ball and Himes. 



173. Branta bernicla, Brant 

 Reported by Mr. Ball. 



190. Botaurus lentiginosus, American Bittern 



White River, 6 miles above Meeker [Ball's collection]. 



194. Ardea herodias, Great Blue Heron 



Twenty miles from Meeker, toward Rifle [Ball's collection]. Common along 

 White River [Ball]. 

 197. Egretta candidissima, Snowy Egret 



Two specimens killed at Meeker in April or May [Ball's collection]. On a lake 

 midway between Trapper's Lake and Glenwood Springs [Himes]. Mr. Shepherd, 

 living 1 mile from Buford, has one taken at Peltier Lake. 

 202. Nycticorax nycticorax nasvius, Black-crowned Night Heron 



White River valley [Ball]. 



205. Grus canadensis, Little Brown Crane 

 White River valley [Ball]. 



206. Grus mexicana, Sandhill Crane 



White River, 1 mile below Buford, August 22, 1909 [Bartlett]. White River 

 valley [Ball]. Breeding in large numbers in marshy spots on ridges north of Himes' 

 [Himes]. A few in California Park, summer 1894 [Bergtold]. James Johnson 

 found a nest with two eggs in June, about 1905, at the head of South Williams Fork. 

 Mr. Ball has one of the eggs. Mr. Johnson also found a nest \ mile south of Marvine 

 Lodge. He has seen a female regularly during the summer for the past seven or 

 eight years in the same marshy spot between Marvine Lodge and Marvine Lakes, and 

 thinks she nests there. He says, "I have seen as many as eight of ten birds at a 

 time in Lost Park, and have noted them in the other high parks about here." 



212. Rallus virginianus, Virginia Rail 

 Meeker [Ball's collection]. 



214. Porzana Carolina, Sora 

 Meeker [Ball's collection]. 



221. Fulica americana, American Coot 



Reported by both Mr. Ball and Mr. Himes. The latter states that they breed 

 on the lakes in the vicinity of his place including Trapper's Lake. 



226. Himantopus mexicanus, Black-necked Stilt 



Reported by Mr. Ball. 

 230. Gallinago delicata, Whson's Snipe 



One killed at Meeker; numerous in that country [Ball]. 



