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grass surroTinding them. This Grebe is certainly one of the clumsiest 

 birds on the wing with which I am acquainted, appearing incapable of 

 sustaining any prolonged flight, so much so, indeed, as to be a matter 

 of surprise how it ever makes its extended migrations. The Indians 

 do not believe this bird ever leaves any locahty, stating that, as cold 

 weather comes on and the lakes freeze over, this Grebe is transformed 

 into a muskrat, and in that state passes the winter, returning to his 

 Grebe condition when spring returns. 



Bceapitulation of Species Ti-eated. 



Pamily. 



Turdidaj 



Saxicolidae 



Paridae 



TroglodytidaB 



AlaudidsB 



Sylvicolidse . . 

 HiruiidiiiidaB . 



VireonidsB 



LaniidEB , 



Fi-in^llidje . . . 



Icteridse 



Corvidse 



Tyrannidse 



CaprimulgidsB 

 Trochilidse . . . 



Cuculidse 



PicidsB 



Stringidse 



Falconidas . . . 



No. of 



species. 



Family. 



CathartidsB 



ColumbidsB 



Tetraonidfe 



CtaradriidfB 



Hsematopidse 



EecTirvirostridaB . 

 PhalaropodidsB . . 



Scolopacidse 



ArdeidsB 



Gmidas 



RallidsB 



AnatidsB 



Pelicanidse 



PhalaorocoraoidsB 



Laridse 



Columbidas 



Podicipidse 



Total , 



No. of 



species. 



155 



Note. — Information received from Dr. McChesney since the foregoing article was 

 prepared, enables me to add two species to the list, namely: 

 PnsnCOLA ENUCLEATOR, (L.) V., and 

 .^GIOTHUS UNARIA, (L.) Cab., 



thus raising tlie number of Fringillidw to 19, and the total to 157. — E. C. 



