246 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [FoZ. VL 



AEDEIDJE. 



Ardea herodias Linn. — Great Blue Heron. 



Is reported abundant about all bodies of water affording it a plentiful 

 supply of food. Mr. Eidgway also found it breeding at Pyramid Lake. 



Herodias alba egretta (Gmel.) Eidgw. — American Egret 5 White Heron, 

 Mr. Eidgway saw a single individual on the Lower Truckee ; our stay 

 in the localities favorable to the Herons was exceedingly short, and few 

 of this and kindred genera were seen. 



Nyctiardea grisea ncevia (Bodd.) Allen. — Black-crowned Night Heron. 



Was found abundant in the Yalley of the Humboldt, at Battle 

 Mountain. 



Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.) Steph. — American Bittern. 



Apparently resident in the lower marshy valleys of the western inte- 

 rior portions of the State. 



Ardetta exilis (Gmel.) Gray. — Least Bittern. 



One individual of this diminutive Heron was seen in May, among the 

 willows along the Lower Truckee, the one in question being startled by 

 the approach of our boat. — {Eidgway.) 



OICONIID^. 



Tantalus loculator Linn. — Wood Ibis. 



I noticed this bird only in the Colorado Valley, opposite Fort Mojave, 

 where the sloping bank was covered with brush and cottonwood trees 

 to within a short distance of the water. 



IBIDID^. 



Plegadis guarauna (Linn.) Eidgw. — White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



Was observed by Mr. Eidgway in September in the Humboldt Marshes, 

 ■where it was one of the most abundant water-birds. 



CHAEADEIIDiE. 



Oxyeclms vociferus (Linn.) Eeich. — Killdeer. 



This bird was common along all streams throughout the northern half 

 of the State. Mr. Eidgway says it is resident, but more numerous in 

 summer than in winter. 



Gallinago media wilsoni (Temm.) Eidgw. — Wilson's Snipe. 



Is generally abundant. A single individual was secured at the head 

 of Armagosa Eiver — a saline stream of several hundred-yards in length 



