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THE OOLOGIST 



Birds of Brownsville, Texas. 

 The following list of more than one 

 hundred forms of bird life, is the re- 18. 

 suit of obser-vations oaade in, or near 

 (within 100 feet), a garden of less 19. 

 than half an acre in area, located 

 within the city of Brownsville, Texas. 20. 

 It covers a period of a little more 

 than a year (June 10, 1910 to July 21. 

 15 1911) ; and is quite incomplete 22. 

 owing to the frequent absence of the 

 observer, for weeks at a time. How- 23. 

 ever, it is evidence to prove the fact, 24. 

 that the valley of the Lower Rio 

 Grande is unsurpassed, within our 2.5. 

 boundaries, for the study of bird life 

 in maximum of form and number. 26. 

 The Water-birds were nearly all not- 27. 

 ed flying overhead; but none are in- 

 cluded in which identification is not 28. 

 reasonably certain. 



1. Larus franklini, Franklin Gull. 29. 



Sterna sp. Terns of several 



species. 30. 



Pelicanus erythrorynchos, White 



Pelican. 31. 



Anas platyrhnehos, Mallard. 32. 



Chen hyperboreus (?), Snow 



Goose. 33. 



Branta canadensis, O a n a d a 



Goose. 34. 



Botaurus lentigenosus, Bittern. 



Ardea herodias. Great Blue 35. 



Heron. 



Florida caerulea, Little Blue 36. 



Heron. 



Butorides vir'escens, Green He- 37. 



ron. 



Nycticoras nycticorax naevius, 38. 



Black-crowned Night Heron. 



Hemantopus mexicanus, Black- 39. 



necked Stilt. 



Galinaga delicata, Wilson Snipe. 40. 



Numenius, americanus. Long- 

 billed Curlew. 41. 



Oxyechus vociferus, Killdeer. 



Colinus virginianus t e x a n u s , 42. 

 Texas Bobwhite. 



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Zenaidura macroura carolinen- 

 sis. Mourning Dove. 



Leptotila fulviventris brachyp- 

 tera. White-fronted Dove. 



Melopelia asiatica, White-wing- 

 ed Dove. 



Chaemepelia passerina palles- 

 cens, Mexican Ground Dove. 



Seardafella inca, Inca Dove. 



Cathartes aura septentrionalis, 

 Turkey Vulture. 



Catharista uruba, Black Vulture. 



Elanus leucurus. White-tailed 

 Kite. 



Accipiter velox, Sharp-shinned 

 Hawk. 

 Accipiter cooperi, Cooper Hawk. 



Parabutea unicinctus harKisi, 

 Harris Hawk. 



Buteo leniatus allini, Florida 

 Red-shouldered Hawk. 



Falco sparverius, Sparrow 

 Hawk. 



Polyborus cheriway, Audubon 

 Caracara. 



Aluco pratincola, Barn Owl. 



Crotophaga sulcirostris. Groov- 

 ed-billed Ani. 



Coccyzus americanus, Yellow- 

 billed Cuckoo. 



Ceryle alcyon, Belted Kingfish- 

 er. 



Dryobates scarlaris bairdi, Texas 

 Woodpecker. 



Sphyrapicus varius, Yellow-bel- 

 lied Sapsucker. 



Centurus aurifrons, Golden- 

 fronted Woodpecker. 



Nyctidromus albicollis, merrilli, 

 Merrill Parauque. 



Chordeiles acutipennis texensis, 

 Texas Nighthawk. 



Chaetura pelagica, Chimney 

 Swift. 



Archilochus colubris, Rub y- 

 throated Hummingbird. 



Amizilis cerviniventris chalcon- 

 ota. Buff-bellied Hummingbird. 



