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proach as the birds placed sentinels on some rocks, at last 

 just one more shot and I held in my hand two males of the 

 Lark Bunting, seen on my first day at Laramie and since then 

 eluding me like a phantom. 



And then the train took me East. How I rejoiced to see 

 the first sturdy oak again and the fi-rst wheatfields, but still 

 many a time since then I dream of the Prairiedog's bark, of 

 the Prairie Falcon's exultant scream, of the Sage Thrasher's 

 powerful melody, of the Avocet's flute-notes and the graceful 

 forms of the Wilson's Phalarope, of the long undulating prai- 

 ries, of the mountain crags and snowbanks, of the wild winds 

 and fierce mountain storms, and long to set my foot again 

 on the soil of the grand and glorious " Wild West." 



ANNOTATED LIST. 



1. Colynibus nigricollis calif ornicus — Eared Grebe. Common and 

 breeding at tbe larger alkali lakes npon the Laramie Plains. On 

 June 12th about 500 were seen at Bamforth's lake and two taken. 



2. Larus delmcarensis — Ring-billed Gull. Not common. Seen on 

 May 29th and June 1st on Laramie River. 



3. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis — Black Tern. Common at 

 Bamforth's lake, where breeding on June 12th in irrigated area. 

 Formerly considered migratory and rare. 



4. Anas platyrhnchos — Mallard. Not common summer resident 

 mostly along the Laramie river. 



5. Ncttion carolinense — -Green-winged Teal. Fairly common sum- 

 mer resident along streams. 



6. Querqiiedula discors — Blue-winged Teal. Common summer 

 resident all over the Laramie Plains. 



7. Querqiiedula cyanoptera — Cinnamon Teal. Common summer 

 resident all over the Laramie Plains. 



8. Bpatula clypeata — Shoveller. Common summer resident all 

 over the Laramie Plains. 



9. Dafila acuta — Pintail. Summer resident, but not common. 

 Found only at Bamforth's lake. 



10. Botaurus Icntiginosus — ^Bittern. Not common, seen along an 

 irrigation ditch June 6th. 



11. Ardea-lierodias — -Great Blue Heron. Seen along the Lara- 

 mie river. Not overly common. 



12. Porzana Carolina — Sora. Rare. Seen twice on June 1st, 

 and on 12th at Bamforth's lake. 



13. Fiiliea a^mericana — Coot. Rare summer resident in the im- 



