42 Catalogue of Museums. 



27 8 — Col3^rabus torquatus. Great Nortliern Loon or Diver. 

 This bird Las great diving powers, and is capable of 

 swimming under the surface of the water for a dis- 

 tance of more than eighty rods. 



Pembina County, Dakota. 



ORDER GRALLATORES (v^ADERS). 



279 280 — Grus canadensis. Northern Brown Crane or Sand 

 Hill Crane. Large birds, 3^ feet high. 



Pembina County, Dakota. 



281 — Fulica Americana. Mud Plen or Coot.. 



Pembina County, Dakota. 



282 283 — Porzana Carolina. Carolina Rail or Small Water Rail. 



North Dakota. 



ORDER RASORES (SCRATCHERS) . 



284 285 — Cupidonia c-upido. Pinnated Grouse or Prairie Hen. 



Pembina County. Dakota. 



286 28V — Pedioecetes colurabianus. Prairie Chicken of the North- 

 ^^'est. Sometimes called the Sharp-tailed Grouse. 



North Dakota. 



288 — Bonasa umbella. Ruffled Grouse or "Partridge." This 

 makes the well-known drumming noise of the ''Part- 

 ridge." North Dakota. 



ORDER INSESSORES (PERCHERs). 



289-291— Sturnella magna. Meadow Lark. 



Pembina County, Dakota. 

 292 — Ground Robin. 



Pembina County, Dakota. 



293 — Turdus migratorius. Migratory Thrush or American 

 "Robin." Pembina County, Dakota. 



294 — Icterus sp.? Oriole. Pembina County, Dakota. 



295 296 — Icterus baltimore. Baltimore Oriole. 



Pembina County, Dakota, 



297 298 — Ampelis garrulus. Bohemian Wax Wing. 



Near Mandan, Dakota, 



