REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I916 83 



Birds' Eggs 

 Conway, Mrs. M. J., Troy No. of sets 



Western grebe, Aechmophorus occiden talis (Lawrence) . . i 



Eared grebe, Colymbus nigricollis californicus 

 ( Heermann) 



Puffin, Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus) 



Murre, U r i a t r o i 1 1 e (Linnaeus) 



California murre, Uria troille californica (H. Bryant). 



Razor-billed auk, Alca torda Linnaeus 



Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus) 



Iceland gull, Larus leu copter us Faber 



Black-backed gull, Larus marinus Linnaeus 



Herring gull, Larus argentatus Pontoppidan 



Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis Ord 



Mew gull, Larus delawarensis Ord 



Franklin gull, Larus franklini Richardson 



Forster tern, Sterna forsteri Nuttall 



Common tern, Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 



Arctic tern. Sterna paradisea Brunnich 



Roseate tern, Sterna dougalli Montagu 



Least tern. Sterna antillarum (Lesson) 



Sooty tern. Sterna fuscata Linnaeus 



Black tern, Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis 

 (Gmelin) 



White-winged black tern, Hydrochelidon leucoptera 

 ( Temminck) 



Noddy tern, Anoiis stolidus (Linnaeus) 



Black Skimmer, Rynchops nigra Linnaeus 



Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus) 



Leach petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot) 



Gannet, Sula bassana (Linnaeus) 



Common cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus) . . . 



Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus (Les- 

 son) 



Farallon cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus albocilia- 

 t u s Ridgway 



Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus 

 (Brandt) 



Green-winged teal, Nettion Caroline use (Gmelin) 



Blue-winged teal, Querquedula discors (Linnaeus) 



Redhead duck, Marila americana (Eyton) 



Trumpeter swan, Olor buccinator (Richardson) laid in cap« 

 tivity 



White ibis, Guara alba (Linnaeus) 



White-faced glossy ibis, Plegadis guarauna (Linnaeus)... 



Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin) 



Great blue heron, Ardea herodias Linnaeus 



Snowy heron, Egretta candidissima (Gmelin) 



