﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  lOj 
  

  

  The 
  Shufeldt 
  collection 
  of 
  avian 
  osteology 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr 
  R. 
  W. 
  

  

  Shufeldt, 
  New 
  York 
  

   American 
  eared 
  grebe, 
  Colymbus 
  nigricollis 
  

  

  californicus 
  (Heerm.) 
  i 
  skeleton 
  

  

  Red-throated 
  loon, 
  Gavia 
  stellata 
  (Pontop.) 
  i 
  hyoid 
  

  

  Razor-billed 
  auk, 
  Alca 
  tor 
  da 
  Linn 
  i 
  skeleton 
  

  

  Ring-billed 
  gull, 
  Larus 
  delawarensis 
  Ord 
  i 
  

  

  Bonaparte 
  gull, 
  L 
  a 
  r 
  u 
  s 
  Philadelphia 
  (Ord.) 
  i 
  

  

  Short-tailed 
  albatross, 
  Diomedea 
  albatrus 
  Pall.. 
  2 
  skulls 
  

  

  Albatross 
  species 
  ? 
  I 
  misc. 
  bones 
  

  

  Pintado 
  petrel, 
  D 
  a 
  p 
  t 
  i 
  o 
  n 
  cap 
  ens 
  is 
  (Linn.)... 
  i 
  skeleton 
  

  

  Red-billed 
  tropic-bird, 
  P 
  h 
  a 
  et 
  h 
  o 
  n 
  a 
  et 
  h 
  e 
  r 
  e 
  u 
  s 
  Linn.. 
  4 
  

   Florida 
  cormorant, 
  Phalacrocorax 
  auritus 
  

  

  floridanus 
  (Aud.) 
  i 
  hyoid 
  

  

  Mallard, 
  Anas 
  platyrhynchos 
  Linn 
  3 
  skulls 
  

  

  Green-winged 
  teal, 
  N 
  ettioncarolinensis 
  ( 
  Gmel. 
  ) 
  i 
  skeleton 
  

  

  4 
  skulls 
  

  

  Blue-winged 
  teal, 
  Querquedula 
  discors 
  (Linn.), 
  i 
  sternum 
  

  

  Shoveler, 
  Spatula 
  clypeata 
  (Linn. 
  ) 
  i 
  

  

  Rufous-crested 
  duck, 
  Netta 
  rufina 
  Pall 
  i 
  skeleton 
  1 
  

  

  Canada 
  goose, 
  Branta 
  canadensis 
  (Linn.) 
  i 
  

  

  Trumpeter 
  swan, 
  Olor 
  buccinator 
  ( 
  Rich. 
  ) 
  i 
  skull 
  

  

  Wild 
  duck 
  species 
  ? 
  i 
  

  

  Glossy 
  ibis, 
  Plegadis 
  autumn 
  a 
  lis 
  (Hasselq. 
  ) 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  i 
  skeleton 
  : 
  

  

  Great 
  blue 
  heron, 
  Ardea 
  herodias 
  Linn 
  '.^ 
  i 
  , 
  •' 
  

  

  Little 
  blue 
  heron, 
  Florida 
  caerulea 
  (Linn.) 
  i 
  

  

  Green 
  heron, 
  Butorides 
  virescens 
  (Linn.) 
  i 
  

  

  California 
  clapper 
  rail, 
  Rallus 
  obsoletus 
  Ridgw 
  . 
  2 
  

  

  Clapper 
  rail, 
  Rallus 
  crepitans 
  Gmel 
  i 
  " 
  \ 
  

  

  Corn 
  crake, 
  Crex 
  pratensis 
  Bechs 
  i 
  

  

  American 
  coot, 
  Fulica 
  americana 
  Gmel 
  i 
  sternum 
  . 
  

  

  Wilson 
  snipe, 
  Gallinago 
  delicata 
  (Ord.) 
  i 
  skull 
  

  

  Long-billed 
  dowitcher, 
  Macrorhampus 
  scolopa- 
  

  

  ceus 
  (Say) 
  i 
  

  

  Least 
  sandpiper, 
  Pisobia 
  minutilla 
  (Vieill.) 
  2 
  skeletons 
  

  

  Solitary 
  sandpiper, 
  Helodromas 
  solitarius 
  

  

  (Wils.) 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  2 
  

  

  Long-billed 
  curlew, 
  X 
  u 
  m 
  e 
  n 
  i 
  u 
  s 
  a 
  m 
  e 
  r 
  i 
  c 
  a 
  n 
  u 
  s 
  

  

  (Bechs.) 
  I 
  " 
  1 
  

  

  3 
  skulls 
  \ 
  

   I 
  sternum 
  

   Black-bellied 
  plover, 
  Squatarola 
  squatarola 
  

  

  (Linn.) 
  i 
  skeleton 
  . 
  

  

  Mountain 
  plover, 
  Podasocys 
  montanus 
  (Towns.) 
  i 
  

  

  Surf 
  bird, 
  A.phriza 
  virgata 
  (Gmel.) 
  i 
  

  

  Black 
  turnstone, 
  A 
  re 
  n 
  aria 
  melanocephala 
  

  

  (Vig.) 
  I 
  '• 
  

  

  Texan 
  quail, 
  C 
  o 
  I 
  i 
  n 
  u 
  s 
  v 
  i 
  r 
  g 
  i 
  n 
  i 
  a 
  n 
  u 
  s 
  t 
  e 
  x 
  a 
  n 
  u 
  5 
  

  

  (Lawr.) 
  2 
  sterna 
  

  

  California 
  partridge, 
  Lophortyx 
  californica 
  

  

  (Shaw. 
  ) 
  I 
  skeleton 
  

  

  