ANIMAL, LIFE 



Gadwall. 



Ghavlelasmus streperus. 

 Baldpate. 



' Mareca americana. 

 Greenwinged teal. 



N&ttion cwrolinense. 

 Bluewinged teal. 



Querquedkda discors. 

 Shoveller. 



Upatula clypeaia. 

 Pintail. (Sprig.) 



Dafila acuta. 

 Wood duck. 



Aix sponsa. 

 Redhead. 



Marila americana. 

 Greater scaup duck. 



Marila mania. 

 Ringnecked duck. 



Mania collaris. 



IN OKLAHOMA. 



Ruddy duck. 



Erismaiura janaicensis. 

 Lu&ser snow goose. 



Ohen hyperhoreus. 

 Blue goose. 



Clien caerulescens. 

 Whitefronted goose. 



Anser alhifrons gamheli. 

 Canada goose. 



Branta canadensis. 

 Hutchins's goose. 



Branta canadensis hutchinsL 

 Smaller whitecheeked goose. 



Branta c. occidentalis. 

 Fulvous tree duck. 



Dendrocygna fulva. 

 Whistling swan. 



Olor columhianus. 

 Trumpheter swan. 



Olor buccinator. 



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IBISES, HERONS, AND EGRETS. 



Whitefaced glossy ibis. 



Flegadis guaraurM. 

 American bittern. 



Botaurus lentiginosus. 

 Least bittern. 



Ixobrychus exilis. 

 Great blue heron. 



Ardea herodias. 



Little green heron. 



Buiorides virescena. 

 * Snowy heron. (Snowy egret.) 



Egretta candidisdma. 

 Blackcrowned night heron. 



Nycticorax nycticorax. 

 yellowcrowned night heron. 



Nyctanassa violacea. 

 Little blue heron. 

 Flo nda caerulea. 



CRANES AND RAILS. 



*Whooping crane. 



Gnus americana. 

 Little brown crane. 



Grus canadensis. 

 Sandhill crane. 



Orus mexicana. 

 King rail. 



Rallus elegans. 



5ora. 



Porzana Carolina. 

 American coot. (Mudhen.) 



Fulica americana. 

 American avocet. 



Recurvirostra americana. 

 Blacknecked stilt. 



Himantopus mexicarms. 



Wilson's snipe., 



Gallinago delicata. 



SNIPES. 



Yellowlegs, 



Tetanus flavipes. 



