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64. Branta nigricans. Black Brant. 



"Lloyd states that it was shot in Tom Green county in the fall of 1884" 

 (Cooke). This species is evidently a very rare or irregular visitor, as 

 this is the only definite record of its occurrence that I can find. 



65. Dendrocygna autumnalis. Black-bellied Tree Duck. 



Summer resident on the Lower Rio Grande (Fort Brown, Hidalgo, etc.) 

 remaining from April to October. 



66. Dendrocygna fulva. Fulvous Tree Duck. 



Lower Rio Grande (Cameron and Hidalgo counties) straggling north- 

 ward along the coast to Louisiana. Summer resident as far north as 

 the sources of the Neuces. Lloyd recorded it as tolerably common in 

 winter on the North Concho. 



67. Olor columbianus. Whistling Swan. 



Winters abundantly on Galveston and Corpus Christi bays and at 

 other points along the coast. Migrates over the entire region east of 

 the Pecos. 



68. Olor buccinator. Trumpeter Swan. 



Common winter resident of the coast. Lloyd recorded it as wintering 

 in Western Texas. 



ORDER ODONTOGLOSSAE. Lamellirostral Grallatores. 

 FANILY PHOENICOPTERIDAE. Flamingoes. 



69. Phoenicopterus ruber. American Flamingo. 



In former years a frequent visitor, probably summer resident, of the 

 coast counties. Recorded from Western Texas (Tom Green and Con- 

 cho counties), in 1881 and 1882 by William Lloyd. 



ORDER HERODIONES. Herons, Storks, Ibises, Etc. 

 FANILY PLATALEIDAE. Spoonbills. 



70. Ajaia ajaja. Roseate Spoonbill. 



Eastern and Southern Texas, formerly breeding in abundance in the 

 marshes and lagoons, in company with Ibises and Herons. Formerly 

 bred near Houston (Nehrling), in recent years reported from various 

 localities along the coast (Refugio, Bee, Neuces counties, etc.) 



