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533. Actodromas acuminata (Horsf.) Eidgw.— Obtained at St. Michael's, Alaska, by Mr. 



E. W. Nelson, U. S. Signal Service, and by Dr. T. H. Bean, of the National 



Museum, at Port Clarence, on the Arctic coast of Alaska. 

 Numerous specimens of this Indian and Australian species, all in the autumnal plumage, 



have been obtained by Mr. Nelson. Dr. Bean's example was obtained September 9, 1880, at 



Port Claronce, on the Arctic coast. Mr. Nelson is entitled to the credit of being the first to 



discover this species in America, and the announcement should have been made in his name; 



lint owing to the apparent miscarriage of a letter on the subject, I have heen unable to get 



the data upon which to base such publication. 



537. Actodromas bairdi, Coues.— Proc. Philad. Acad. 1881, 194. (Arctic America.) 

 539. Pelidna alpina (Linn. ) Boie.— Tringa alpina, Newton, Man. Nat. Hist. Greenl. 1875, 



» 103. (Greenland.) 

 541a. Ereunetes pusillus occidentalis (Lawr.) Coues. — E. occidentalis, Lawk. Proc. 



Philad. Acad. 1864, 107. (Pacific coast U. S.) 

 544. Limosa lapponica novce-zealandias, Gray. — L. uropggialis, Baird, Trans. Chicago 



Acad. i. 1869, 320, pi. 33. (Alaska.) 

 546. Limosa wgoceptiala (Linn.) Leach.— Cf. Eeinh. Ibis, 1861, 11. (Greenland.) 

 551. Bhyacophilus ochropus (Linn.) Ridgw.— Cf. Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii. 



Jan. 1878, 49. (Nova Scotia.) 



561. Nummius phtBopus (Linn.) Lath.— Cf. Eeinh. Ibis, 1861, 10. (Greenland.) 



562. Numenius tahitiensis (Gmel.) Cass.— "Jfumenius femoralis, Peale", Eidgw. Am. 



Nat. July, 1874, 435. (Kadiak, Alaska; F. Bischoff.) 



563. Parra gymnostoma, Wagl.— Cf. Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i. Nov. 1876, 88 



(Ft. Brown, Texas); Eidgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. 1878, 167, pi. iii. 



(synonymy and descriptions). 

 570. Eallus obsoletus, Ridgw. — R. elegans, var. obsoletus, Eidgw. Am. Nat. viii. 



Feb. 1874, 111. (Coast California.) 

 57 la. Rallus longirostris saturatus, Hensh. — Cf. Eidgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 



July, 1880, 140. (Louisiana.) 

 573. Porzana maruelta (Leach) Bp. — "Ortygometra porzana (Linn.)", Eeinh. Ibis, 



1861, 12. (Greenland.) 

 576a. Porzana jamaicensis coturnicultjs, Baird. — P. jamaicensis, var. coturnieulus, 



Baird, Am. Nat. viii. Feb. 1874, 111. (Farallone Islands, California.) 



586. Olor cygnu8 (Linn.) Bp. — " Cygnus ferus, Eay", Eeinh. Ibis, 1861, 13. (Green- 



land. ) 



587. Olor minor (Pall.) Bp.— "Cygnvs oewicMi", Sw. & Eich. F. B. A. ii. 1831, 465. 



("Igloolik [Arctic America], lat. 66°, June 19, 1823." Said to breed "on the 

 sea-coast within the Arctic circle." The description, from specimens killed 

 at locality quoted above, is of the true O. minor, or Bewick's Swan.) 



592. Chen rossi (Baird) Eidgw.— Anser rossii, "Baird, MSS.", Cass. Proc. Philad. 

 Acad. 1861, 73. (Arctic America.) 



59:!. Anser albifrons (Gm.) Bechst.— Cf. Eeinh. Ibis, 1861, 12. (Greenland.) 



603. Anas eulvigtjla, Eidgw.— A. obscura, var. fulvigula, Am. Nat. viii. Feb. 1874, 

 111. (Florida.) 



627a. Somateria mollissima dresseri (Sharpe) Coues. — S. dresseri, Sharpe, Ann. 

 Mag. N. H. July, 1871, 51, figs. 1,2. 



This bird has been called by all American writers 8. mottissima. Tho true Eider, how- 

 ever, has only lately been detected in America, it being the form found by Mr. Kumlien 

 breeding abundantly on the west side of Cumberland Gulf. 



631. Melanetta fmoa (Linn.)— Cf. Eeinhardt, Vid. Medd. Nat. For. Kjobenhavn, 



1879, 1. (South Greenland.) 

 646a. Phalacrocorax violaaeus reapltndens (Aud.) Eidgw. — Graculus bairdii, "Gkijber, 



MSS.", Cooper. Proc. Philad. Acad. Jan. 1865, 5. (Farallone Islands.)" 



