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Olrus] canadensis Maxemiuan, Journ. fiir Orn., vii, 1859, 84 (Wabash River; 

 descr.). — Nei,80N, Bull. Essex Inst., viU, 1876, 133 (centr. Illinois, breeding 

 numerously). — Ridgway, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, x, 1874, 387 

 (Illinois). 



Orus americana (not Ardea atnericana Linnaeus) Auditbon, Om. Biogr., ill, 1835, 

 441, pi. 261 (supposed young!) ; Synopsis, 1839, 219; Birds Amer., 8vo ed., 

 V, 1842, 148, pi. 314. 



Orus pratensis Coueb, Check List, ed. 2, 1882, No. 670, part (ex Grus pratensU. 

 corpore cinereo, vertioe papUloso Bartram, Travels, 293). — ^Ridgway, Cat. 

 Aquat. and Fish-eating Birds, 1883, 18, part. 



O [rus} pratensis CorrEs, Key North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 667, part. 



Megalomis canadensis taiida PEOTass, Auk, xlii, 1925, 122 (valley of south fork of 

 Humboldt River, Nev. ; coll. Mus. Comp. Zool. ) . — Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., Ixx, 1930, 178 (type spec, in Mus. Comp. Zool.; crit.). 



Orus canadensis tabida Geinneu,, Dixon, and Linsdale, Univ. California Publ. 

 Zool., XXXV, 1930, 213 (distr. ; Lassen Peak region, n. California). — 

 American Oenithologists' Union, Check List North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, 

 1931, 94. — [Aethtje] Birds Louisiana, 1931, 232 (descr.; status in Louisi- 

 ana). — Baeeq, Univ. Arkansas, Agr. Exp. Stat. Bull. 258, 1931, 56 (descr.; 

 formerly common spring migrant, now rare In Arkansas). — Nice (M. M.), 

 Birds Oklahoma, rev. ed., 1931, 84 (genl. ; Oklahoma; many records; 

 transient, once very common). — Robbkts, Birds Minnesota, i, 1932, 433 

 (distr.; habits; etc., Minnesota). — Du Mont, Wils. Bull, xlv, 1933, 13, 14, 

 15 (measurements of specimens from Iowa and Nebraska). — Haeboid. 

 Wils. Bull., xlv, 1933, 19 (Saskatchewan.— Walkinshaw, Wils. Bull., xlv, 

 1933, 99 in text (nesting, Calhoun County, Mich.; photos of nest and 2 

 eggs; young) .—WiLLETT, Pacific Coast Avif., No. 21, 1933, 51 (status 

 imperfectly known ; probably migrates and occasionally winter ; sw. Cal- 

 ifornia).— Monson, Wils. Bull., xlvi, 1934, 43 (Cass County, N. Dak., 

 rare, seen Apr. 10 and 15). — ^Petess, Check list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 

 151. — Taveeneb, Birds Canada, 1934, 170 in text (nests throughout Prairie 

 Provinces and s. British Columbia, indefinitely northward; goes south in 

 winter to Mexico.). — Tyeeeh, Auk, 11, 1934, 22 (Whltefish Point, Mich., 

 6 seen). — Du Mont, Univ. Iowa Stud. Nat. Hist., xv, 1934, 61 (rare mi- 

 grant; several Iowa records). — ^McCeeaey and Mickey, Wils. Bull., xlvli, 

 1935, 136 (se. Wyoming— Sevenmule Lake and Shell Creek) .—Eixis, Con- 

 dor, xxxvii, 1935, 86 (specimen. Ruby Lake, ne. Nevada). — ^Tounqwoeth, 

 Wils. Bull., xlvii, 1935, 217 (formerly bred; now rare migrant, Fort 

 Sisseton, S. Dak.).— Muneo, Wils. Bull., xlviii, 1936, 312 in text (Massett, 

 Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, 18 seen May 17). — ^Linsdale, 

 Pacific Coast Avif,. No. 23, 1936, 50 (Nevada, transient and summer resi- 

 dent at few favorable localities, nests in ne. part of State) . — ^Waxkinbhaw, 

 Auk, liv, 1937, 310 in text (Michigan). — Obeeholsee, Bird Life Louisiana, 

 1938, 195 (habits; formerly common, now rare winter resident in Gulf 

 coast region, s. Louisiana, Jan. 3 to late February — Cameron Farm, 14 

 miles south of "Vinton, Chenler au Tigr6, Gum Cove). — Sugden, Condor, 

 xl, 1938, 18 (Fish Springs, Utah, and s. Idaho; nesting). — ^Wuxliams, Auk, 

 Iv, 1938, 64 (seen Houston, Tex., Sept. 15, 1933 and Dec. 19, 1935).— 

 MoNEOE, Auk, Iv, 1938, 670 (1 seen Jefferson County, Ky., Apr. 3-6, 1938). — 

 Hameesteom, Wils. Bull., 1, 1938, 175 in text (habits, nesting; central 

 Wisconsin). — Walkinshaw, Auk, Ivi, 1939, 227 in text (Calhoun Comity, 

 Mich.). 



