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Orus fusca VieaixoT, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., xiii, 1817, 558, part. 

 CIrus canadensis (not Ardea canadensis Licnaeus) Bonapaete, Contr. Maclurian 

 Lye, i, 1927, 24; Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 11, 1827, 302; Synopsis, 1828, 

 No. 225. — SwAiNSON and Kichabdson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., 11, 1831, 378, part. — 

 NuTTAii, Man. Orn. United States and Canada, Water Birds, 1834, 38. — 

 MoCall, Proe. Aead. Nat. Scl. Philadelphia, v, 1851, 223 (Texas).— Baibd, 

 in Stansbury's Expl. and Surv. Great Salt Lake, 1852, 319 (Salt Lake valley, 

 Utah) ; Rep. U. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., 11, pt. 2, 1859, 24 (Colorado River, 

 Calif., Feb.) ; Rep. Pacific E. R. Surv., x, No. 2, 1859, 14 (Bio Grande VaUey ) ; 

 Cat. North Amer. Birds, 1859, No. 479 ; Ives' Rep. Colorado River, pt. 5, 1861, 

 14. — WooDHODSE, in Sitgreaves' Bxpl. Zunl and Colorado Rivers, 1853, 96 

 (New Mexico; Arizona). — Kennicott, Trans. Illinois Agr. Soc., i, 1855, 587 

 (lUinoi.s). — Hatjiond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scl. Philadelphia, vlii, 1856, 294 

 (Whitewater Valley, se. Indiana; 3 specimens). — Cassin, in Baird, Rep. 

 Pacific B. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 655; Proc. Acad. Nat. Scl. Philadelphia, 1862, 

 321 (California). — Newbeeet, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. vl, 1859, 62 

 (California, etc. ) .— Henet, Proe. Acad. Nat. Scl. Philadelphia, 1859, 108 (New 

 Mexico.) — CooPEE and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xli, pt. 2, 1860, 227 

 (Washington).— Wheaton, Ohio Agr. Rep., 1860, No. 182.— Hot, Ann. Rep. 

 Smiths. Inst, for 1864 (1865) 438 (Missouri).— Schlegei, Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 V, No. 30, livr. 7, 1865, 2 (descr. ; North America to Mexico). — Deesseb, Ibis, 

 1866, 30 (s. Texas).— MclLWBAiTH, Proc. Essex Inst., v, 1866, 91 (Hamilton, 

 Ontario). — Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1866, 95 (Fort Whipple, 

 Ariz.) ; Ibis, 1866, 263 (Colorado and Gila Rivers, Ariz.) ; Check List, 1874, 

 No. 463, part ; Birds Northwest, 1874, 532 part ; Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. 

 Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 646, part (North Dakota). — ^Butohee, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, 1868, 150 (Laredo, Tex.).— Beown, Ibis, 1868, 424 (Van- 

 couver Island). — AiUEN, Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 1, 1868, 501 (Iowa, 

 breeding) ; Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xvll, 1874, 37 (Little Missouri 

 River). — ScLATER, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 567 (in London Zool. 

 Park). — ^Tbippe, Proc. Essex Inst., vi, 1871, 118 (Minnesota, breeding) ; Proc. 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, xv, 1872, 240 (Iowa, "vast numbers in migration"). — 

 Aiken, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xv, 1872, 209 (Colorado). — Mebbiam, 

 Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1873, 102 (Idaho, etc.) ; Birds Connecticut, 1877, 

 113, note (formerly common in New England). — Hbnshaw, Ann. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist. New York, xi, 1874, 12 (Utah). — La ween ce, Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., 11, 1874, 311 (Mazatian, Slnaloa, Sept.-Mar.). — Jotnr, Field and Forest, 

 1877, 180 (District of Columbia).— Langdon, Birds Cincinnati, 1877, 16 (rare 

 migrant). — Bendiee, Proe. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 1877, 143 (Camp Harney, 

 Greg., breeding; descr. eggs). — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1, 1879, 443 

 (centr. California).— Robebts, Amer. Nat., 1880, 108-114, fig. 10 (descr. 

 trachea).— RmowAT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 202 (Cat. North Amer. 

 Birds, No. 583), part; Nom. North Amer. Birds, 1881, No. 583, part— Sbton, 

 Auk, ill, 1886, 150 (Manitoba, summer resident). — Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ill, 1903, 336 (Mazatian, Slnaloa; San Luis Potosi; 

 Guanajuato; Valley of Mexico; Cozumel Islands). — ? MnxEE, Condor, xxxvii, 

 1935, 78 (near McKittrick, Calif., winter). — ? Haegkave, Condor, xli, 1939, 

 208 (bones from Indian sites in Arizona). 

 lOrus] canadensis Bonapaete, Consp. Gen. Av. 11, 1857 [1854], 98, part. — Geat, 

 Hand-list, ill, 1871, 24, No. 10083, part.— Coiirajs, Key North Amer. Birds, 

 1872, 271, part 



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