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Condor, xxxl, 1929, 146 (Pecan Island, La.).— Lewis, Wils. BuU., xlll, 

 1930, 41 (nw. Oklahoma; fairly large flocks seen in 1909, 1910, 1911; 

 one bird seen in 1912; none since).— Kemsies, Wils. Bull., xlii, 1930, 

 203 (Yellowstone Park, Wyo.). — Howaed, Condor, xxxii, 1930, 84 (Pleisto- 

 cene remains, Kancho la Brea). — Baeeg, Univ. Arkansas Agr. Exp. Stat 

 Bull. 258, 1931, 56 (descr. ; Arkansas, formerly a common migrant; only 

 two records — Crocketts BlufC and Sunken Lands). — Nice (M. M.), Birds 

 Oklahoma, rev. ed., 1931, 83 (Oklahoma, formerly a common migrant, 

 not recorded for 20 years; Cleveland County; Woods County; Fort Ar- 

 buckle). — Sutton, Condor, xxxiii, 1931, 157 (near Eskimo Point, Hudson 

 Bay). — ^RoBEBTS, Birds Minnesota, i, 1932, 429 (formerly a summer resident 

 of prairie regions of Minnesota ; now a rare migrant ; former Minnesota 

 nesting dates — ^Elbow Lake, Grant County, May 21, 1876 ; Hancock County, 

 Iowa, just over the State line, May 4, 1883, and May 26, 1894; migra- 

 tion — Heron Lake, Mar. 20-Apr. 10, Nov. 13 ; Kittson County, April ; 

 Roseau County).' — Howeu,, Florida Bird Life, 1932, 196 (indefinite re- 

 cords from east of Kissimmee River and Lake Okeechobee; bones from 

 Pleistocene deposits at Melbourne, Seminole, and on the Itchtuckee 

 River.) — Burns, Wils. Bull., xliv, 1932, 28 (specimen In Peale coU.). — 

 GuTHKiB, Wils. Bull., xllv, 1932, 102 in text (eats snakes). — Soper, Nat. 

 Mus. Canada, Bull. 53, 1928, 95 (southern Baffin Island).— DuMont,, 

 Univ. Iowa Stud. Nat. Hist., xv, 1934, 59 (extinct in Iowa; numerous 

 records in earlier times). — Bailey, Auk, li, 1934, 399 (3 known to winter 

 at Chenier au Tigr^, La.; 7 seen Dec. 16). — Petees, Check-list Birds of 

 World, li, 1934, 152.— Taveenek, Birds Canada, 1934, 168 (descr.; habits; 

 Canada west of Great Lakes to foothills of Rocky Mountains; now very 

 rare). — Tavekneb and Sutton, Ann. Carnegie Mus., xxiii, 1984, 31 (seen. 

 Eskimo Point, 160 mUes north of Churchill, Manitoba). — Youngwoeth, 

 Wils. Bull., xlvii, 1935, 217 (Fort Sisseton, S. Dak.; no records in recent 

 year). — ^McIlhenny, Auk, Iv, 1938, 670 (4 seen June 5, 1937, Avery 

 Island, La.). 



Orus americanaf Wyman, Condor, xxiv, 1922, 182 in text (doubtful sight record, 

 Imperial Valley, Calif.). 



lOrusJ americana Bonapaetb, Consp. Gen. Av., ii, 1857 [1854], 99. — Geat, Hand- 

 list, iii, 1871, 24, No. 10085. 



G[r«s] americana Maximtt.tan, Journ. fiir Orn., vii, 1859, 82 (descr. of adult 

 female; Wabash, Ind. ; Albion, 111.; Missouri River; Yellowstone.). — 

 CouES, Key North Amer. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 667.— Ridgwat, Man. North 

 Amer. Birds, 1887, 135. 



Megalornls americana Bailey and Weight, Wils. Bull., xliii, 1931, 193 (Chenier 

 au Tigr4, La.). 



Orus amerioanus Heney, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1855, 315 (New 

 Mexico) ; 1859, 108 (New Mexico).— Cassdj, in Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 654.— Baied, Cat. North Amer. Birds, 1859, No. 478.— 

 Babnaed, Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst, for 1860 (1861), 438 (Chester County, 

 Pa.).— CouES, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xii, 1868, 123 (winter; South 

 Carolina).— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 130 (Leavenworth, 

 Kans.), 182 (e. Kansas).— Ridgway, BuU. Essex Inst., v, 1873, 177 (Colo- 

 rado).— Coues, Check-list, 1874, No. 462.— Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 185 (Concho 

 County, w. Texas, rare migrant ) .—Wood (N. A.), Auk, xl, 1923, 692 (near 

 Edinburgh, Walsh County, N. Dak., flock of 8, another of 12, spring of 

 1923); Auk, xlii, 1925, 452 (Lake Benton, N. Dak.). — Meeshon, Auk, xlv, 

 1928, 202 in text (near Dundern, Saskatchewan).— Cheisty, Auk, xlv, 1928, 



