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GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY OF THE TEEEITOEIES. 



the wool and other soft, downy substances on the outside of its nest, 

 lining it with the rough stalks of dry grass. 



About the middle of June it lays four light cream-colored eggs, spar- 

 ingly spotted with dark reddish brown near the large end. 



Order 2.— STRISORES, SHRIEKINa BIRDS. 



Family 28. — Alcedinid^, the Kingfishers. 

 Ceryle alcyon, Boie., (belted kingfisher :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



252 



62267 



<? 



Aug. 30, 1872 



13f X 221 



Lower Geyser Basin, Wyo. 



Sal). — The entire continent of ISTorth America. 



Kingfishers were rare birds along oar route, as this was the onl^^ 

 specimen seen. 



Family 32. — Capkimulgidjs, the Goatsuckers. 



Antrostomus oiuttalli, Cassin, (poor-will:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



26 

 .55 



61734 



61735 



9 



June 8,1872 

 June 12, 1872 



8* X 17i 

 8f Xl5 



Ogden, Utah. 

 Do. 



Sal). — High central plains to the Pacific coast. 



This rare bird was only found on the rocky slopes at the foot of the 

 Wahsatch Mountains; here, on the 12th of June, I obtained their eggs; 

 they were pure white without spots, and were laid in a slight cavit}^ in 

 the bare ground, without any nest. They contained full-grown embryos, 

 and would doubtless have hatched in a few hours. The male bird, No. 

 55 (61735,) was shot as he left the nest, and as the feathers were worn 

 ofl:' his belly by sitting, it is evident that both male and female take part 

 in the incubation. 



Ghordeiles henryi, Cassin, (western night-hawk :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Ses. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



13Q 



61775 

 62254 

 62255 

 6225- 



Juv.<? 



June 29, 1872 

 July 17, 1872 

 July 31, 1872 

 Aug. 2a, 1872 





Marsh. Creek, Idaho. 



169 

 205 

 230 



9f X 23| 

 91 X 23| 

 6i X 16i 



North Fork, Idaho. 

 T6ton Canon, Idaho. 

 Upper Gfiyser Basin, Wyo. 



Sab. — Rocky Mountains, from Saskatchewan to Mexico. 



