700 



GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY OF THE TERRITOEIES. 



The killdeer was one of the few birds that were common all along 

 our route. They were very numerous about Salt Lake and in the Gey- 

 ser Basin. At the latter place they were in perpetual fear of the marsh- 

 hawks, {Circus hudsonius,) which made great havoc among them. 



Family 55. — ScoLOPACiDJa, the Snipes. 



. Gallinago wilsonii, Bonap., (English snipe:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



312 



62370 



<? 



July 9,1872 



9X 16 



Fort Ellis, Mont. 



Sah. — Entire temperate regions of North America. 

 Actodromus hairdii, Cones., (Baird's sand-piper:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



249 



62361 



5 



Aug. 28, 1872 



7xl5f 



Lower Geyser Basin, Wyo. 



Hah. — Western North America ; accidental on Atlantic coast. 



The Lower Geyser Basin is the only locality where, these birds were 

 seen. There I saw a flock of about thirty specimens. I fired into their 

 midst, wounding several, only one of which, No. 249, (62361,) 1 secured. 



Sympliemia semipalmata, Harlt., (willet :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. . 



Locality. 



92 

 110 

 163 



61639 

 61638 

 623o8 



9 



June 17, 1872 

 June 19, 1872 

 July 16, 1872 



16 X30 



15i X 27f 

 15| X 29i 



Salt Lake, Utah. 



Do. 

 North Fork, Idaho. 



Hah. — Entire temperate regions of North America; South America. 



While riding about the marshes and sloughs near Salt Lake, we were 

 generally escorted by a troupe of twenty or thirty willets, who kept 

 continually flying about over our heads, nttering loud, clattering notes. 

 They would often dart down in a bee-line for our heads, and when 

 within eight or ten feet of it, turning suddenly and gracefully to one 

 side, they would rise again to repeat the performance. 



Gamhetta melanoleuca, Bonap., 



(tell-tale :) 





No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Localitj\ 



235 



62360 



— 



Aug. 23, 1872 



14f X 25 



Yellowstone Lake, Wyo. 



Hah. — Entire temperate regions of North America ; Mexico. 

 The tell-tale, or stone-snipe, was very abundant on the shores of 

 Yellowstone Lake. 



