GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. 



703 



Sub-Class 3.— NATATORES, THE S\^IMMEI£S. 



Order 9.-LAMELLIR0STRES, ANSERINE BIRDS. 

 Family 69. — Anatid^. 

 (Sub-family Cygnince, the Sicans.) 

 Cygnus buccinator, Eich., (trumpeter-swan :) 



■v^ Catalogue- 

 ~ ■ number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



284 



62367 

 62368 



<? 

 S 



Sept. 23, 1872 

 Sept. 23, 1872 





Snake River, Wyo. 

 Do. 



^85 











Hal). — Western America, from the Mississippi Yalley to the Pacific. 

 These large and beautiful birds were only met with on Snake Eiver, 

 in the vicinity of Jackson's Lake. 



(Sub-family Anatinw, the River-ducks.) 

 Anas hoschas, Linn., (mallard:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



164 

 16.5 



62364 

 62365 



Juv. 

 Juv. 



July 16, 1872 

 July 16, 1872 



IHX 6i 

 16f X llf 



North Fork, Idaho. 

 Do. 



Had. — Entire continent of North America and greater part of Old 

 World. 



Dajila acuta, Jenyns, (sprig-tail; pin-tail:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



260 



62366 



9 



Sept. 7,1872 



231 X 27 



Shoshone Lake, Wyo. 



Hai. — Whole of North America and Europe. 

 Querquedula cyanopterus, Cassin, (red-breasted teal:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



109 



61648 

 61649 





June 19, 1872 

 1872 



161 X 25|- 



Salt Lake, Utah. 









Hah. — Eocky Mountains to Paciiic; accidental in Louisiana. 



I found the nest — No. 55, (16321) — of this species on the 29th of June, 



