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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. 



at Marsh Creek, Idaho Territory. It was in the swamp-grass, was lined 

 with down, and contained nine eggs. 



Chaulelasmus streperus, Gray, (gadwall:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



159 



62363 



? 



July 15,1872 



191 X 33i 



Market Lake, Idaho. 



Hah. — I^J'orth America generally, and Europe. 



On the 29th of June I found the nest of this bird at Marsh Creek. 

 It was lined with down, and contained three fresh eggs. 



Order 11.— LONaiPENNES, LONa- WINGED SWIM- 



MEES. 



Family 76. — Larid^, the Gulls. 



(Sub-family SternincE, the Terns.) 



Sterna fosteri, Kuttall, (Foster's tern:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



Ill 



61767 

 61768 



5 



June 30, 1872 





Marsli Creek, Idaho. 



l^o 



June 30, 1872 





Do. 









Hah. — North America generally. 



O O L O a Y . 



Sub-class I.— IIVSESSORES, THE PEMCHEB8. 



Order I.— PASSERES. 

 (Section OSCINES, SINGERS.) 

 Family 1. — Turdid^, the Thrushes. 

 Tiirdus sicainsonii. Cab., (olive-backed thrush :) 



-j^ Catalogue- 

 ■ 1 number. 



Date. 



Eggs in 

 nest. 



Locality. 



Remarks. 



62 j 16316 



July 21, 1872 



2 



T6ton Basin, Idaho 



Eggs fresh. 



This nest was found on a dead cotton-wood sapling, among the 

 branches of a pine-tree, on the side of a caiion ; it was about five feet 



