1875.] 345 [Nelson. 



MELEAGRID.E. 



16. PMeleagris gallopavo Linn. The hunters told of see- 

 ing large birds sometimes which looked like turkeys, running through 

 the woods. 



SCOLOPACIML 



17. Totaxms SOlitarius Wils. Several pairs seen in a natural 

 meadow on the mountain side. From their actions they probably 

 had young, although I could find none. 



18. Tringoides macularius Gray. Found with the preced- 

 ing. The young were but a few days old. 



ANATID^E. 



19. Querquedula discors Steph. A female with two young 

 but a few days old were found in the stream flowing through the 

 meadow. 



II. Notes on Birds observed near Salt Lake City, Utah, between July 

 27th and August 8th, 1872. 



Our collecting in this vicinity was done from the mouth of the Jor- 

 dan River north about ten miles, including the lake shore and the 

 cultivated land to the base of the mountains, about four miles from 

 the lake. Near the lake shore was a strip of weeds which was fre- 

 quented by several species of birds not found elsewhere. Many of 

 the birds, which were resident there in the early part of summer, were 

 gone. The people said that there were many more small birds ear- 

 lier in the season. 



TURDID^E. 



1. Turdus migratorius Linn. Robin. Very abundant fre- 

 quenting the roadsides in flocks. 



2. Oreoseoptes montanus Baird. Mountain Mocking Bird. 

 Common in the fields, but so shy that it was hard to get a specimen. 



ALAUDIDiE. 



3. Eremophila alpestris Boie. Horned Lark. When we 

 first arrived these larks were found in small flocks of ten or twelve 

 individuals; but before we left they had united into larger flocks, 

 often containing hundreds. 



