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ORNITHOLOGY. 



mens before us, from Mr. Gould's collection, of his Totanus griseopy- 

 gius, except by a slight difference in size, and they are identical with 

 others in the museum of the Philadelphia Academy, from the collec- 

 tion of the Duke of Rivoli, and labelled Totanus hreoipes. It may be 

 regarded as very probable that the present bird and the preceding are 

 specifically identical, and that all the names given are synonymous. 

 Specimens in the collection are in good preservation. 



8. Totanus melanoleucus [Gmelin). — The Greater Yellow-shanks 



Snipe. 



Scolojjax melanoleuca, GrM. Syst. Nat. I, p. 659 (1788). 

 Scolopax vodferus, WxLSON, Am. Orn. VII, p. 57 (1813). 



Wilson, Am. Orn. VII, Plate LVIII, fig. 5; Aud. B. of Am. Plate 

 CCCVIII ; oct. ed. V, Plate CCCXLV. 



Mentioned by Dr. Pickering under date of 3d of September, 1841, 

 on the Sacramento River, California. 



4. Totanus macularius [Linnaeus) Spotted Sandpiper. 



Trlnya mantlaria, LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 249 (1766). 



Wilson, Am. Orn. VIII, Plate LIX, fig. 1 ; Aud. B. of Am. Plate 

 CCCX ; oct. ed. V, Plate CCCXLII. 



Mentioned by Dr. Pickering as occurring in Oregon, and subse- 

 quently under date of 29th of August, 1841, on the Sacramento River, 

 California. This species, and that immediately preceding, are com- 

 mon birds of the coast of the Atlantic, and probably inhabit the entire 

 intermediate country to the Pacific Ocean. 



