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this there is no evidence, Mr. Audubon merely stating that it came in 

 Dr. Townsend's collection. He says, however, that he had seen other 

 specimens from California. Dr. Townsend does not give this species 

 in his list of birds in the Narrative of his Journey. 



3. Haematopus Bachmani, Auduhon. — Bachman's Oyster-catcher. 



Saemaiojyus Bachmani, AuD. Orn. Biog. V, p. 245 (1839). 



Aud. B. of Am. Plate CCCCXXVII, fig. 1 ; octavo edition, V, Plate 

 CCCXXV. 



Observed, and specimens obtained at Puget Sound, Oregon. This 

 species is in some respects similar to that immediately preceding, but 

 is smaller, and otherwise quite distinct. It appears to be exclusively 

 North American. 



Under date of 29th of July, 1841, at Puget Sound, this bird is 

 alluded to by Dr. Pickering as follows : 



" A dark-colored Haematopus, very similar to a species seen by us 

 in Chili, is of frequent occurrence here. Mr. Case has obtained the 

 egg, as he felt quite assured from having noticed the birds in the im- 

 mediate vicinity, and apparently the parents. It is rather smaller 

 than that of a hen, and more spherical, of a dirty white or pale brown 

 color, with numerous small blackish spots. It was found on a rock 

 on the northern shore of the Straits, with a few sticks and grasses 

 thrown together, scarcely to be called a nest," 



