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found in fall were shot with much less difficulty than the spring birds, 

 perhaps because they were young. I do not know whether they breed 

 here. 



74160 id" ad. Stockton. 



June 3,1878 



218. -SJchmophorus clarki, (Lawr.). — Clark's Grebe. 



[There are no notes concerning this species. — R. E.] 



74203 

 76659 

 76658 



— ad. | Stockton 



— ad. | do . 



— ad. . . do . 



Apr.26,?1878 

 Oct. 3, 1878 

 ^Sept. 24,1878 



219. Dytes auritus, (3. californicus, (Lawr.). — American Eared Grebe. 



The bird shot at Murphy's and the one shot at Stockton are all I have 

 seen of this species in two years. 



^3846 — ad. i Murphy's. 

 r4461 id* ad. | Stockton.. 



I I 



Apr. 16,1877 

 May 9, 1878 



' Iris and evelids red. ' 

 Do. " 



220. Podilymbus podiceps, (Linn.). — Thick-billed Grebe. 



The specimen sent Avas the only one seen at Murphy's in the spring of 

 1877. It was apparently only a visitant. 1 have seen them in the small 

 lakes near the summit in fall, and they are not rare in the sloughs in 

 the valleys in winter. 



738 17 



ad. Murphy's | Spi 



1877 



CATALOGUE OF A TACTION OF BIROS OBTAINED IN GFADE- 



LOIPE FOB THIS S17IITHSONIAIV INSTITITION, BIT 1TIB. FRED. A. 

 OBEB. 



By GEORGE N. LAWRENCE. 



Mr. Ober collected in Guadeloupe during August and September, 

 1878, and sent to the Smithsonian 132 specimens of birds ; in his notes 

 he enumerates 45 species. 



Early in October he engaged his passage to New York, and went on 

 board the vessel, but she was detained in port for over two weeks by 

 adverse winds, and did not arrive here until November 13. Mr. Ober 

 left the United States in December, 1877, making an absence of nearly 

 two years. The result of his explorations has proved to be quite as 

 satisfactory as was expected. 



While in Guadeloupe, Mr.Belanger gave him a copy of Dr.L'IIerminier's 

 catalogue of the birds observed in Guadeloupe ; it enumerates 135 spe- 



* " Bill bright yellow, except ridge ; space before eye white ; ridge of bill brown ; 

 iris orange. Length, 24.00." 



Proc. Nat, Mas. 78 29 April 22, 1 879. 



