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67. Grus americana, (iinn.) Temm. Whooping Crane. — A large 
white bird, seen in company with a pair of the following species, supposed 
to be this bird, as it is said by residents to breed here. 
68. Grus canadensis, {Linn.) Temm. Sand-hill Crane. — Com- 
mon ; several pairs seen on the low ground bordering the Mustinka 
River. 
69. Porzana Carolina, (Linn.) Cab. Carolina Rail. — Common, 
several nests found, but without eggs. 
70. Fulica americana, Gm. Coot/’ — Several seen around Herman 
in suitable sloughs. 
71. Anas boschas, Linn. Mallard. — Common. A nest found 
June 10, with eight freshly laid eggs, was in a bunch of dry grass in a 
meadow. Another, taken June 20, containing ten eggs in various stages 
of incubation, was placed in a thick clump of bulrushes in a slough where 
the water was several inches deep. The female was on the nest in each 
instance. 
72. Chaulelasmus streperus, (Linn.) Gray. Gadwall. — The com- 
mon Duck of this locality, being quite as abundant as the Mallard, if not 
more numerous. A nest and eleven fresh eggs taken June 20, in a wheat- 
field some distance from water. On June 14, when the nest was first ex- 
amined, the parent was absent, and the eggs were covered with a light 
layer of down and grass. On the 20th, the female was sitting, and was 
shot as she left the nest. The nest was simply a bowl-shaped cavity 
scratched in the ground, and lined with short dry grass and down. The 
internal diameter of the nest at the top, before it was disturbed, was 7 
inches by about 34 in depth. There was no concealing vegetation around 
it, the wheat being still very short. The eggs are rather broadly elliptical 
in outline, and of a uniform cream-color. The average of the eleven eggs 
is 2.04 inches in length by 1.54 inches in breadth. 
73. Querquedula discors, (Linn.) Step/i. Blue-winged Teal. — 
Very common. Rest and twelve eggs, nearly fresh, taken in a meadow 
around a slough at Herman, June 20. 
74. Spatula clypeata, (Linn.) Boie. Shoveller. — Common. 
75. Aix sponsa, (Linn.) Boie. Wood Duck. — Common. A nest 
with eggs found in a deep hollow in a tree at Elbow Lake, June 13. 
76. Fuligula ferina americana, (Eyt.) Cones . Red-head. — Several 
pairs seen around Herman. 
77. Fuligula vallisneria, (Wils.) Steph. Canvas-back. — About a 
dozen pairs seen on a sand-bar in Mustinka River, near Lake Traverse, 
and also a pair at Elbow Lake. 
78. Pelecanus trachyrhynchus, Lath. White Pelican. — As this 
trip was especially undertaken with a view of visiting a Pelican roost or 
camp in the vicinity of Herman, of which vague rumors had reached us 
in Minneapolis, our disappointment was rather keen in not finding the 
birds there the present season. The fact that they were formerly there 
