Allen on the Ornithological Fauna of North America. 91 
Nat. Mus.,. I, 109- 111; Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. 
Terr., V, No. 3, 417.) 
30. Strix lapponica, Retz. Lapland Gray Owl. — Syrnium lap- 
ponicum, Ridg., Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, Jan. 1878, 37. St. Michael's, 
Norton Sound, Alaska ( L . M. Turner). 
31. Surnia ulula (Linn.) Bon. European Hawk-Owl. — Ridgway, 
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, Jan., 1878, 38. St. Michael’s, Norton Sound, 
Alaska ( L . M. Turner). See Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, July, 
1877, 78, for a prior record (Houlton, Maine, Welch). 
32. Buteo albocaudatus ( Vieill. ). White-tailed Buzzard. — 
Coues, The Country, I, 184, July 13, 1878; Brewer, ibid. Lomita (* Sen- 
nett) and Brownsville (Merrill), Texas. 
33. Urubitinga anthracina, Nitzsch. Anthracite Haw t k. — Hen- 
shaw, Am. Sportsman, V, 328, Feb. 20, 1875. Arizona (Henshaw). 
34. JGgialitis hiaticula (Linn.) Boie. Ringed Plover. — Feilden, 
Ibis, 1877, 406. Buchanan Strait, latitude 78° 48' N. (Feilden). 
35. Totanus ochropus (Linn.) Temm,. Green Sandpiper. — 
Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, Jan., 1878,49. Nova Scotia (apud 
Harting). 
36. Parra gymnostoma, Wagler. Mexican Jacana. — Merrill, 
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, I, Nov., 1876, 88. Vicinity of Fort Brown, Texas 
(Merrill). 
37. Larus canus, Linn. Common European Gull. — Brewer, Bull. 
Nutt. Orn. Club, III, Jan. 1878, 50. Labrador (fide Saunders). 
38. Podiceps dominicus, L,ath. San Domingo Grebe. — Merrill, 
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, I, Nov., 1876, 88. Fort Brown, Texas (Merrill). 
Note. — As it has not seemed advisable to cite in full in the 
foregoing list all the references relating to the occurrence of the 
species added by Dr. Merrill and Mr. Sennett, it may be stated that 
full synonymy and detailed descriptions of the Rio Grande birds 
added by these gentlemen may be found in the following papers : — ■ 
1. Notes on the Ornithology of the Lower Rio Grande of Texas, from 
Observations made during the Season of 1877. By George B. Sennett. 
Edited, with Annotations, by Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., Bull. U. S. Geol. 
Surv. Terr., Vol. IV, pp. 1-66, February 5, 1878. 
2. Further Notes on the Ornithology of the Lower Rio Grande of 
Texas, from Observations made during the Spring of 1878. By the same. 
Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., Vol. V, pp. 371-440, November 30, 1879. 
3. Notes on the Ornithology of Southern Texas, being a List of Birds 
observed in the Vicinity of Fort Brown, Texas, from February, 1876, to 
June, 1878. By Dr. James C. Merrill, Assist. Surg. U. S. A. [With An- 
notations by Robert Ridgway and Dr. T. M. Brewer.] Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., Vol. I, 1878, pp. 118-173. 
