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196. Aix sponsa Boie. Wood Duck ; Summer Duck. — Common 
during migrations ; some remain to breed. • 
197. Fulix marila Bd. Scaup Duck. — Common in winter on Gal- 
veston Bay. 
198. Fulix affinis Bd. Little Black-head. — Very common in 
winter. 
199. Aythya vallisneria Boie. Canvas-back. — Abundant in win- 
ter on Galveston Bay and on all marshy districts near the Gulf Coast. 
200. Bucephala albeola Bd. Butter-ball; Buffle-head. — Abun- 
dant in winter near the coast. 
201. Erismatura rubida Bonajb. Ruddy Duck.- — Very common dur- 
ing migrations ; none remain to winter, but many breed. 
202. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus Gmel. American White Peli- 
can. — Common during winter, especially near the coast. 
203. Pelecanus fuscus Linn. Brown Pelican. — Common during 
the breeding season on all the rivers, creeks, and bayous near the coast. 
204. Plotus anhinga Linn. American Anhinga; Snake Bird; 
“Water Turkey.” — breeds in all marshy localities and is very common. 
205. Larus atric ill a L inn.- Laughing Gull. — Abundant near the 
Gulf Coast; breeds on the small sand islands in Galveston Bay. 
206. Sterna anglica Montag. Gull-billed Tern. — Breeds abun- 
dantly on the islands of Galveston Bay. 
207. Sterna regia Gambel. Royal Tern. — Breeds in considerable 
numbers on the islands of Galveston Bay. 
208. Sterna cantiaca acuflavida Ridgw. Cabot’s Tern, and — 
209. Sterna forsteri Nutt. Forster’s Tern. —These and a few 
other Terns breed in abundance on the islands near the coast, especially 
on the sand bars of Galveston Bay, where they lay their eggs on the bare 
sand. It was impossible forme to distinguish the eggs, as the birds all 
leave the nests as soon as they are approached. 
NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED BY CAPT. 
CHARLES BENDIRE, AT FORT WALLA WALLA, 
WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 
BY WILLIAM BREWSTER. 
The following paper is based on a collection of about two 
hundred and fifty birds obtained in the immediate vicinity of 
Fort Walla Walla during the autumn and winter of 1881-82, and 
submitted to me for determination by Capt. Bendire, who has 
kindly consented to my publishing any notes respecting them, 
that seem of sufficient interest. 
