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Niobrara river. It may pass lip as high as the mouth of White river, though rarely. In 
the vicinity of Council bluffs it occurs in flocks of myriads, sometimes doing considerable 
injury to fields of corn. 
Ortyx Yirginianus, Bonap. 
Partridge; Quail. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 640. 
Like the preceding the Quail does not pass far up the Missouri. I think it may occa¬ 
sionally be seen as high up as the mouth of White river, though seldom, and never above 
that point. Around Council bluffs, Big Sioux, Vermilion and James rivers, &c., it is 
quite abundant. 
Grus Canadensis, Temra. 
Sand-hill Crane. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 655. 
Not rare, especially in the sand-hills of Nebraska. 
Ardea Herodias, Linn. 
Great Blue Heron. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 668. 
Generally distributed throughout the West, along the watercourses. 
Botaurus lentiginosus, Steph. 
Bittern; Stake Driver. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 674. 
Not uncommon where marshes or lakes are found in the West. 
Charadrius Virginicus, Borck. 
Golden Plover. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 690. 
Abundant anywhere on the upland prairies of the West, from Fort Pierre to the moun¬ 
tains. 
Aegialitis vociferus, Cassin. 
Ivilldeer. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 692. 
Also abundant throughout the country drained by the Missouri river and its tributaries. 
Aegialitis montanus, Cassin. 
Mountain Plover. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 693. 
Quite abundant in the vicinity of the mountains, where it occurs in large flocks. 
Aegialitis melodus, Cab. 
Piping Plover. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 695. 
Very abundant on the sand-bars in the broad, shoal channel of the Platte river. I saw 
them in no other portion of the West. 
Becurvirostra Americana, Gm. 
American Avoset. Baird, General Report on Birds, p. 703. 
This seems to be a rare bird in the West; but two specimens were observed : one of 
them was killed on the Yellowstone, the other on the Platte. 
