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in the month of August, appearing somewhat earlier than the 
White Ibis. 
I prepared some choice specimens of both these birds, which, 
however, were destroyed during my absence in Texas; and one 
was sent to me from Fort Stockton in a collection formed by 
Mr. P. Duffy. 
Platalea ajaja, Linnseus. Roseate Spoonbill. 
Abundant near Matamoras during the summer, and I never 
visited the lagoon without seeing several. On our journey to 
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San Antonio in September we saw several at different places near 
the coast; and in June 1864 I saw two or three on Galveston 
Island, where it is known under the name of “ Flamingo:” I 
was told that it had bred on the island in former years, but it 
does not do so now, being too much disturbed. I received one 
in the collection from Fort Stockton, where it was obtained on 
the 3rd of August. 
Charadrius virginicus, Borkhausen. American Golden 
Plover. 
Not uncommon near San Antonio in the autumn; but I saw 
none in the spring. 
^Egialites vociferus (Linnseus). Killdeer Plover. 
Common, not only on the sea-coast, but also inland at almost 
every pool. I have been often startled when watering my horse 
at some deserted-looking pool in a half-dried-up river-bed by 
the Killdeer's cry close to me; for they will often squat until one 
is close upon them, and then run or fly off uttering their loud 
cry. They breed on the coast, and also inland, as I had eggs 
from Systerdale, taken late in May. When on Galveston Island 
on the 26th of May, a German, who was with me, found a young 
Killdeer in a depression in the ground made by a horse's hoof; 
we did not, however, disturb it, as the old bird came flying round 
exhibiting the greatest anxiety on its behalf 
Male. Bill blackish ; legs greenish-grey; ins dark brown. 
^Egialites montanus (Townsend). Mountain-Plover. 
In December 1863, when riding about the open prairie-country 
near San Antonio, I noticed a few Mountain-Plovers, finding 
them generally near the highroads. In their habits they re- 
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