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ORDER 3.—GALLINA. 
1 Ruffed Grous or Pheasant, Tetrao umbellus. 
1 Pinnated Grous, Tetrao cupido. 
ORDER 4.—GRALLiE. 
1 Ringed Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus. 
2 Ringed Plover, Charadrius melodus. 
1 Kildeer Plover, Charadrius vociferus. 
1 Black-bellied Plover, Charadrius helveticus. 
1 Turn Stone, Strepsilas interpres. 
1 Pied Oyster Catcher, Hoematopus ostralegus. 
1 Brown Crane, Grus canadensis. 
1 Great White Heron, Ardea alba egretta. 
1 Louisiana Heron, Ardea ludoviciana. 
1 Yellow Crowned Heron, Ardea violacea. 
2 Night Heron, (male and young,) Ardea nycticorax. 
I Blue Crane, Ardea ccerulea. 
1 American Bittern, Ardea minor. 
1 Green Heron, (young,) Ardea virescens. 
3 Least Bittern, (male and female.) Ardea exilis. 
1 Ibis Fusca, vel Tantalus Fusca ? Nondescript. 
1 Long billed Curlew, Numenius longirostris. 
1 Esquimaux Curlew, Numenius hudsonicus. 
2 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Tringa semipalmata. 
1 Cape Curlew, Tringa subarquata. 
1 Red-backed Sandpiper, (Purre of Wilson,) Tringa alpinus. 
2 Little Sandpiper, Tringa pusilla. 
1 Ruddy Plover, (Sanderling of Wilson,) Tringa arenaria. 
1 Semipalmated Snipe, Totanus semipalmatus. 
1 Schinz Sandpiper, Tringa schinzii. 
1 Yellow-shanks Snipe, Totanus flavines. 
1 Spotted Sandpiper, Totanus macularius. 
1 Do. do. young, in summer plumage. 
1 Red-breasted Snipe, Scolopax grisea. 
1 Snipe, Scolopax wilsonii. 
1 Woodcock, Scolopax minor. 
1 Clapper Rail, Rallus crepitans. 
1 Virginian Rail, Rallus virginianus. 
1 Common Rail, Rallus carolinus. 
1 Yellow-breasted Rail, Rallus noveboracensis. 
1 Great Marbled Godwit, (female,) Limosa fedoa. 
1 Common Coot, Fulica atra, Americana. 
1 Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea ajaja. 
ORDER 5.—ANSERES. 
1 Black Skimmer, or Shearwater, (female,) Rhinehops nigra, 
1 Great Tern, Sterna hirundo. 
2 Lesser Tern, (male and female,) Sterna minuta. 
1 Black-headed Gull, Larus atricilla. 
1 Common Gull, Larus canus. 
1 Herring Gull, Larus argentatus. 
.1 White-winged Silvery Gull, Larus leucopterus. 
1 Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus. 
1 Stormy Petrel, Thalassidroma wilsonii, 
1 Whistling Swan, Cignus musicus. 
2 Pintail Duck, (male and female,) Anas acuta. 
1 American Widgeon, Anas americana. 
1 Summer or Wood Duck, Anas sponsa. 
1 Green-winged Teal, Anas crecca. 
1 Scoter Duck, Fuligula nigra. 
1 Scaup Duck, Fuligula marila. 
