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Show 820 APPENDIX C.- BIRDS. were seen. Occurs in large flocks throughout the whole interior of North America. Length of a female 46 inches. Extent 76} « Legs, bill, and feet, black; eyes, orange. Male, 41 by 69. 15. BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSIS, Montagu.^- Bittern. Ardea lentiginota, Mont Orn. Diet SuppL 1813.- Rich. F. B. A. EL 874.- Nutt Man. II. 60;- And. Syn. 263. Ardea minor, Wils. Am. Orn. VIII. 86, pi. 65, fig. 2 ( 1814).- And. Biog. IV. 296, pi. 337. # This bird appears to be a great wanderer. Although an exceedingly rare visitant in Europe, the species was first described from a specimen shot in Ireland. It occurs throughout the United States, West Indies, California, and the fur countries up to lat. 58°. 16. NUMENIUS LONGIROSTRIS, Wils.- Long- billed Curlew. Numeniut Umgirottris, Wils. Am. Orn. VIII. 28, pi. 64, fig. 4 ( 1824).- And. Biog. 240, pL 281. A specimen was shot on Antelope Island. The species occurs abundantly throughout the interior of this country, along the Missouri, and on the prairies. Common also in New Mexico and California. 17. SYMPHEMIA BEMIPALMATA, Hart.- Willet. Scolopaz semipalmata, Gm. I. 669, 88.- Wils. Am. Orn. VllL 27, pi. 66. Totanue stmipalmatus, Rich. F. B. A. II. 888, pi. 67.- And. Biog. IV. 610, pL 274. Catoptrophoru* itmipdLmatut, Bp. Syn. 828 ( 1828). Symphemia atlantica, Raf. Jour, de Phys. vol. 88, p. 417 ( 1819). Shot on Salt Lake. Common both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. 18. RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA, Gm.- Avoset. ReewrviroHra americana, Gm. 698, 2.- And. Biog. IV. 168, pi. 818. Salt Lake, March, 1850. Not noticed on the coast of the Pacific* |