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Show 166 274. Dafila acuta ( L.). Pin Tail. Numerous. 275. Chaulelasmus streperus ( L.). Gad wall. Mareca americana ( Gm.). Widgeon. Spatula clypcata ( L.). Shoveler. " All three found on the Colorado River n ( Coues). 276. Qutrquedula carotinensis ( Gm.). Green- winged Teal. Querquedula discors ( L.). Blue- winged Teal. Both species abound on all the water- courses. 277. Querquedula cyanoptera ( V.). Red- breasted Teal. " Found on the Colorado and San Francisco Rivers in Octoberw ( Coues). PELECANID^). The Pelicans. 278. Pelecanus trachjrynchus Lath. White Pelican. " Abundant on the Gila and Colorado Rivers" ( Coues). PHALACROCRACID- dE. The Cormorants. 279. Graculus dilophus ( Sw.). Double- crested Cormorant " Gulf of California and Lower California" ( Cooper). LARID- aE. The Gulls. 280. Larus delawarensis Ord. Ring- billed Gull. Seen by Dr. Coues on the Colorado in fall. 281. Lanu atricilla L. Laughing Gull. " Colorado River, particularly its lower portion " ( Coues). 282. Larus Philadelphia ( Ord). Bonaparte's Gull. " Very abundant on the Colorado" ( Coues). 283. Sterna/ orateri Nutt. Forster's Tern. " Occurs- on the Colorado" ( Coues). 284. Sterna hirundo L. Common Tern. A single specimen taken on the San Pedro River in October. 285. Hydrochelidon fissipes L. Black Tern. Numerous at Sulphur Spring in " Colorado River" ( Coues). Mojave River ( Cooper). COLYMBUXE. The Loons.- 286. Colymbus torquatus Brunn. Loon. " Winter resident on the Colorado River; common " ( Coues). 287. Colymbus arcticus L., var. paciflcus ( Law.). Pacific Diver. * PODICIPID2E. The Grebes. 288. Podiceps ocddentalis Lawr. Western Grebe. Gila River in November, one specimen. 289. Podicepe cornutus ( Gm.). Horned Grebe. u Colorado River" ( Cones). 290. Podiceps auritus ( L.), var. oalifornicus ( Heerm.). American Eared Grebe. " Colorado River; abundant." ( Coues). 291. Podilymbus podiceps ( L.). Pied- billed Grebe. " Colorado River; abundant" ( Coues). APPENDIX J. ETHNOLOGY, PHILOLOGY, AND RUINS. 1. Report on the remains of population observed on and near the Eocene Plateau of Northwestern New Mexico. 2. Report on the ruins of New Mexico. 3. Report on certain ruins visited in New Mexico. 4. Report on the Pueblo languages of New Mexico: their affinity to each other and to the languages of other Indian tribes. J 1. REPORT ON THE REMAINS OF POPULATION OBSERVED ON AND NEAR THE EOCENE PLATEAU OP NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. BY PROF. E. D. COPE. HADDONFIELD, N. J., June 30, 1875. SIR: While encamped on the Gal Unas Creek at the point where it issues from the Sierra Madre, with the party detailed by you for purposes of geological and paleonto-logical exploration, I occupied intervals of time in the examination of the traces left by the former inhabitants of this portion of New Mexico. Had time permitted, the exploration of these remains might have been much extended, but under the circumstances a mere beginning was made. The observations show that the country of the Gallinas and the Eocene Plateau to the west of it were once occupied by a numerous population. Now there are no human residents in the region, and it is only traversed |