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Four Species New to North America

Authors
Alfred M. Bailey
Journal
Condor
Volume
26
Issue
5 (September-October)
Year
1924
Pages
195
Section
From Field and Study
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Four Species New to North America

The four species of birds new to the North American list here recorded were collected by R. W. Hendee and the writer on the expedition of the Colorado Museum of Natural History to northwestern Alaska, and will be dealt with in greater detail in the report of the expedition, now in course of preparation. We are indebted to Dr. H. C. Oberholser and Mr. Outram Bangs for identifying the specimens.

Dafila acuta acuta (Linnaeus), male, Wales, Alaska, May 31, 1922, A. M. Bailey.

Dafila acuta acuta (Linnaeus), female, Wainwright, Alaska, July 19, 1922, R. W. Hendee.

Nettion formosum (Georgi), male, Wainwright, Alaska, September 2, 1921, A. M. Bailey and R. W. Hendee.

Pisobia rufficolis (Pallas), female, Wales, Alaska, June 11, 1921, A. M. Bailey.

Pisobia ruficollis (Pallas), sex?, juv., Wainwright, Alaska, August 15, 1922, R. W. Hendee.

Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield), male, Wales, Alaska, May 28, 1922, A. M. Bailey.

Alfred M. Bailey

Curator of Birds and Mammals, Colorado Museum of Natural History, Denver, June 4, 1924

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