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Texas; Colorado, Wharton and Matagorda Counties.
[3 handwritten black underline under Texas]
Dec. 25, 1917 - Jan. 2, 1918 [on same line with above]

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Eagle Lake, Dec. 25,-27
Wharton Dec. 28, El Campo Dec. 29-30.
Bay City to Matagorda Dec. 31,-Jan. 2

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A Wetmore.
Birds.

Larus argentatus. [underlined]

[indented]  One seen at Matagorda Jan. 1.

Larus delawarensis. [underlined]

[indented]  One seen at Matagorda Jan. 1.

Phalacrocorax v. mexicanus [underlined] (?).

[indented] A small cormorant seen at Matagorda Jan 1 may have been an individual of this species.

Anas Platyrhynchos. [underlined]

[indented]  A few seen along the Colorado River near Bay City, Jan. 1.

Nettion carolinense [underlined]

[indented]  Fairly common on a canal at Eagle Lake Dec. 27.  Several seen along the Colorado River Near Bay City Jan. 1.

Spatula clypeata. [underlined]

[indented]  Two seen at a small pool below Bay City, Jan. 1.

Marila americana. [underlined]

[indented]  An adult male seen on an irrigation canal near Simpsonville Jan. 2.

Chen h. hyperborean. [underlined]

[indented]  Several flocks seen flying below Bay City Jan. 1.  On Jan. 2 many were seen feeding in bands in rice stubble near Markham, Ashby, Simpsonville and Matagorda.  The birds were very tame and permitted close approach.

Chen caerulescens. [underlined]

[indented]  One examined in Bay City that had been killed by a hunter Dec. 30.  Five were seen with flocks of White Geese on Jan. 1 below Bay City and on Jan. 2 a dozen more