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[typewriter print; black ink] [top page] Texas; Colorado, Wharton and Matagorda Counties. [3 handwritten black underline under Texas] Dec. 25, 1917 - Jan. 2, 1918 [on same line with above] [aligned under above date line] Eagle Lake, Dec. 25,-27 Wharton Dec. 28, El Campo Dec. 29-30. Bay City to Matagorda Dec. 31,-Jan. 2 [centered under above locations/dates] 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