STERNA ANGLICA. Marsh Tern.-Not a rare summer visitant to the great lakes; common on shores of Lake Michigan some seasons. STERNA HIRUNDO. Wilson's Tern.-Common migrant; probably breeds. STERNA FORSTERI. STERNA MACRURA. Forster's Tern.-Summer sojourner. Arctic Tern.-Not a common migrant. STERNA PARADISÆA. Roseate Tern.-Occasional visitor. STERNA SUPERCILIARIS ANTILLARUM. Least Tern.-"A common migrant" according to one authority; rather to be doubted. HYDROCHELIDON LARIFORMIS. Black or Short-tailed Tern.-Very common in spring and summer; breeds. COLYMBIDE. COLYMBUS TORQUATUS. Loon.-Exceedingly common spring, summer, and autumn; breeds plentifully; some remain during winter in mild seasons. COLYMBUS ARCTICUS. Black-throated Diver.-Occasionally taken on Lake Michigan in early winter. COLYMBUS SEPTENTRIONALIS. Red-throated Diver.—Very abundant on our rivers during some winters; migrates north in April. PODICIPIDE. Red-necked Grebe.-Very rare; PODICEPS GRISEIGENA HOLBÖLLI. transient. PODICEPS CORNUTUS. Horned Grebe.-Migrant; common in fall. PODILYMBUS PODICEPS. Carolina Grebe.-Common summer resident; breeds. ALCIDE. UTAMANIA TORDA. Razor-billed Auk.-Irregular visitor to northern peninsula. FRATERCULA ARCTICA. Common Puffin.-Rare straggler. URIA GRYLLE. occasional seasons. Black Guillemot.-Not rare in northern peninsula LOMVIA TROLLE. Murre.-Occasionally taken on Lake Superior. List of Species liable to occur in Michigan. 1. Vireo belli. Bell's Vireo. Common' in Illinois. 2. Plectrophanes pictus. Painted Bunting. Taken in Illinois. 3. Plectrophanes maccowni. Maccown's Bunting. Taken in Illinois. 4. Ammodromus henslowi. Henslow's Bunting. Summer sojourner in Illinois. 5. Spizella pallida. Clay-colored Sparrow. Summer sojourner in Illinois. 6. Pediœcetes phasianellus. Sharp-tailed Grouse. Taken in Northern Illinois. 7. Egialitis wilsonia. Wilson's Plover. Taken in Ohio. 8. Phalaropus fulicarius. Red-bellied Phalarope. Taken in Northern Illinois. 9. Tringa bairdi. Baird's Sandpiper. Transient in Illinois. 10. Tringa maritima. Purple Sandpiper. Common on shores of Lake Michigan in Illinois. 11. Recurvirostra americana. Avocet. Taken in Illinois and New York. 12. Numenius borealis. Esquimaux Curlew. 13. Anser cærulescens. White-headed Goose. Transient in Illinois. 14. Podiceps auritus. Eared Grebe. Taken in winter in Illinois. Art. XXV.-The Coleoptera of the Alpine Rocky Mountain Regions.—Part II.* By John L. LeConte, M. D. I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. The following important contribution to our knowledge of the Coleoptera of the high mountains of Colorado is based upon a collection made by Mr. E. A. Schwarz during a short visit to Garland, La Veta, and Veta Pass, Col., and Alamosa, on the Rio Grande, during the months of June and July, 1878. Though the time of exploration was very short, the well-known skill and industry of Mr. Schwarz have enabled him to greatly increase the materials at our disposal for the investigation of the distribution of Coleoptera in the interior of the continent. It is needless for me on the present occasion to analyze the contents of the list here given as I have done in my first memoir (Bull. IV, 447), since I have there exposed fully my views concerning the manner in which such an investigation should be made, and the kind of inferences which may be legitimately drawn from it, when it is based upon sufficient large collections. I postpone this labor the more cheerfully, because the growing sense of the importance of the results to be derived from the careful collection of the smaller, and probably more permanent forms of animals, with reference to their habits and geographical distribution, convinces me that a more enlightened policy may perhaps soon be adopted, in the great geographical and geological surveys under the direction of gov ernment officials, by which investigators may be furnished with properly collected materials from regions which it is not in the power of citizens unprotected by a strong guard to visit; or which are so distant and inaccessible that they cannot be visited by persons of ordinary resources, however zealous in scientific labor. It is proper, however, that I should here mention the most important additions to our fauna which are made known in this memoir. They are Bembidium rubiginosum, n. sp., a brown species, of quite different type from any heretofore found in North America. * Part I. appeared in this Bulletin, Vol. IV, No. 2, Art. XX, pp. 447-480, May, 1878.-ED. 499 Three species (?) of Gyrophana, probably of the group Encephalus, not before known on this continent. Deliphrum expansum, n. sp. Very similar to the European D. tectum. Siagonium punctatum, known before only in Eastern America. Pseudopsis obliterata, n. sp., remarkable by the indistinct elevated ridges. The Hydnobius, four species, apparently parallel with the European forms. Euthia; with table of four species from Western America. genus is not, however, unrepresented in the Eastern region. Emphylus americanus, n. sp. Genus not before represented. Hypocoprus formicetorum. Apparently not different from the European species. Gastrallus marginipennis, n. sp. Genus not before represented. Eleodes; five species extend to a great altitude. Lacconotus pinicola Horn. The second species of this singular genus. Scolytidæ. A comparatively large number (19) of species. I have intercalated a few species from Idaho and Wyoming, which I owe to the kindness of Mr. O. Reinecke, of Buffalo. The following abbreviations are used in the list: V. P.; Veta Pass. L. V.; La Veta. G.; Garland. A.; Alamosa. The altitude of La Veta is 7,000, that of Garland 8,000, and that of Alamosa about 7,600 feet above the level of the sea. The higher altitudes of Veta Pass are given in the list. The outline figures of the four species of Euthia described on p. 513, were kindly drawn for me by Dr. G. H. Horn, and exhibit the specific differences in a very characteristic manner. II.-LIST OF COLEOPTERA COLLECTED BY MR. E. A. SCHWARZ, IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, AT AN ELEVATION OF 6,000 FEET AND UPWARD. Cicindela purpurea. V. P., 9,400. Metabletus americanus. G., V. P., 9,400. Cicindela Willistoni, n. sp. 507. Como, Wy. Axinopalpus californicus. G. |