rmedia_ Sennett.--_Specimens examined:_ total
4: [Female] 31022 from Fortin (=33 mi. N, 8 mi. W San Geronimo), 3300
ft., March 28, 1952, weight, 9 lbs.; [Female] 29420 from 3 mi. W, 1 mi.
S San Geronimo, April 9, 1950, weight, 7 lbs.; and [Male] 29421 and
[Female] 29422 from 3 mi. W, 2 mi. S San Geronimo, April 9, 1950,
weights, 11.5 and 8.5 lbs.
The Turkey in Coahuila is restricted to the northern section of the
State. Miller (1955a:162) remarked that the population of Turkeys in
the Sierra del Carmen was sparse and did not range above 7500 feet into
the highest pine-oak and Douglas fir areas. Baker saw Turkeys 4 mi. W
Hacienda La Mariposa, 2300 feet, on March 23, 1952. William Schaldach,
Jr., noted 30 Turkeys "just west of Rancho San Geronimo" on April 9,
1950. Aldrich and Duvall (1955:22) indicated several localities in
northern Coahuila where the Turkey occurs or occurred.
_Grus canadensis_ (Linnaeus).--Sutton and Burleigh (1939a:28) remarked
that a flock of Sandhill Cranes was heard "near Mayran ... on January
30."
_Porzana carolina_ (Linnaeus).--The Sora is an uncommon spring and fall
migrant in Coahuila. Amadon and Phillips (1947:577) obtained an adult
male Sora at Las Delicias on August 15.
_Fulica americana_ Gmelin.--The American Coot probably occurs in the
State as a spring and fall migrant. Dickerman saw two coots 8 mi. E and
2 mi. S Americanos on May 18, 1954.
*_Charadrius vociferus vociferus_ Linnaeus.--_Specimen examined:_ one,
[Male] 31023, from the Rio Grande (=17 mi. S Dryden, Terrell Co.,
Texas, in Coahuila), 600 ft., March 19, 1952, weight, 82.7 gms.
In Coahuila the Killdeer seems to be uncommon. Van Tyne and Sutton
(1937:28) remarked that it nested in Brewster County, Texas. The
species probably nests in northern Coahuila as well; the lengths of the
testes (left, 9 mm.; right, 4 mm.) of No. 31023 support this view.
_Eupoda montana_ (Townsend).--Pitelka (1948:118) recorded one female
Mountain Plover from Hipolito on February 23. Van Tyne and Sutton
(1937:28) reported that the Mountain Plover nested in Brewster County,
Texas. Possibly _Eupoda montana_ nests in northern Coahuila as well.
_Numenius americanus parvus_ Bishop.--_Specimens examined:_ total 3:
[Male] 31434 and [Female] 35406 (skeleton only) from 8 mi. E, 2 mi. S
Americanos, May 19, 1954, measurements: wing, 250, 258 mm.; tail, 96,
100 mm.; tarsus, 74, 81.5 mm.; culmen, 11.2, 16.5 mm.; [Male] gonad,
6x2 mm.; and [Female] 3540
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