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United States of America BIRD LIFE LIST England Canada AVES Ohio US CA UK OH Introduced Species 5 4 4 4 INTRODUCED SPECIES WORLD TOTAL 4 Native Species 544 72 44 310 NATIVE SPECIES WORLD TOTAL 578 US CA UK OH ANSERIFORMES ANATIDAE Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis US OH Snow Goose Anser caerulescens US OH Ross's Goose Anser rossii US OH Greylag Goose Anser anser UK Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons US OH Brant Branta bernicla US OH Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii US OH Canada Goose Branta canadensis US CA i OH Mute Swan Cygnus olor i i UK i Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator US OH Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus US OH Wood Duck Aix sponsa US CA OH * Garganey Spatula querquedula UK Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors US OH Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera US OH Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata US OH Gadwall Mareca strepera US CA OH Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope US OH American Wigeon Mareca americana US CA OH Mallard Anas platyrhynchos US CA UK OH Mexican Duck Anas diazi US American Black Duck Anas rubripes US CA OH Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula US Northern Pintail Anas acuta US OH Green-winged Teal Anas crecca US CA OH * Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina UK Canvasback Aythya valisineria US CA OH Redhead Aythya americana US CA OH Common Pochard Aythya ferina UK Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris US OH Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula UK Greater Scaup Aythya marila US CA OH Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis US OH Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri US King Eider Somateria spectabilis US OH Common Eider Somateria mollissima US Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus US OH Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata US OH White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi US OH Black Scoter Melanitta americana US OH Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis US OH Bufflehead Bucephala albeola US CA OH Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula US CA OH Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica US Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus US CA OH Common Merganser Mergus merganser US CA OH Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator US CA OH Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis US OH GALLIFORMES CRACIDAE Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula US ODONTOPHORIDAE Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus US Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata US Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii US Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae US PHASIANIDAE Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus CA Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis US Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus US Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta US Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo US CA OH PHOENICOPTERIFORMES PHOENICOPTERIDAE American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber US PODICIPEDIFORMES PODICIPEDIDAE Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis UK Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus US Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps US OH Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus US OH Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena US OH Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis US OH COLUMBIFORMES COLUMBIDAE Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus UK Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris US Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto US UK OH Inca Dove Columbina inca US Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina US White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi US White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica US OH Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura US CA OH CUCULIFORMES CUCULIDAE Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani US Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris US Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus US Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus US OH Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus US OH CAPRIMULGIFORMES CAPRIMULGIDAE Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis US Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor US OH Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis US Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii US Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus US OH Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae US APODIFORMES APODIDAE Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica US OH Common Swift Apus apus UK White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis US TROCHILIDAE Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens US Blue-throated Mountain-Gem Lampornis clemenciae US Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer US Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris US OH Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri US Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna US Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus US Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus US Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope US OH Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris US Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis US Violet-crowned Hummingbird Amazilia violiceps US GRUIFORMES RALLIDAE King Rail Rallus elegans US OH Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans US Virginia Rail Rallus limicola US OH Sora Porzana carolina US OH Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus UK Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata US OH Eurasian Coot Fulica atra UK American Coot Fulica americana US OH Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica US OH ARAMIDAE Limpkin Aramus guarauna US OH GRUIDAE Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis US OH Whooping Crane Grus americana US CHARADRIIFORMES RECURVIROSTRIDAE Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus US OH American Avocet Recurvirostra americana US OH HAEMATOPODIDAE American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus US Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani US CHARADRIIDAE Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola US OH American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica US OH Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva US Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus US Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia US Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus US OH Piping Plover Charadrius melodus US OH Killdeer Charadrius vociferus US OH SCOLOPACIDAE Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda US OH Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus US OH Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus US Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica US Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica US Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa US OH Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres US OH Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala US Red Knot Calidris canutus US OH Surfbird Calidris virgata US Ruff Calidris pugnax US OH Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata US OH Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus US OH Sanderling Calidris alba US OH Dunlin Calidris alpina US OH Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima US OH Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii US OH Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla US OH White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis US OH Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis US OH Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos US OH Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla US OH Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri US OH Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus US OH Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus US OH American Woodcock Scolopax minor US OH Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata US OH Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor US OH Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus US OH Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius US OH Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius US OH Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria US OH Wandering Tattler Tringa incana US Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca US CA OH Willet Tringa semipalmata US OH Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes US OH STERCORARIIDAE Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus US Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus US OH Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus US ALCIDAE Common Murre Uria aalge US Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia US Razorbill Alca torda US Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle US Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba US Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus US Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris US Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata US Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica US Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata US Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata US LARIDAE Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla US CA Sabine's Gull Xema sabini US OH Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia US CA OH Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus US UK OH Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus US CA OH Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla US OH Mew Gull Larus canus US Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis US CA OH California Gull Larus californicus US OH Herring Gull (inc.
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    Uncovering Willard Ellery Treat Jessica Sosnicki Biol 216: Zoology Dr. Karen Francl Submission for 2009 Winesett Awards for Library Research Jessica Sosnicki Biol 216: Zoology Dr. Francl Biography: Willard Ellery Treat The Biology Department at Radford University has a vast set of specimens collected over the years. Of that collection, Willard E. Treat contributes a small, but significant part. Born almost a century and a half ago, there is little known about him and why his collection ended up at Radford University. However, his specimens are still important to natural history, especially here at Radford. Willard Ellery Treat was born on July 31, 1865 in East Hartford, Connecticut, where he resided most of his life (U.S. Federal Census, 1870). His father, Ellery Treat, worked in East Hartford as a bookmaker, while his mother, Eunice, was a homemaker. According to the 1870 Federal Census, Willard had a sister, Adella (“Della”) G. Treat as well. Although, the Census did not indicate other siblings, he also had two brothers, William Howard Treat and Edwin Cuyler Treat (Warner, 1902). Around the age of 20, Willard attended Wesleyan College in Middletown, Connecticut not far from his hometown. In college, he was a member of Alpha Alpha, a Wesleyan chapter of Chi Psi. The Sixth Decennial Catalogue of Chi Psi states he was part of the Class of 1888 (Warner, 1902). However, Willard only attended one year at Wesleyan; he left during his sophomore year. His two brothers also attended Wesleyan. Like his brother, William Treat left his second year. Out of the three brothers, Edwin Cuyler Treat is the only one that actually graduated from Wesleyan, in 1894.