SOME NOTES ON NEBRASKA BIRDS. 49 



By referring to the catalogue on the succeeding pages it will be seen 

 that there are 415 distinct species and subspecies listed. Of these, 

 future more critical examination may eliminate six or seven forms. 

 Perhaps it will also be found that at least twenty-five are only acci- 

 dental visitors. To counteract these possible eliminations there will 

 undoubtedly be several additions made when we shall be better ac- 

 quainted with our bird fauna. 



These notes, besides definitely extending the recorded ranges of 

 many of our North American birds, will show that at least 227 breed 

 within the state and that more than 100 remain within our borders 

 during ordinary winters. 



It is but just here to acknowledge all the aid that has been received 

 from the various persons whose names will be found in succeeding 

 pages in connection with the notes furnished by each. Without such 

 aid these notes in their present state of completeness could not have 

 been written. It should also be generally known that it is due to 

 the liberal policy of the Society that so many illustrations of the 

 birds treated accompany the paper. These illustrations were either 

 loaned by the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History and the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, or were redrawn and en- 

 graved from plates published in Warren's "Birds of Pennsylvania" 

 and from the birds themselves. The drawings were made by Nelly 

 Zehrung and Edna Hyatt of this city, and the engraving done by 

 Blomgren Bros. & Co. of Chicago, 111. 



Lawrence Bruner. 



