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Wright and Harper, Auk, xxx, 1913, 494 (Okefenokee Swamp, Ga.)- — Harris, 

 Trans. Acad. Nat. Sci. St. Louis, 1919, 258 (extirpated near Kansas City, Mo.). 

 — Burns, Orn. Chester County, Pa., 1919, 48 (Chester County, Pa.). — Pearson, 

 Brimley, and Brimley, Birds of North CaroHna, 1919, 154 (North Carolina; 

 descr. ; distr.). — Holt, Geo!. Surv. Alabama, Mus. Paper No. 4, 1921, 43 

 (Alabama; common in suitable localities; resident; breeds). — Over and Thoms, 

 Birds South Dakota, 1921, 78 (Union and Clay Counties, but extirpated about 

 1875).— Cahn, Wils. Bull., xxxiii, 1921, 172 (Harrison County, ne. Tex.).— 

 EvERMANN, Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. for 1920 (1921), 336 (Monroe County, 

 Ind., up to about 1886 ; Vigo County, up to 1891 ? ; Carrol County, up to 

 about 1878). — Hunt, Auk, xxxviii, 1921, 376 (Tiller, Ark.; said to be common 

 in wild places). — Pearson, Wils. Bull., xxxiv, 1922, 86 (Cumberland Island, 

 Ga.). — Corrington, Auk, xxxix, 1922, 543 (Biloxi, Miss.; common in swamps). 

 —Nice and Nice, Birds Oklahoma, 1924, Zl (genl. ; Oklahoma) .—Burleigh, 

 Wils. Bull., xxxvi, 1924, 69, 37 (migr. ; Centre County, Pa.) ; xliii, 1931, 39 

 (breeding; State College; Centre County, Pa.). — Pindar, Wils. Bull., xxxvi, 

 1924, 204 (e. Arkansas); xxxvii, 1925, 83 (status; Fulton County, Ky.).— 

 Beck, Auk, xli, 1924, 292 in text (Pennsylvania German common names). — 

 Wheeler, Birds Arkansas, 1925, 40, xiv, xx (descr. ; habits ; nest and eggs ; 

 Arkansas). — Blincoe, Auk, xlii, 1925, 419 (Bardstown, Ky.). — Worthing- 

 ton and Todd, Wils. Bull., xxxviii, 1926, 211 (Chostawhatchee Bay, Fla.).— 

 Bailey, Birds New Mexico, 1928, 230 (ne. New Mexico; Mora River near 

 junction with the Canadian River, and near North fork of the Canadian 

 River). — Sutton, Birds Pennsylvania, 1928, 54 (Pennsylvania; descr.; nesting; 

 habits); Auk, xlvi, 1929, 326 (nesting habits; Pennsylvania; photographs). — 

 Pickens, Wils. Bull, xl, 1928, 189 (rare, upper South Carolina).— Brown, 

 Auk, xlv, 1928, 347 (longevity in captivity).— Pierce, Wils. Bull., xlii, 1930, 267 

 (status in Buchanan County, Iowa). — Snyder and Logier, Trans. Roy. Can. 

 Inst., xviii, 1931, 177 (Long Point Area, Norfolk County, Ontario; extirpated; 

 trapping methods). — [Arthur], Birds Louisiana, 1931, 220 (descr.; status, 

 Louisiana). — Nice, Birds Oklahoma, rev. ed., 1931, 83 (Oklahoma; genl.). — 

 Baerg, Univ. Arkansas Agri. Exp. Stat. Bull. 258, 1931, 56 (descr.; distr.). — 

 Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 162, 1932, 326 (habits; plum.; distr.).— Burns, 

 Wils. Bull., xliv, 1932, 28 (spec; Peale coll.). — Bennitt, Univ. Missouri Stud., 

 vii. No. 3, July 1932, 27 (s. Missouri; uncommon resident). — Roberts, Birds 

 Minnesota, i, 1932, 425 (distr.; habits; etc.; Minnesota). — Hicks, Wils. Bull., 

 xlv, 1933, 180 (Ashtabula County, Ohio; none since 1880).— Brooks, Wils. Bull., 

 xlvi, 1934, 66 (Cranberry Glades, W. Va.). — Peters, Check-list Birds of World, 

 1934, 140. — Taverner, Birds Canada, 1934, 167 in text (e. Canada; w. to e. 

 Ontario). — Fisher, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xlviii, 1935, 161 (Plummers 

 Island, Md.). — Ghigi, Gallini di Faraone e Tacchini, 1936, 330, pi. vii (col. fig.; 

 genl. hist.). — Groebbels, Der Vogel, ii, 1937, 106 in text (polygyny) ; 168 (data 

 on breeding biology) ; 239 in text (number of eggs) ; 402 in text (parental 

 care). — Bagg and Eliot, Birds Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, 1937, 175 

 (extirpated). — Murphey, Contr. Charleston Mus., ix, 1937, 15 (Savannah 

 Valley, Ga. ; formerly abundant, still fairly common resident). — Van Tyne, 

 Dec. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 379, 1938, 12 (Michigan; formerly 

 permanent resident; now extirpated; breeding records). — Poole, Auk, Ix, 1938, 

 517, in table (weight; wing area). — Oberholser, Bird Life Louisiana, 1938, 

 193 (Louisiana; formerly not uncommon, now largely confined to the n. and ne. 

 parts of state).— Deaderick, Wils. Bull., 1, 1938, 263 (Hot Springs Nat. Park, 

 Ark.; rare resident). — Tanner, Auk, Ivi, 1939, 90 (Madison Parish, La.; 

 60 seen).— Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ixxxvi, 1939, 184 (Tennessee; 



