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Woodruff, Auk, xxv, 1908, 213 (Shannon County, Mo.). — Cory, Publ. 

 Field Mus. Nat. Hist., No. 131, 1909, 454 (s. Illinois).— Lacy, Auk, xxviii, 

 1911, 207 (100 miles nw. of Kerrville, Tex.). — Barrows, Michigan Bird 

 Life, 1912, 2G1 (Cass County, Mich.). — Chansler, Auk, xxix, 1912, 239 

 (Benns Creek, Knox County, Ind., Sept. 18, 1911; formerly common). — 

 ScLATER, Hist. Birds Colorado, 1912, 166 (Colorado; straggler, near Colorado 

 Springs). — Btjnker, Kansas Univ. Sci. Bull., vii, 1913, 146 (Barber and 

 Comanche Counties, Kans., common summer resident). — Reichenow, Die 

 Vogel, i, 1913, 413.— Bailey, Iowa Geol. Surv. Bull. 6, 1918, 56 (monogr., 

 Iowa). — Harris, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, xxiii, 1919, 260 (near Lawrence, 

 Kans.). — Pearson, Brimley, and Brimley, Birds North Carolina, 1919, 163 

 (North Carolina; descr. ; distr.). — Swanx, Sj'nopt. List Accipitres, pt. 3, 

 1920, 105; Synopsis Accipitres, pt. 3, 1922, 165. — Nice and Nice, Birds 

 Oklahoma, 1924, 40 (genl.; Oklahoma). — Stone, Auk, xli, 1924, 477 (Cape 

 May, N. J.).— Bailey, Birds Florida, 1925, 67, pi. 36 (fig., distr., Florida).— 

 Griscom and Crosby, Auk, xlii, 1925, 534 (status, Brownsville, Tex., 

 region). — Pindar, Wils. Bull., xxxvii, 1925, 85 (status, Fulton County, 

 Ky.). — Wheeler, Birds Arkansas, 1925, p. xv (listed, Arkansas). — Worth- 

 INGTON and Todd, Wils. Bull., xxxviii, No. 4, 1926, 211 (Choctawhatchee Bay, 

 Fia.). — Linsdale, Auk, xliv, 1927, 53 (Sun City, Kans.). — Cahn and Hyde, 

 Wils. Bull., xli, 1929, 36 (ecol.; distr.; Little Egypt, 111.).— Baerg, Univ. 

 Arkansas Agr. Exp. Stat. Bull. 258, 1931,43 (descr.; range; food; Arkansas). — 

 Bailey and Wright, Wils. Bull., xliii, 1931, 202 (Avery Island, Chenier au 

 Tigre, La.). — Guthrie, Wils. Bull, xliv, 1932, 102, in text (food; eats 

 snakes). — Howell, Florida Bird Life, 1932, 166 (genl.; Florida). — Groeb- 

 BELS, Der Vogel, ii, 1937, 204, in text (nest lining), 231, in text (use of same 

 nest for several years). — Hill, Auk, Ixi, 1944, 230, 231 (meas.). 



Iciinia {Ictinia) mississippiensis Kaup, Mus. Senckenb., iii, Heft 3, 1845, 258. 



Idinia misisippiensis HowEhh, Birds Alabama, 1924, 129; ed. 2, 1928, 129 

 (distr., habits; Alabama). — Simmons, Birds Austin Region, 1925, 96 (Austin, 

 Tex.; habits, nest and eggs, etc.). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check-list, ed. 4, 1931, 63 (distr.).— [Arthur ?], Birds Louisiana, 1931, 

 193 (descr.; status; Louisiana). — Nice, Birds Oklahoma, rev. ed., 1931, 69 

 (genl.; Oklahoma); Bird-Banding, x, 1939, 130, text (Oklahoma; habits). — 

 Peters, Check-list Birds of World, i, 1931, 201 (distr.). — Bennitt, Univ. 

 Missouri Stud., vii, No. 3, 1932, 22 (s. Missouri; uncommon summer resi- 

 dent). — Wetmore, Wils. Bull., xliv, 1932, 118, in text (bones, near Jackson, 

 Ohio) ; Smiths. Misc. Coll., cvi, Ko. 1, 1946, 26, in text (tax.; crit.). — Willett, 

 Pacific Coast Avif., No. 21, 1933, 40 (sw. California; spec). — Dingle, Auk, 

 li, 1934, 515, in text (South Carolina; coastal; fairly common). — Broun, 

 Auk, Hi, 1935, 320, in text (Miami, Fla.).— Long, Auk, Iii, 1935, 77, in text 

 (Douglas County, Kans.); Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., xliii, 1940, 439 (Kansas: 

 common summer in Barber and Comanche Counties; elsewhere rare). — 

 Bent, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 167, 1937, 63 (life hist.).— Murphey, 

 Contr. Charleston Mus., ix, 1937, 10 (Savannah Valley, Ga.; formerly 

 abundant in summer; distr., habits; breeds). — Sprunt, Auk, liv, 1937, 

 385, in text (Georgetown County, S. C; 1 seen Feb. 2, 1936). — Stone 

 Bird Studies Old Cape May, i, 1937, 268 (seen hear Higbee's Beach, Cape 

 May County, N. J., May 30, 1924). — Compton, Univ. California Publ. 

 Zool., xlii, 1938, 176, 179, in text, 185, 192, 198, 201, 205 (pterylosis).— 

 Oberholser, Bird Life Louisiana, 1938, 157 (Louisiana; uncommon summer; 

 distr.; food; nest). — Sutton, Condor, xli, 1939, 41, in text (Oklahoma; distr.; 

 spring habits; food; parasites). — Sutton and Burleigh, Wils. Bull., Iii, 1940, 



