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North Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 545. — Snow, Birds Kansas, 1873, 2 (Lawrence, 

 Kans.). — Hatch, Bull. Minnesota Acad. Sci., 1874, 51 (Minnesota; winter). — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., i, 1874, 191, part (Delaware); Hand-list, i, 

 1899, 246.— Boies, Cat. Birds Southern Michigan, 1875, No. 137 (s. Michi- 

 gan; res.).— GuRNEY, Ibis, 1876, 232, 233, part (crit.) ; List Diurn. Birds 

 Prey, 1884, 67; Cat. Birds Prey, 1894, 24.— Nelson, Bull. Essex. Inst., viii, 

 1876, 119 (ne. Illinois; common migr.) ; ix, 1877, 42 (s. Illinois; common), 50, 

 in text (s. Illinois, Fox Prairie), 58 (Cairo, 111.; common), 63 (w. of Anna, 

 Union County), 65 (s. Illinois). — Gibbs, U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Bull. 

 5, 1879, 490 (Michigan; summer res.). — Langdon, Journ. Cincinnati Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., 1879, 14 (Cincinnati, Ohio; common).— Dalgleish, Bull. Nuttall 

 Orn. Club, v, 1880, 143 (1 British record).— Whe axon, Rep. Birds Ohio, 1882, 

 428, 579 (Ohio; syn.; descr. ; breeds). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check-list, 1886, No. 339; ed. 2, 1895, No. 339; ed. 3, 1910, 158.— Chapman, 

 Auk, V, 1888, 271 (Gainesville, Fla., in winter). — Goss, Hist. Birds Kansas, 

 1891, 264 (Kansas; descr.; eggs). — Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 

 1891, 529 (e. Manitoba). — Bendire, Life Hist. North Amer. Birds, i, 1892, 

 219, pi. 6, figs. 1-5.— Hatch, Notes on Birds Minnesota, 1892, 188, 452 

 (Minnesota; descr.; nest.). — Fisher, Hawks and Owls United States, 1893, 

 62, pl. 8.— Kennard, Auk, xi, 1894, 197 [ = 210], 270 [ = 280] (Brookline, Mass.; 

 habits, etc.). — Lantz, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 1897-98 (1899), 255 (Kansas; 

 common). — Cobeaux, Ottawa Nat., 1900, 28 (s. Saskatchewan, summer res.). 

 — Nash, Check List Birds Ontario, 1900, 29 (Ontario; common res.); Check 

 List Vert. Ontario: Birds, 1905, 40 (Ontario; breeds). — Beyer, Proc. Louisi- 

 ana Soc. Nat. for 1897-99 (1900), 99 (Louisiana; winter res.). — Fleming, 

 Auk, xviii, 1901, 37 (Parry Sound and Muskoka, nw. Ontario, breeding). — 

 Preble, North Amer. Fauna, No. 22, 1902, 106 (York Factory, Hudson 

 Bay). — Dawson, Birds Ohio, 1903, 405 (Ohio; descr.; distr.). — Jones, Birds 

 Ohio, rev. cat., 1903, 93 (Ohio; res.; food habits). — Kumlien and Hollister, 

 Bull. Wisconsin Nat. Hist. Soc, iii, 1903, 63 (Wisconsin; habits). — Allison 

 Auk, xxi, 1904, 477 (Baton Rouge Parish, La.). — Townsend, Mem. Nuttall 

 Orn. Club, No. 3, 1905, 208 (Essex County, Mass.).— Brewster, Mem. 

 Nuttall Orn. Club, No. 4, 1906, 187 (Cambridge region, Mass.; res.).— 

 Anderson, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci., xi. 1907, 249 (Iowa; habits). — 

 WiDMANN, Birds Missouri, 1907, 97 (summer res.).— Knight, Birds Maine, 

 1908, 226 (summer res.). — Stone, Birds New Jersey, 1908, 163 (New Jersey; 

 descr.; eggs; res.). — Cory, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., No. 131, 1909, 464 

 (Illinois and Wisconsin). — Wayne, Birds South CaroUna, 1910, 206 (res. in 

 interior). — British Ornithologists' Union, List Brit. Birds, ed. 2, 1915, 

 337 (one doubtful rec). — Corrington, Auk, xxxix, 1922, 544 (Biloxi, Miss.; 

 winter). — Griscom, Birds New York City Region, 1923, 128 (status, New York 

 City region). — Johnston, Birds West Virginia, 1923, 88 (West Virginia). — 

 Pindar, Wils. Bull., xxxvi, 1924, 205 (status, e. Arkansas). — Taverner, 

 Birds Western Canada, 1926, 194 (hypoth.; fig.; descr.; w. Canada); Birds 

 Canada, 1934, 127 (Canada; col. fig.; genl.) ; Can. Water Birds, 1939, 138 

 (Canada; descr.). — Johnson, Wils. Bull., xxxix, 1927, 157 (Lawrence, 

 Kans.).— Guthrie, Wils. Bull., xliv, 1932, 103, in text (eats snakes).— 

 Errington, Condor, xxxv, 1933, 26 (food habits; Wisconsin). — Baillie and 

 Harrington, Contr. Roy. Ontario Mus. Zool., No. 8, pt. 1, 1936, 22 (Ontario; 

 not uncommon; breeds). — Bond, Birds West Indies, 1936, 64, in footnote 

 (crit.); Check List Birds West Indies, 1940, 23, in footnote; ed. 2, 1945, 23 

 (mentioned). — Lincoln, Bird-Banding, vii, 1936, 40 (banding recoveries). — 

 Bagg and Eliot, Birds Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, 1937, 134 



