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[268] Arfitis macidaria (Liun. ). Spotted Sandpiper. 



The most common wader around the lake. 

 [273] JiJgicditis vocifera {Liinn.). Killdeer. 



Common. Often seen along railroad and on golf linlis. 

 [289] Colinns rirginiamis {Jjinri.). Bobwhite. Figs. 1 and 2. 



Very common. 

 [316] Zcnaidum macwura (Linn.). Mourning Dove. Fig. 4. 



Very common around the lake, nesting all through the summer hi all 

 sorts of places. It seems to prefer places near lake shore. I found oiu- 

 nest on a brush pile, about twenty feet from the lake in a very exposed 

 position; another in a tree overhanging the lake, in a small hollow, where 

 the limb joined the trunk. The nest in the latter case consisted of tAvo or 

 three dead leaves. 

 [325] Cathartes aura {Ltiim.). Turkey Buzzard. 



Common. 

 [331] Circus hndson ins {Jjinn.). Marsh Hawk. 



Common around the lake. Nests in marshy places near small inlets. 

 [333] Accipiter cooperi (Bonap.). Cooper's Hawk. 



Not common. I have identified one specimen while flying. 

 [337] Buteo homdis (Gmel.). Red-tailed Hawk. 



Not rare. I have identified it several times. It is, however, much 

 more common farther south. 

 [360] Falco sparverius Linn. Sparrow Hawk. 



Not rare. I have identified it several times, but it is not common. 

 [368] Sifrnium nehuJosinn (FoTst.). Barred Owl. 



Rare. One specimen was shot here in the summer of 1901. Personally, 

 I have never seen it here. 

 [373] Megascops asio CLinn.). Screech Owl. 



Common. Breeds in numbers although all young were out when I 

 arrived. 

 [376] Bubo virginianus (Gmel.). Great Horned Owl. 



I have heard this owl twice during the summer. Probably not very 

 common. 

 [387] Coccyzus americanus (lAnn.). Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



Very common. Breeds commonly all during summer. 

 [388] Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.). Black-billed Cuckoo. Figs. 5, 6, 



7 and 8. 



