IG. Aidea curulea (Linn.). Little i)liie heron. 



Knox Comity suninier resident; breeds. Saw one May 4, IWM. Mr. Ilarliin. 

 saw one on Wliite Kiver, .Jnne A, 18J)4. Very shy (("hansler). 



17. Aidea cundidi.'i-'ntia (Gmel). Snow lieron. 



Knox County siiiunier resident; l)reeds. I have seen hundreds of tliese hinls 

 aU)ut tlie Swan and (Jrassy Ponds of Daviess County. They are often in coin- 

 jiany with the <;reat hlnc heron. 



18. A rdea tricolor raficoll is ((i{)&si;K Louisiana heron. 



Reported by Mr. E. .1. Chansk-r, from Knox County. Second record from 

 the state. 



10. Cuvipepftiliin principuli.-i (JJnn.). Ivory-billed woodpecker. 



Mr. Harbin claims to have killed one in 1880. Reported by Mr. Warren from. 

 Southern Gibson County in 1893. (Chansler). 



20. yi/rled nyctea (Linn.). Snowy owl. 



Mr. Fletcher M. Noe reports receiving a tine snowy owl which was killed at 

 Southport, Ind., six miles south <>f Indianapolis, November 18, 1894. 



21. Ardetta neoxena {Cory.) 



The capture of this rare spe<'ies in Michigan the past summer, and the 

 possibility of its occurrence in Indiana, make it worthy of special reference here. 

 There were but nine specimens known. 



1. The species was decribed from the Okeechobee Region, Fla. No date 

 given. The Auk, Vol IIL, Apr., 1886, p. 262. 



2. .July 9, 1889. Tliirty miles south of Lake Okeechobee. By Capt. .J. F. 

 Menge. He reported seeing three specimens, of which he was only able to get one 

 The Auk, Vol. VI., Oct. 1889, pp. 317-318. In the same magazine is given .Mr. 

 Menge's account of the nest of the species found in the same locality, June 8, 1890. 



3. May 18, 1890, in marsh near Toronto, Ont. Specimen now in collection, 

 Canadian Institute. Mcllwaith Birds of Ontario, 18, pp. 109-110. 



4. May 19, 1890. Kissimmee River, Fla. By Mr. R. C. Stewart. The ..d- 

 lector claims to have seen another, whicii he was unable to secure. The Auk, 

 Vol. Vlir, .July 1891, p. 309. 



5. .June 28, 1S5M. Three miles s()Uth of Lake Okeechobee River, I- la. 

 Male. By Capl. .1. F. .Menge. 



6. .July 15, 1891. Lake Flirt, Fla. I5y Capt. ,J. F. Menge. 



7. August 15, 1891. Lake Flirt, Fla. By Capt. .J. F. Menge. The last 

 three are in the collection of Prof. W. E. D Scott. The Auk, Vol. IX . Apr. 

 1892, pp. 141-142. 



S. May 20, 1893. Female. Toronto, Ont. By .1. RaMiodcn. The Auk, 

 Vol. X. 0.t. 1893. ))p. .363-364. 



