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III the collection of Dr. A. Miller, of North Manchester, Ind., there 

 are probably 175 species of parasitic fungi and perhaps twenty-five 

 species of the Slime Moulds, if I may, for convenience, still place them 

 among the fungi. 



Nearly a complete list of the Phanerogams may be found in the 

 herbarium of Mr. John N. Jenkins, North Manchester, Ind., who has 

 done valuable work in collecting these forms. 



Birds of Wabash County. By Albert B. Ulrey and William O. Wallace. 



The present list enumerates 188 species of the birds of Wabash County. 

 Under each species are given notes concerning its abundance and in some in- 

 stances we have incorporated other observations which pertain to the life-history 

 of the species. 



Most of the work was done at intervals during the years 1.S90 to 1893. Bart 

 of the observations were made in the extreme northern portion of the county in the 

 Eel River valley, near North Manchester. About an equal amount of work was 

 done in the Wabash valley near Wabash, and .some observations were made nine 

 miles north of Lagro by Mr. Orrin Ridgley. 



We have included in the list only those species identified by us, and with 

 only a few exceptions skins of each species have been preserved. W^e have noted 

 the breeding habits of those species only which came under our own observation. 

 We may expect to find two hundred or more birds within the county. The list 

 is quite complete in warblers, containing .SI species, one of them the very rare 

 Dendroica kirtlandi. Perhaps three more would complete the list to be found in 

 the county. We shall probably find Protonotaria citrea, H'lmitherus rerynivorons and. 

 Geolhlypl'f fonnosn. The deficiencies in our list are mainly among the water birds. 

 Our only large stream, the Wabash, flows nearly eastward here and is not rich in 

 migrating water birds. The region in the northwestern part of the county, con- 

 taining numerous small lakes, has not contributed many species to our list, be- 

 cause only a few of the rarer birds taken there l)y the hunters have been iden- 

 tified by us. 



The Wabash River flows in a northerly direction to Logansport, where it 

 bends abruptly to the east and continues in this direction through the county. 

 Near Wabash one of the tributaries of the Wabash River flows nearly due south- 

 ward. .\ heavy growth of timber extends along the stream northward some dis- 

 tance from the Wabash and ends abruptly at a large tract of land undei- cultiva- 

 tion. During the spring migrations the birds collect in the north edge of this- 



