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head of the (lepartiueut of geography in the Illinois State Normal School at 

 Normal; Be.ssie O. Cushing (Mrs. D. C. Ridgley) ; Flora Hartley, now wife 

 of Dr. Charles W. Greene, professor of pliysiology in the University of 

 Missouri; Albert J. Woolman, for many years a science teacher in the higli 

 schools of South Bend and Duluth, later business man in Urbana, Illinois, 

 who died in 1018 ; Thos. F. Fitzgibbon, now prominent educator. sui>erin- 

 tendents of schools, Muncie, Indiana ; Cloudsley Rutter, for a number of 

 years one of the most able scientific assistants in the United States Fish 

 Commission, wliose death in 1003, deprived ichthyological science of one of 

 its most promising young men ; J. C. Cunningham, now prominent farmer 

 and business man in Miami County ; and \V. I). Hamer, prominent lawyer 

 at Huntington. Many others might be named. I must not forget to men- 

 tion my life-long, most intimate friend and predecessor in the Indiana State 

 Normal School, Dr. Oliver 1'. Jenkins who, though at DePauw University, 

 frequently came over to Terre Haute, and many a delightful trip did we 

 take together along tlie Wabash and its small tributaries in search of things 

 in which we were both interested. Dr. Jenkins was also deeply interested in 

 the birds of Vigo County, and at one time liad in mind the publication of a 

 report thereon. Mention must be made also of W. S. Blatchley who during 

 the several years of his connection with the Terre Haute high school, gave 

 much attention to the natural history of Vigo County. 



I regard the following annotated list as valuable chiefly because of tlie 

 records of definite dates and places. To some, these may seem trivial and of 

 little consequence, but to the future student of the migration, geographic dis- 

 tribution, and habits of our birds, it is believed they will serve a useful pur- 

 pose. 



A statement that a certain species was seen on a certain date in a certain 

 place does not mean that it was not seen on many other dates and in otlier 

 places ; it simply means that that particular note was not lost in the fire of 

 1888. While these records are, in many instances, unrelated, they will, 

 nevertheless, it is believed, prove useful. I have advisedly made the rec- 

 ords as definite and detailed as possible as to dates, places, persons and cir- 

 cumstances, in the belief that their value will thereby be enhanced. 



It is regretted that the Vigo and Monroe counties records are not more 

 numerous, but it was the note-books of those comities which were most 

 completely lost in the fire of 1888. 



I am glad to mention the considerable number of my former students and 

 associates whose observations and assistance in other ways have contrib- 

 uted to our knowledge of the birds of Indiana, and I take this opportunity 

 to express my high appreciation of their interest and helpfulness. Without 

 their comradeship afield, which gave opportunity for discussion and ex- 

 clijinge of views, much indeed would have been lost. 



Annotated List of Species. 



In the following annotated list of species the nomenclature and sequence 

 agree with the last (third) edition of the Check-List of North American 

 Birds published by the American Ornithologists" Union in 1910. The species 

 and subspecies are numbered consecutively. The number in parenthesis 

 following the scientific name is the serial number of that species in the 

 Check-List. 



