o22 Proceed iii(/s of lnd'uDut Aeadem/i of Srienrr. 



1.1. T.oi'iioDYTKs cicrLLATis ( Liimu'us ) . Tiooui;n mki!(;a.\si:i! (i:;!) 



A not very coiinuoii si;ring ami fall migrant : possibly a t'ow lireel. hut of 

 this I have no positive evidence, although I liave often met witli single pairs 

 a 111 Hit swamps and ponds in midsummer, and have seen them on Deer Creek 

 ill July. A young male obtained and seven or eight others seen on Deer 

 ("reck, near Camden, April 8, 188.5. Three seen near Terre Haute. March 9, 

 1SS8. 



16. AXAS PLATYRHYNCHOS LiunjPUS. ilALLARD. (1^2) 



Formerly a rather common summer resident ; now chiefly a spring and fall 

 migrant. 



I have not seen it often in Monroe County: my only record is of several 

 seen on Griffy Creek near Bloomington, March 5. 1880. 



In Vigo County, it was, and doubtless is, more common. In early spring 

 and again in the fall. Mallard ducks might be seen on any of the ponds 

 or bayous along the Waliash River, and occasionally, in protected cover, 

 in the river itself. Favorite places were the Five-mile Pond, near old 

 Fort Harrison, the Goose Pond, and Greenfield Bayou, February 26 and 20. 

 18SS, I have no definite record of the Mallard nesting in Vigo County, hut 

 it no doubt did so in earlier days. 



In Carroll County, the Mallard was a common species during my boyhood 

 days. It was then, of all the ducks, the most familiar species to me. In 

 the spring, in all the quiet reaches of Wild Cat Creek, and in every woodland 

 pond, however small, one or more pairs could be found. In those days a 

 good many pairs were permanent summer residents, making tlieir nests on 

 some relatively dry tussock in the small ponds. In the summer and early 

 fall, the family of old and young could be seen swimming about over tlie 

 pond, or skurrying to cover in hidden places among the button-bushes. 

 Noted in the Lafayette market March 14, 1879. 



17. Anas rubripes Brewster, black duck. (13.S) 



I have never seen this duck in Monroe or VigO' County, but in March. 1879, 

 I saw an example in the Delphi market which was said to have been shot 

 on the Wabash, near by. 



18. ClIArLELASMUS STREPERUS (LiumPUS). GADWAEL. (1.35) 



A very rare spring and fall migrant. 



I have no record for Monroe or Carroll County. ^ly only record for Vigo 

 County is of a single specimen seen about 1887, in the possession of a resi- 

 dent of Terre Haute. 



19. Mareca AMERICANA (Gmeliu). BALDPATE. (1:!7) 



A rare spring and fall migrant, most often seen on the creeks. I never 

 observed it in Monroe County. As to Vigo, my notes simply mention the 

 species without giving definite places or dates, except for March 24. 1888, 

 and March 26. 1889 and 1890. In Carroll County, it is not uncommon during 



