:Vo/r.s- oil llir liiidx. ;;l>.-> 



.'Jl. ('n AHiroNKiTA Ai.iiKor.A ( l.iiiii.i'ii- ». Ill iii.i:-iii;ai». iI.');;) 



\fit, coriimoii sjniiif^ iiiid fall mifii-aiil in all llii- ((iiintics: a IVw rciiiaiiiiim 

 in opi'n places in the Wahasli (|uilc laic in IIk- winter. A (emiile (•(•llected. 

 I'l'hniary U!*. isss, at 'I'erre Haute. 



."l:. IIauki.da iivkmam.s ( IJnna'ils i. oi.n s<m aw. (ir.li 



The (.Illy reci.nl 1 liavi? (if this sixjcies in tlie (•oiiiilies covciimI |,y this 

 paiier is of two siieciinens (jhlainoil in AfJaiiis 'J'(iwnsliii>, Carroll Comity, or 

 po.s.sibly just over the lino in White ("oiinly, alioiil Kehriiary VI and 1!». IS!).".. 

 My information is that u'iven in a special to the Indianapolis .News, as 

 follows : 



Delplii. Ind., February L'L'.— Mr. .Toseidi Clark, of i'ine VillaK«'. Warren 

 county, is the possessor of two rare birds of the duek species, that fell info 

 his hands ten days ago while visiting at Burnett's Creek, north of this place. 

 During a snow storm the birds evidently became demoralized, and one of 

 them, striking a telegraph wire, was crippled and captured alive. Imi died 

 soon after. The other was found frozen in the snow a week later. IW.lh are 

 being prepared by a taxidermist. They weigh about two jxMinds each, have 

 white heads with jet-black rings around their necks, black backs and white 

 breasts. The male bird has two black fi^athers in its tail, at least twelve 

 inches in length, while in the femaU' bird the.se feathers are not so long. 

 Mr. Clark has exhibited the birds, and he states that no one has ever seen 

 anything like them. 



These specimens were undoubtedly the duck kn«»wn as the Old-srjuaw, or 

 South-southerly, a northern species whi<h comes southward rarely as far as 

 southern Indiana in winter. They are .said to be rjuite common on Lake 

 Michigan, off Michigan City where they are frequently caught in the fisher- 

 men's gill-nets. 



.3.3. Erismatcka .TA>r.\irK.\sis fGraelini. ri'dov dlxk. nf>7 i 



Rather rare spring and fall migrant. I have noted it in Carroll and Vigo 

 counties, but not in Monroe. 



.34. CHE.V IIYPEKBOKBXS HYPEKBOREtS (Pallas I. LESSER S. VOW GOOSE. i W.} ) 



I have seen white geese flying over in spring and fall in Carroll County. 

 They were probably this si»ecies. 



ZT). CiiEX c.i;Bri.EscEXS (Linnaeus), bue goose. (109.1) 



Rare spring and fall migrant. The only specimen I ever saw was brought 

 to me by Mr. Ed. Tetzel. who killed it near Terre Haute. April 2, 1887. 



.30. liRANTA fA.VAI>EXSIS CAXADE.NSIS (LlnnjeUSI. 



c.\.\.\nA GOOSE : honker. (172) 



.V commf>n spring and fall migrant in all the counties, much more abun- 

 dant formerly than now. 



