l>-(t J'rorccdinf/s of Inditnia Acddcini/ of Scicnrc. 



In my boyhood days, wild geese were abundant during the spring and fall 

 migi'ations, and large V-shaped flocks flying high in air, uttering their ho)ik, 

 honk, were a familiar sight. Now their numbers are gi'eatly reduced ; only 

 a few small flocks may be seen each fall or spring. I have only one deflnite 

 record for Vigo County (all others, such as I had. having been lost), and 

 that is of a specimen shot near Terre Haute. March 3, 1888. by Mr. Frank 

 Byers, who brought it to us. March 11. ISS.l. several heard flying over at 

 night, near Camden. They were probably honkers. 



37. OlOK COLI'MBIANIS ( ( )l-(l ) . WII ISTLING SWAN. (180) 



Spring and fall migrant, lint not often seen, except on the Wabash and 

 Tippecanoe, where one was (iccasioually killed some twenty to 30 years 

 ago. I have no records for Vigo or Monroe County. 



38. Olor BUCCINATOR (Richai-dson ). TRUArrETEK swan. (181) 



A rare spring and fall migrant. I have no records for Vigo or Monroe 

 County, and only one for Ciirroll. which is of a specimen shot on Wild Cat 

 Creek, near Burlington, many years ago. 



.">!). A.jA.rA A.iA.TA (Linu.-ens). roseate spoonbill. (183) 

 One said to have lieen killed near Terre Haute si>veral years ago. 



40. Mycteul\ AMERICANA Llnuams. wood ibis. (188) 



The Wood Ibis, one of our most remarkable birds, is a southern species, 

 l)ut withal, a great wanderer. Its breeding grounds are in the swamps and 

 bayous of the lower Mississippi valley and southward. After the breeding 

 season is over and the young are able to fly well, small bands stray north- 

 ward along the larger river courses. Such small flocks or isolated birds 

 are occasionally seen in southern Indiana and Illinois, especially along the 

 AVabash. On September 11. 1888. I saw a flock of 9 of these strange birds 

 sitting solemnly in an old dead tree on the Illinois side of the Wabash, op- 

 posite Mackay's Ferry, 10 miles west of Mount Vernon. Indiana. 



Mr. Robert Ridgway reiwrts seeing them "soaring majestically in broad 

 circles over the AVabash River, at Mt. Carmel". I have a record of one 

 killed at Greenfield Bayou below Terre Haute sometime in the early 80's. 



I have one other record for the counties covered by this paper, and that is 

 of a specimen sliot .Tnly :!0. 18S7. in the old Maple Swamp south of Cutler. 

 Carroll County. It was secured by a man named Harmon by whom it was 

 conveyed to Dr. O. A. J. Morrison of Middlefork. Clinton County, where I 

 saw it December 31. 1888. 



41. lioTAiRis lentiginosis (Moiitagu). bittern. (190) 



Summer resident, not rare in suitiilde places. 



In Vigo County, most common at the (ioose Pond and the Five-mile Pond. 

 Xoted near Terre Haute Octolier lid. issc. A nest with four eggs found at 

 the Goose Pond. May 31. ls<»o. Tlie lU'st wiis supported about ten inches 

 above the water in a Imncli of flags. The eggs were nearly ready to hatch; 

 indeed, one was pipped. 



