47. (Jkis MKXicA.N.v ( .M li llcf ) . sA.Miiiii.i. ( uam;. (L!(m;) 



A raro inifiraiit, at least in CaiTnll ('(Hiiily. pari iculaily in tiic norlliwi-st 

 portion. wJMMT one was seen Aiirii 7. iss.".. 



4S. Kallis Ki.KCA.Ns Audntion. ki.\(. itAir.. (ijosi 



A i-arc snnnncr resident in Vi.tio Comity wiieic I iiave seen it at llie (Jito.so 

 Pond and at tlie Five-nul(> I'ond. Ajn-il L'!>. and .May l!l. isss. 



v.). Kai.1,1 s \iU(;iMAM .s lanna-ns. xiucinia liAii,. (L'TJi 



Rare snnmier resident in \'i,u:o County. I''ound nestinit at tlie (Joosc I'ond 

 .May ol. 1S!M», and April I'l. ISNS. Not noted i:i Cari-oll or .Monroe. 



.")(>. roKZA.NA (AKOl.l.NA (Limia'USl. SOKA OR CAKOM.NA KAIL. ( L.' 1 4 I 



Summer resident, not common. I-'ound nestintr in Die (Joose ron<l in \'i}io 

 County : noted April 21. ISSO. 



('(irroll Coiiiif!/: I shot one on my faliier's farm in \\>i\\. 1n7'.i. .May 4 

 and .">. 1SS4. saw several in llii' .Vrmstroiit; pond at Camden: .May '.), 1885, 

 one seen. 



Moiirtif ('(Hint!/: May .">. ISSC: Ai)ril 1.'). lss7. 



."il. CoTru.N-Koi'S xovKiiOHAt'K.vsis ((iinelini. vki.i.ow ijaii.. (21.~») 

 Karo migrant : noted only in .Moni-oe County. 



"(2. (JAi,i.i.\ri.A ciALEATA ( Licliteiistein I . ki.okida oai-lixilk. (211>) 



Karo sununei- resident. Noted once at the (ioose I'ond. where I found a 

 set of live well-ineuhuted eggs. May ."'.l. 1m;m>. .V specimen obtained near Bur- 

 lington. April 2S. 18S;>, by Wallace (Jwinn who brought it to us: and I saw 

 another. May 11. 188."), in Stockton's woods northwest of my father's house. 



."i:;. FlLKA A.MKHICANA Cuielin. COOT. (221) 



Common spring and fall migrant, and rare sununer resident. 



I have in my notes recorded the Coot as occurring in .Monroe County, but 

 no details are given. 



In Vigo County, where there ai'e .several ponds and bayous, the Coot is 

 not only a common spring and fall migrant, but a good many breed in the 

 county. A few could usually be seen at the Five-mile I'ond north of Terre 

 Haute and several pairs nested each sea.son at the (Joo.se Pond, nine miles 

 south of Terre Haute, where T'. O. Co.x found a nest with eight eggs. May :^1, 

 18!W. Noted also on April 17. Isss. 



My first record of the Coot in Carroll County is of tiiree sei-n on the 

 Wabash just above the feeder dam at Delphi. April 1!). 1884. On November 

 20. of the same year, one was killed on the Armstrong i)on(l at Camden, 

 and brought to us. (In April 8. lsx."i. I saw two on Deer Creek at Porter's 

 ilam. where one was taken .May 12. I ha\c no evidence that th(> species 

 breeds in this county. 



