Vo/r.v on llir liirtls. 



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(iu'Wv cniiiiiioii ill .Monroe ("oiiiily in Issi-lssi;. rspcci.illy on the licavily 



wooded hillsides: doulilless still coi n in all suilahle places in that 



couiity. 



Foniieiiy rather coimnoii in all suitable |ilaces in \'i,i,'o ('ount.\- hut now 

 (|uite rare. I have seen it occasionally in the woods near Coal Creek north- 

 west of Terre Haute, also on one or two occasions aloiii; Honey Creek south 

 of town and in the heavy woods near the (ioose i'ond. 



In Carroll County it was common until about Issr.. esjiecially in the 

 heavy woods alonj; Wihl Cat Creek and other sfri'ams. March 7. 1S7!>. shot 

 one in the Deer Creek bottom near Robert I'orter's. .southwest of Camden: 

 Aiiirust. 1881. several seen, and .several noted in tiie winter of lS,Sl-2 : Jan- 

 uary I';.'. 1885. one killed by A. M. Everniann near Iiurlin;,'ton. Xest with 

 several eirjis seen in Stockton's woods near I'.ui-linirton about .May. 1S,S:{. 



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I have no I't-cord of the occurrence of the Prairie Chicken in Monroe 

 County. 



The only place in Vi.i;o County where I h.-ive seen I'rairie Chickens is 

 the considerable ar(>a of lu-airie land at Heckland .-iboiit Id miles north of 

 Terre Haute. It was my custom frequently to visit this little pr.-iirie with 

 my liotany and zoido.iiy classes, and sometimes alone. The locality was a 

 \-ery intereslin.ij one. Many sjiecies of jirairie llowers could always be 

 found there which were very rare uv unknown in other parts of the 

 county; and then I was always apt to lind species of birds not found else- 

 where. The Prairie Chicken was one of these. T'sually from one to a half 

 dozen could be found in that neislib(u-hood if I took the trouble to hunt for 

 them. 



A line siiecimen. a male, obtained April 1. iSiMl. from Raub. Indiana, 

 whence it was sent me l)y Mr. Ward, one of my students. (Ine. -k -male, 

 obtained in the Terre Haute market. January 10. ]8!»1 : cost (id cents. 



In Carroll County, the si)ecies has never bei'u common except in the 

 l>rairie of the northwestern part. When a boy. I renieniber to have seen 

 two alight on the top l»oard of a gate across the lane on my father's farm. 

 just east of the Michigan road. They remained only a few moments then 

 resumed their flight, going on eastward. In Tii»pecanoe and Jefferson town- 

 ships, in the northwestern part, they have been and still are rather common. 

 In the spring of 1S8.'1 ;in<l again in 18S4 and issn. when driving over that 

 portion of the county, as I had frecpient occasion to do. I rarely failed to 

 see .several pairs, or to hear them Inxmiing in the morning and evening. 

 Several seen and lie;ird in the prairie near the Evans schoolhouse (Tipii(>- 

 canoe Township!. April 17 and is. iss.'i : .May 8. I,s.s4. one seen in an old 

 cornfield near the Evans scho<»lh<nise : February J). 188."). two seen by Miss 

 Mary Ciuuiingham near the New Beauty schoolhouse (Tippecanoe Town- 

 ship), snow very decji and day very cold. 



