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in r-!i llic s.iiii ■ :(>- t!i()s,' ol tlic iidjoiiiiiii^- Stiltes, l)ilt oc- 

 i.iiiir tli" ixiidcr l.iiul Ix'twc'cu tlie Viillcy :iiul the plain 

 I (list riliiii ion prcsi-nts niiiny intorestinii- (incstions. The 



!S ) "-i 's MOW cxtiiirt or doomed to cxtinctioii l)\ tlic in\:idini»- 

 ■j)]' •■^(Mi<'(' (»|" man !ia\(' need of an liist(»rian, aniJ his woi-|< can 

 not I)" hcLjain too soon. 



rii ' Itrst attention ^-ivcn to tlic liirds of the State was 

 ii'-'oUdily ahout t!ie year JSi'd, by 'I'homas Say, th(>iii:-h to 

 M'.iat extent his collections were made stricth' within onr 

 bordei-s it is dilHcnit to determine. Donljtless the tamons 

 Audubon in his many travels throu«h the Mississippi Valley 

 ton "lied more than (»n<'e upon our soil, and collected hei'c 

 soni" of th(* material for his famous drawinifs and descrip- 

 tions. I do not recall, however, his statement of any local- 

 ities now rec()<»-iiizablo as within the State. 



In l(Sl)<S Prof. J. A. Allen" [)ublished notes on Iowa birds, 

 lii villi): i» li^t of many species occurring- in the State. To this 

 list l^rof. 11. W. Parker, of Iowa College at (iriniioll, made 

 :i ('{)nsideral>le addition in a note in the American Natural- 

 ist,'' entitled, "Iowa liirds"; and in the re|)ort of the State 

 ueoloirical survey under Dr. V\'hite. Prof. Allen presents a 

 much more (•oin})lete catalonne. Pecently, Dr. II. S. Wil- 

 liams and Mr. C. R. Iveyes have eonjointly made an ex- 

 haustive study of the State Invd fauna, and it is probable that 

 but few species remain to be added to their eataloiiue. 



i'lol. F. K. L. I'.eal. Charles Aldrich. Prof. II. W. Par- 

 ker, Mr. F. M. Tripp and others jiavc <'oiitributcd to onr 

 knowiedo-e of local l»ird fa/u/'c within the State. l)reediiii:' 

 hal)its, mi;irat ion, etc. 



While little may l»e left to do u|)oii the a rfii k fniiiiu of the 

 State at lari;-e, much may be done concerniiiii- local distribu- 

 tion as to valhy, hill, forest or prairie, breedinii- iri'ounds 

 and time of a})pearaiicc and disappearance of niii:atorv spe- 



I — Mem. Host. Soc. N.tt. H^st. Vol. 1. ,.. W . 

 ?— American Nati.r.ilist, Vol. V.. p. iftS. 



