BIRD RECORDS IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY 7? 



October 31. On November 5 another trip was made to Badger 

 Lake, when another specimen was taken, and two were found 

 which had been shot. The writer has no knowledge of this 

 species having been obtained or reported in this locality pre- 

 viously. 



2. Holboeirs Grrebe. ColijymhKs holhoelli. On November 7 

 a specimen was mounted by Mr. Anderson, which had been sent 

 in from Page, Nebraska. Although the species is listed in ' ' The 

 Birds of Nebraska" by Bruner, Wolcott, and Swenk, it is con- 

 sidered a very unusual record in our locality. 



3. Black Duck. Anas ruhripes. A male specimen killed 

 near Luton, Iowa, Avas mounted by Mr. Anderson on IMarch 11, 

 1918. 



4. Wood Duck. Aix sponsa. A specimen was shot by mis- 

 take by a hunter at Badger Lake on October 28, 1917. 



5. Golden-eye. Clangmla americana. Mr. Anderson mount- 

 ed two male specimens; one on October 31, 1917, shot at Badger 

 Lake ; and one on November 18, 1917, sent in from Hull, Iowa. 



6. Wilson Snipe. Gallinago delicata. These birds were 

 noted in about the usual numbers in late September, throughout 

 October and early November in suitable places. 



7. Black-bellied Plover. Sqiiatarola squatarola. A flock of 

 a dozen, and one dead one were observed by ]Mr. Anderson at 

 Badger Lake on October 21, 1917. 



8. Golden Plover. Charadrius daminicus. One specimen 

 was taken at Badger Lake on November 5 and mounted by Mr. 

 Anderson. Later I heard that hunters had, on the previous 

 day, November 4, killed nearly all of a flock of about twenty 

 birds at the same place. 



9. Marsh Hawk. Circus hudsomus. Noted as late as De- 

 cember 2 and as early as February 3. In other years we have 

 not seen this bird in January or late December, and it probably 

 does not remain through the winter. 



10. Goshawk. Astur atricapillus. A few specimens were 

 obtained this winter, though there did not seem to be any such 

 wave as in the preceding season ; and those which were obtained 

 this year were all taken late in the winter, rather than early, 

 as the year before. On January 4, 1918, Mrs. H. IM. Bailey, 



