NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. WITH A 

 PRELIMINARY LIST FOR UNION COUNTY. 



T. C. STEPHENS. 



This paper is prepared for the primary purpose of publishing 

 a few interesting or unusual records for the state of South 

 Dakota which have been very kindly placed in my possession 

 by Mr. A. J. Anderson, of Sioux City, Iowa. Mr. Anderson, 

 in his professional occupation as a taxidermist, has received 

 many specimens from a radius of two or three hundred miles, 

 and the present paper was conceived for the purpose of placing 

 on record such of these specimens from South Dakota (and two 

 or three from North Dakota) as seemed worthy. At the same 

 time it seemed that it might be worth while for the author to 

 include such observations as he has, incidentally, made within 

 that state; or has received from other observers. 



Sioux City is peculiarly located in contact with three states, 

 viz., Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. ■ Several lakes which 

 are frequented by water fowl and shore birds, and which are 

 easily reached from Sioux City, lie just across the river in 

 Nebraska or in South Dakota. For this reason considerable 

 field work has been done in these localities by local observers. 



The annotated list which is here presented is not by any 

 means complete, but may contain enough of value to justify 

 its publication; especially since the writer has little expectation 

 of doing more than sporadic work in this region in the future. 



A brief statement may now be made as to sources of informa- 

 tion, and as to the character of the region discussed. 



The notes which compose the rm'son d'etre of this paper have 

 come from the records of Mr. Anderson, as stated above. Mr. 

 A. F. Allen, who has occupied a cottage at McCook lake during 

 the summer season since 1915, has supplied much information 

 concerning the summer species. He has also done more or less 

 spring and fall work in the same vicinity. The writer has 

 relied to a very considerable extent upon the information re- 

 ceived from Mr. Allen concerning the status of the summer 

 birds in Union county, and is therefore under great obligation. 

 Mr. George 0. Ludcke has hunted on the lakes in Union county 

 more or less since 1910, and he has kindly given me numerous 

 notes on the water fowl and other large birds. A few notes 



