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Bald Eagle; one killed on the Ap- 

 pomattox marshes on March 

 12th that measured 6 feet and 

 6 inches from tip to tip. 



Barred Owl 



Screech Owl 



Great Horned Owl 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo 



Belted Kingfisher; found nesting 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 



Red-headed Woodpecker 



Flicker; found nesting 



Whip-poor-will 



Night Hawk 



Chimney Swift; found nesting 



Ruby-throated Hummi n g b i r d; 

 found nesting. 



Scarlet Tanager; found nesting 



Summer Tanager 



Cardinal; found nesting 



Purple Finch 



Red-winged Blackbird; found 

 nesting 



Blue Grosbeak; found nesting. 



Indigo Bunting; found nesting 



Blue Jay; found nesting 



Bluebird; found nesting 



Baltimore Oriole 



Orchard Oriole; found nesting 



Redstart; two nests found in 

 June 3, 1910; one with young 

 and one with eggs 



American Goldfinch 



Maryland Yellow-throat 



Yellow-Warbler; found nesting 



Cedar Waxwing 



Yellow-breasted Chat; found 

 nesting 



iNIeadowlark 



Crested Flycatcher; found nest- 

 ing 



Towhee; found nesting 



American Robin; found nesting 



Phoebe; found nesting- 

 Wood Pewee; found nesting 



Bank Swallow; found nesting 



Warbling Vireo; found nesting 



White-eyed Vireo; found nesting 



Vesper Sparrow- 

 Chipping Sparrow; found nest- 

 ing 



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Field Sparrow; found nesting 

 Swamj) Sparrow 

 White-throated Sparrow 

 Song Sparrow; found nesting 

 Brown Thrasher; found nesting 

 Wood Thrush; found nesting 

 Carolina Wren; found nesting 

 House Wren; found nesting 

 Long-billed Marsh Wren 

 Slate-colored Junco 

 Tufted Titmouse 

 Chickadee; found nesting 

 White-breasted Nuthatch 

 Kingbird; found nesting 

 Catbird; found nesting 

 Purple Martin; found nesting 

 Barn Swallow 

 Bob-o-link 

 Cowbird 

 Purple Grackle 



American Crow; found nesting 

 Bufflehead Duck; one killed on 

 Appomattox River. 



The American Coot. 



(Fulica Americana) 



No. 221. 



The American Coot, locally called 

 "Mud Hen" is quite common in favor- 

 able localities, throughout its range in 

 South Dakota. They nest in Colonies 

 from a few pair in the small ponds to 

 large numbers in the lakes and large 

 marshes in company with Grebes and 

 Rails. 



They are divers and seldom fly ex- 

 cept for short distances over the water. 

 When ducks are scarce, they are often 

 shot by hunters and left where they 

 are. 



At daybreak I have seen large num- 

 bers of coots along the shores. 



When alarmed they would fly with 

 their feet almost touching the water 

 across the few rods of open water to 

 the rushes. 



This year they arrived about April 

 1st, and the first full nests were found 

 May 25th. The nests are made of dead 



