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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 13-No. 4 



mentions one specimen collected on the Platte 

 in 1856, as late as July 14. 



The gulls are very abundant during wet 

 springs and falls ; high waters. The people 

 foretell a rise in the larger streams by the large 

 number of gulls flying up stream in order to 

 collect insects from the fresh waves. Frank- 

 lin's Gull and tlie Ring-billed Gull are some- 

 times seen in small floclvs. Parties malting col- 

 lections in the State claim that other species of 

 Gull are found, but we have obtained no au- 

 thentic record of the species. Also Aughey 

 speaks of some members of this family which 

 he failed to identify. One specimen in the 

 State Normal Museum has not been fully identi- 

 fied. 



69. Sterna foi-stfi-i CSatt). Forster's Tern. A 

 few during migration. Arrive about the first 

 of May. 



70. iS'. hirundo (Linn). Common Tern. Not 

 common. Arrive abont the fii'st of May. 



71. S. paradiswa (Brunn). Arctic Tern. Dr. 

 Aughey mentions seeing a few of these Terns 

 in Dixon County in May 1866. 



74. S.antillar>iin (heis). Least Tern. Abun- 

 dant in June, July and August. Breeding in 

 the State. Arrive about the first of May. 



77. IlydrocheUdon nii/rn siirinameJisis (Gmel.) 

 Black Tern. Quite common during migrations. 

 Some few breed in the State. Arrive about tlie 

 first of May and October. 



120. Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw. & Rich). 

 Double-crested Cormorant. Not on record as a 

 Nebraska bird, but found in Kansas, Iowa and 

 Dakota. Breeds in Dakota. Perhaps migra- 

 tory in Nebraska, passing throngh in April and 

 November. 



125. Pelecanus eri/throrh;inchos (Gmel.) 

 American White Pelican. Seen on the Platte, 

 Missouri and other streams in large flocks dur- 

 ing migrations. Mr. George Colman, October 

 20, 1886, counted forty in one flock on the Mis- 

 souri. Arrive in April, May, and in October 

 and November. Dr. Aughey says : " This and 

 other species exist in the State." 



120. Merr/anser americamis (Cass) . American 

 Merganser. Not common. Arrives about the 

 last of April or first of May. Hunters claim 

 that this (luck remains on the Missouri all sum- 

 mer. 



130. M. serrator (Linn). Red-breasted Mer- 

 ganser. Not seen except during the winter. 

 Not common. 



131. Lophodytes cucullatns (Linn). Hooded 

 Merganser. Somewhat common in winter in 

 parts of the State. A few spend the summer in 

 Nebraska. 



132. Anan hnschns (Linn). Mallard. Very 

 abundant during migrations. Not an uncom- 

 mon resident. More abundant at some seasons 

 than others. 



133. A. obscura (Gmel.) Black Duck. 

 Sometimes common during migration. Arrive 

 the last of March or first of April. 



135. A. strepera (Linu). Gadwall. Some- 

 times common during migration. As it breeds 

 in Kansas and Dakota, it doulitles* breeds in 

 Nebraska. 



137. A. americana (Gmel.) Baldpate. Com- 

 mon in migration. Come the last of March or 

 first of April, and sometimes stay as late as 

 .Tune. 



139. A. caroUnensis (Gmel.) Green-winged 

 Teal. Abundant during migration. Arrive the 

 first of April and stay till June. Return about 

 the first of September, and stay till the last of 

 December. 



140. A. discors (Linn). Blue-winged Teal. 

 Very plentiful during migration, from the first 

 of May till June, and in the fall. A few breed 

 in the State. Mr. C. J. Pierson, in the records 

 of the Normal Science Society, says : " This 

 bird when I came upon it, did not fly, but crept 

 very close along the opposite side of the river. 

 Often it would hide under cover of a log or 

 brush that projected into the water." 



141. A. cijancptera (Vielt). Cinnamon Teal. 

 This bird is not on record as a Nebraska bird, 

 neither has it come under my observation. Sev- 

 eral parties claim that, at times, it is plentiful 

 in central and western Nebraska. Goss says : 

 " Not uncommon in middle and western Kan- 

 sas." 



142. Spatula dypeata (Linn). Shoveller. 

 Sometimes common on the Missouri during 

 spring and fall migrations. Somewhat rare in 

 other parts of the State. Arrive about the first 

 of April, and sometimes stay till June or July, 

 some few probably breeding in this State. 



143. Dafila acuta (Linn). Pintail. Very plen- 

 tiful on the Missouri during migrations, and 

 somewhat common over the State. Arrive in 

 March and first of April; leave about the first 

 of May. 



144. Aix. <<p(iHsa (Linn). Wood Duck. Avery 

 common summer resident; perhaps the most 

 plentiful duck on the Missouri. Arrive the first 

 of April and stay till September or October. 



146. Aythija americana (KyV). Redhead. Nu- 

 merous from the first of April, till sometimes 

 the first of June. Again seen in October and 

 November. 



147. A. rallisneria (Will). Canvas-back. 

 Rejiorted by Mr. E. P. Boggs as " very plentiful 



