THE 00L0QI8T 



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that have been seen by the writer 



are g'iven. 



A. O. U. 

 59. Franklin Gull. Very rare tran- 

 sient visitant. 

 ()!). Forster Tern. Very rare tran- 

 sient visitant. 

 77. Black Tern. Rare transient visi- 

 tant. 



Wild Ducks. Common visitants. 

 Wild Geese. Once a common 

 transient but growing rare in 

 later years. 



1!I0. American Bittern Rare spring 

 visitant. 



1!)4. Great Blue Heron. Rare spring 

 and fall visitant. 



201. Great Heron. Rather common 



summer resident. 



202. Black-crowned Night Heron. 



Rather common summer resi- 

 dent. 



219. P^lorida Gallinule. Very rare 

 transient visitant. 



221. American Coot. Rather rare vis- 

 itant which probably nests in 

 suitable parts of the county. 



230. Wilson Snipe. Rather common 

 in spring and fall. 



255. Lesser Yellow-legs. Very rare 

 visitant. Seen in 1918 only. 



26o. Spotted Sandpiper. Rather com- 

 mon. Known chiefly as a spring 

 migrant. 



273. Killdeer. Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



289. Bob-White. Permanent resident 

 almost exterminated a few 

 years ago but the 5 year closed 

 shooting season (expiring 1922) 

 has made them quite common 

 again We need another 5 year 

 period to make them abundant 

 enough to withstand the gun- 

 ners. 



305. Prairie Hen. Once a common 

 permanent resident but now 

 very rare. A farmer of my ac- 

 quaintance thinks that the ad- 

 vent of the barbed wire fence, 

 on the prairie lands in Iowa, did 

 as much to exterminate the 

 Prairie Hen, as the gunners did. 

 According to him, a covey of 

 these birds fly low and are im- 

 paled on the wires. He says he 

 has often seen their dead bodies 

 on the wires. Perhaps this is 

 a new theory but it sounds quite 

 reasonable. 



316. Mourning Dove. Very comiiioii 

 permanent resident. 



337. Red-tailed Hawk. Rather com- 

 mon permanent resident. There 

 are a good many species of 

 Hawks to be found here, but I 

 have not identified them posi- 

 tively. 



352. Bald Eagle Excessively rare 

 visitant. Onlv one seen, May G, 

 1919. 



3GS. Barred Owl. Once rather com- 

 mon but now very rare. 



373. Screech Owl. Rather common 

 permanent resident. 



■'76. Snowy Owl. Very rare visitant. 

 Only one seen during a snow- 

 storm, Nov. 22, 1918. 



387. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Summer 



resident Cannot be called com- 

 mon. 



388. Black-billed Cuckoo. Rare sum- 



mer resident. 

 390. Belted Kingfisher. Common 

 summer resident. 



393. Hairy Woodpecker. Rather 



common permanent resident. 



394. Southern Downy Woodpecker. 

 Common permanent resident. 



402. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Rather 

 common in the fall. 



406 Red-headed Woodpecker. Very 

 common summer resident. 



412. Flicker. Permanent resident. 

 Very common in summer. 



417, Whip-poor-will. Rather common 

 summer resident. More often 

 heard than seen. 



420. Nighthawk. Summer resident. 

 Common some summers, rare 

 others. 



423. Chimney Swift. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



428. Ruby-throated Hummingl)ird. 



Rare summer resident. 



444. Kingbird. Very common sum- 

 mer resident. 



452. Crested Flycatcher. Rather 



common summer resident. 



456. Phoebe. Common summer resi- 

 dent. 



461. Wood Pewee. Summer resident. 

 Less abundant than the preced- 

 ing. 



4 74B Prairie Horned Lark. Very com- 

 mon in summer, but I have not 

 made enough o])servations to 

 determine whether it is a per- 

 manent resident in this locality 

 or not. 



