76 NEBRASKA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



EESULTS OF A COLLECTING TKIP TO SIOUX COUNTY 



J. C. CRAWFORD, JR., WEST POINT 



The party consisted of Professor ])runer. Messrs. J. S. Hunter, Meri-itt 

 Cary, and myself, and arrived at Hari-ison on May 18, 1900. Professor 

 Briiner had to return to Lincoln May 22, while the rest stayed until 

 June 1. On the afternoon of our arrival, we drove out to Monroe 

 Canj^on, where we camped. 



The country is an excellent one for collecting. The canyons extend 

 across the country in a line from northeast to southwest with the 

 table lands to the southeast and the Hat Creek valley with the Bad 

 Lands to the northwest. 



The trees in the canyons are mainly pines on the sides, and at the 

 bottoms elm, maple, birch, cottonwood, ash and willow are mingled 

 with the pines. The canyons are well watered, nearly every one having- 

 a creek, with branches running" from the many side canyons. 



Here our collecting- was done; the only variation being a trip to the 

 Bad Lands on May 20, and the observations made on the table lands on 

 the way out and on the rettirn. 



140. Qiicrqiicdnla discors (Linn.). — Blue-winged Teal. A few seen May 19, 

 at Andrews. 



261. Bartramia longimuda (Bechst.). — Bartramian Sandpiper. Seen May 

 18. near Crawford; also June 1, on table lands near Harrison. Com- 

 mon. 



273. JEiiiaJitiH vmifrra (Linn.). — Killdeer. May 18; also seen in the Bad 

 Lands, May 20. 



289. VoJimts rirginiamis (Linn.) — Quail. May 18, near Andrews. 



:joS. Fedioccctes sp. — Sharp-tailed Grouse. One May 20, on the edge of 

 Bad Lands, but not secured. 



:!1(). ZciKiidura macronra (Linn.). — Mourning- Dove. Very common. 



325. Cuthartcs aura (Linn.). — Turkey Vulture. Common. 



332. Accipiter velox (Wils.). — Sharp-shinned Hawk. Breeding. A nest 



found May 23, and the set of five eggs secured yater. 



333. Arciiiitvr cooiJcrii (J5onap.). — Cooper's Hawk. One seen May 19. 

 337«. Butco hoiralis kridrrii Hoopes. — Krider's Bed-tail. Found breeding 



on a high cliil: about eighty feet from the base. From a tree 



near by we were able to see that the nest contained two eggs, 



but we could not get at them. 

 3-12. Bittco .sirainsoiii Bonap. — Swainson's Hawk. Seen May 19. 

 347a. ArchibuUo laj/opus sancti-iohannis (Gmel.). — American Bough-legged 



Hawk. May IS, a hawk was seen which ^vas supposed to be a 



Rough-leg, and was so dark that it seemed this species, but we 



were not close enoug-h to be positive. 

 349. A(jvlhi chnjsactos (Linn.). — Golden Eagle. One seen May 23. 

 355. Fah-o mexicanus Schleg. — Prairie Falcon. One was seen May 18. 

 360. Falco sparverius Linn. — Sparrow Hawk. A very common hawk. 



Found breeding and eggs secured. 



