84 NEBRASKA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



a nest near; Belted Piping Plover, common; Sanderling-, one bird seen; 

 Sand-hill Crane, one pair; King' Rail, several; Prairie Hen, common; 

 Sharp-tailed fironse, common; Red-winged Blackbird, breeds in num- 

 bers; Marsh Hawk, common; Maryland Yellow-throat, one seen among 

 canes near Trout Lake. 



NOTES ON BIRDS FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA 



A. R. GRAVES, KEARNEY 



69. Sterna forsteri Nutt. — Forster's Tern. Near Atkinson, August 2, 1892. 

 77. Hydrothelidon itif/ra siirinaniensis (Gmel.). — Black Tern. Kearney, 

 August 18, 1899. 



131. Lopliodytes cuciillatus (Linn.). — Hooded Merganser. vSwan Lake, Holt 

 Co., September 10, 1891. 



135. Chaulclasmus strepents (Linn.). — Gadwall. Kennedj', Cherry Co., No- 

 vember 7, 1891. 



137. Mareca civiericana (Gmel.). — Baldpate. Ewing, April 19, 1892. 



139. Nettion carolinensis (Gmel.). — Green-winged Teal. Phillips, June 24, 

 1891. 



142. Spatula clypeata (Linn.).— Shoveller. Bassett, April 23, 1892. 



143. DaPa acuta (Linn.).— Pintail. Kearney, March 23, 1892. 



149. Aythija afflms (Eyt.).— Lesser Scaup Duck. Ewing, April 19, 1892. 

 153. Charitonetta albcola (lAnn.) . — Buffle-head. Kennedy, November 7, 1891. 

 167. Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmel.) — Ruddy Duck. Bassett, April 23, 1892. 

 190. Botaurus lentiyiiiOKKS (Montag.). — Bittern. Bassett, September 9,1891. 

 230. GalVmatio ddicata (Ord.). — Wilson's Snipe. Kennedy, April 25, 1892. 

 241. Tringa bairdii (Cowes). — Baird's Sandpiper. Kearney, August 18 ,1899. 

 248. Calidris arenaria (Linn.). — Sanderling. Alliance, April G, 1892. 



255. Totaniis flavipes (Gmel.). — Yellow-legs. Kennedy, A^jril 27, 1892. 



256. Helodi-omas solitariiis (Wils.). — Solitary Sandpiiier. Chapman, June 



30, 1891. 

 25Sff. Sympltcmla sanipalmata iiiornata Brewst. — Western Willet. Watt's 



Lake, Cherry Co., May 30, 1893. 

 264. Niimenivs lonyirostris Wils. — Long-billed Curlew. Kennedy, April 28, 



1892. 

 270. Squatarola sqiiatarola (Linn.). — Black-belied Plover. Atkinson, Oc- 

 tober 9, 1893. 

 273. ^(lialitis vocifera (Linn.). — Killdeer. Chapman, June 30, 1891. 

 289. Colinus virpiniaims (Linn.). — Bob-white. Kearney, July 7, 1892. 

 307. Tympanvdius pallidicwctus Ridgw. — Lesser Prairie Hen. Bassett, 



September 9, 1891. 

 308?;. Pedioecetes pliasianellus campestris Ridgw. — Prairie Sharp-tailed 



Grouse. Kennedy, April 25, 1892. 

 316. Zenaidvra macroura (Linn.). — Mourning Dove. Doniphan, June 23, 



1891. 

 331. Circus hiidsonrns (Linn.).— Marsh Hawk. North Platte, September 4, 



1893. 



