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654. Black-throated Blue Warbler. 



660. Bay-breasted Warbler. 



671. Pine Warbler. 



672. Palm Warbler. 



680. Macg-illivray's Warbler. 

 684. Hooded Warbler. 



686. Canadian Warbler. 



718. Carolina Wren. 



719. Bewick's Wren. 



726&. Rocky Mountain Creeper. 

 730. Pyg-niy Nuthatch. 



The distribution of the eastern and western forms of the following- 

 must be determined: 



420. Nighthawk. 



540. Vesper Sparrow. 



542ff. Savanna Sparrow. 



546. Grasshopper Si)arrow. 



554. White-crowned Sparrow, 



559. Tree Sparrow. 



563. Field Sparrow. 



597. Blue Grosbeak. 



681. Maryland Yellow-throat. 

 683. Yellow-breasted Chat. 

 727. White-bellied Nuthatch. 

 735. Chickadee. 



The following need investigation: 



358. llichardson's ]\Ierlin. "Rather common in Nebi'aska, breeds here" — 

 Aughey; "Resident, common" — Taylor; "West Point, Omaha" — 

 Briiner. Not re])()rted by other observers — nor for years i^ast. 

 Was it formerly common? And is it now rare or absent? 



4(i5r/. Northern I'ileated Woodpecker. Is it still ]iresent? None have 

 been reported for several years. 



462. \Vestern Wood Pewee — "Omaha — breeds" (L. Skow). This seems 

 to have been an error, and its distribution in the western jjart 

 of the state is imcertain. 



474 and vars. Horned Larks. Our records concerning these birds are 

 much confused. Too much stress has been laid on the color of 

 the throat and other variable characters. The writer has seen 

 specimens from Omaha labelled "Pallid Horned Lai'k" that were 

 simply the Prairie form with hardly a trace of the yellow of 

 the throat. Apparently the Prairie Horned Lark (474b) is resi- 

 dent in Eastern Nebraska and the Desert Horned Lark (474c-) 

 in the western part of the state, while the tyjiical Horned Lark 

 (474) is occasionally found in Eastern Nebraska in winter, and 

 the Pallid or White-throated Horned Lark (474r/) comes into 

 the state in winter from the northwest. 



4S4. Canada Jay. Which form? 



486. Raven. Do the records refer to the American or the Northern? 



501 and 501&. Meadowlark and Western Meadowlark. When the rec- 

 ords are sifted it becomes apparent that most, if not all of 

 them, refer to the Western form. If the Eastern Meadowlark 

 occurs in the state it is but rarely and in the easternmost por- 

 tion. , . 



