58 NEBRASKA ORXITHOi.O(;iSTS' UNION 



722. Olbioivhiliis liiviiialis (Vieill.). — Winter Wren. Uncommon in late 

 fall, rare in winter. Dunbar, December 2, 1901 (M. A. Carriker, Jr.). 



726. Vcrtliia famUiaris americana (Bonap.). — Brown Creeper. Common in 



wdnter. 

 726&. Certhia fainiUaris moniana Ridgw. — Kockj- Mountain Creeper. Ex- 

 treme Avestern pai't of state. Sioux Co., Febrviary 19, 1896 (L. 

 Bruner). 



727. Sitta caroliiicnsis Lath. — White-bellied Nuthatch. Common resident. 



more in evidence in winter. 

 727ff. t'^itta carol in en sis aciileata (Cass.). — Slender-billed Nuthatch. Sioux 

 Co., December 12, 1895 (L. Bruner). Common westward. 



728. Sitta canadensis Linn. — Eed-bellied Nuthatch. Tjncommon winter 



resident. Sioux Co., February 25, 26, 1896 (L. Skow). 

 731. Pants hicoJor Linn. — Tufted Titmouse. A rare resident (I. S. Trost- 



ler). Taken in January (L. Bruner). 

 735. Panis atricainllus Linn. — Chickadee. Found throughoiit the year 



in extreme eastern Nebraska. 

 7350. Paras atricainllus septentrionaUs (Harris). — Long-tailed Chickadee. 



Same as preceding-, but commoner westward. 



748. Regulus satrapa Licht. — Golden-crowned Kinglet. A winter resident 



(I. S. Trostler). 



749. Regulus calendula (Linn.). — Ruby-crowned Kinglet. A winter resi- 



dent (I. S. Trostler). 



754. Myadestes toionsendii (Aud.). — Townsend's Solitaire. Resident in 

 western Nebraska, straggling east in winter. Several records. 



761. Meriila mif/ratoria (Linn.). — American Robin. Not rare as a resident 

 in mild winters. Beatrice, February 22, 1900. Lincoln. January 

 21, 1900 (R. H. Wolcott). 



766. Sialia sialis (Linn.). — Bluebird. Resident, but rare in ^^^nter. Jan- 

 uary 22, 1901 (M. A. Carriker, Jr.). 



A COMPARISON OF THE BIRD-LIFE FOUND IN THE SAND-HILL 

 REGION OF HOLT COUNTY IN 1883-84 AND IN 1901 



LAWRENCE BRUNER, LINCOLN « 



I do not know how^ many of you have ever gone over the sand-hill 

 region of Nebraska, especially along the north and east edge where 

 the water seems to have accumulated much more plentifully than 

 in other portions of it. Be this as it maj^ it was my privilege along 

 Avith several others to spend some time in 1883-84 in southern Holt 

 County where we entered land under the tree-claim act. Leaving West 

 Point we journeyed by team up the beautiful and fertile valley of the 

 Elkhorn as far as Neligh, in Anteloiie County, where the United States 

 land office for the district Avas located. Having arrived there, an 

 inspection of the maps and records indicated that in the southwestern 

 corner of Holt County, in the midst of the sand-hills, lay a low piece 

 of land. The maps showed this tract of land to be located about ten 



