70 NEBRASKA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



Specifst restricted to Upper Sonoran 



140. QuerqaeuuJa discors (Linn.). — Blue-winged Teal. Small pond on 



Monroe Creek. 

 142. Spatula dypeata (Linn.). — Shoveller. In company with the preceding. 



These ducks probably bred in the vicinity. 

 190. Botaurus Icntif/inosus (Montag.). — American Bittern. The Bittern 



was seen but once — on the S""E* ranch. 

 273. Aepialitis vocifera (Linn.). — Killdeer. A common breeder in the bad 



lands. 

 308&. Pedioecetes phasianellus campestris Ridgw. — Prairie Sharp-tailed 



Grouse. Was found breeding in alfalfa fields along Monroe and 



Jim Creeks. 

 309. Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonap.). — Sage Grouse. A few pairs of 



the Sage Grouse were nesting- in the sage brush along Antelope 



and Indian creeks. Mr. Carriker shot young birds in the middle of 



July. 

 331. Circus hudsonius (Linn.). — Marsh Hawk. Dr. Wolcott secured a set 



of eggs of the Marsh Hawk in a swampy tract in the bad lands 



early in June. 

 378. Speotyto cunicuJaria hypog(ca (Bonap.). ^Burrowing- Owl. Often seen 



around dog towns where they breed. 

 388. Goccyzus erythrophthahnus (Wils.). — Black-billed Cuckoo. Several seen 



along the creeks in June and July. 



444. Tyrannus tyraniins (Linn.) . — Kingbird. Often had its nest in the same 

 tree with Arkansas Flycatcher, but was not nearly so abundant. 



447. Tyrannus vertlcalis Say. — Arkansas Flycatcher. An abundant breeder 

 in the cottonwoods along the bad lands streams, the middle of 

 June being the height of their breeding season. In a distance of 

 two miles along- Bad Land Creek there must have been fully a 

 hundred pairs of these birds breeding in 1901. 



488. Corvits americanus (Aud.). — Crow. A crow was seen at Crawford, 

 Neb., May 25, 1901. 



495. Molothrus (iter (Bodd.). — Cowbird. A common bird in the valley. 



498. Agelaius phoeniceus (Linn.). — Red-winged Blackbird. Breeding abun- 

 dantly in a bad lands marsh Ma^' 28, the nests nearly all contain- 

 ing fresh sets. 



508. Icterus hullocki (Swains.). — Bullock's Oriole. A set of eggs was 

 taken on Bad Land Creek. June 16. Other birds were seen on 

 Indian Creek a few daj's later. 



510. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus (Wagl.). — Brewer's Blackbird. Numbers 

 of Brewer's blackbirds, both young and adults, were seen on 

 Indian Creek, June 18-20. 



5nb. Quiscahcs quiscula cenetis (K^Agw.) . — Bronzed Grackle. Frequently 

 seen in the Basin. 



552«. Chondestes {/ranunacus strigatus (Swains.). — Western Lark Sparrow. 

 Common breeder in the bad lands, where a mnnber of nests were 

 found. 



5fi2. Spizello hreweri Cass. — Brewer's SparroAv. Mr. Carriker found several 

 pairs of Brewer's sparrows breeding on Indian Creek. The 

 nests were in bushes of the Greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) . 



*The brand used at the ranch ; pronounced S-bar-E. 



