MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 



THE CAROLINA PAROQUET 



When T came to Brownville, in the spring of 1856, and foi- eight or 

 ten years thereafter, tliere was an abundance of green parrots, or 

 IJaroqnets, in this vicinity. Their home and breeding i)lace was on an 

 island of tlie Missouri River, ten miles north of this jjlace. They often 

 came into the trees in and about the town, and were verj' noisy and 

 quite tame. Many of the young ones were taken from their nests by 

 the boys and raised by hand for pets. They could not be taught to 

 talk. I remember that one season some young men raised a hundred 

 or more of them for sale, sending them to other states. During the 

 year 186G, or thereabout, they all suddenly disappeared, and never since 

 to my knowledge have been seen or known about here. Their nesting 

 places were in the hollows of old trees on the island referred to. 



EoBT. W. Furnas, Brownville. 



ADIWTIONAL NOTES OX GAGE COUNTY BIRDS 



The following records should be added to those given in tlie Pro- 

 ceedings of the Second Annual Meeting', page 100: 



62. Xema sahinii (Sab.). — Sabine's Gull. On the evening of Sei^tember 

 2, 1899, an immature specimen of this gull was caught in a semi- 

 exhausted condition, it being one of a small flock that had been 

 circling about an electric light at Beatrice. I kept the captive 

 bird for about two weeks and it proved to be a tame, confiding 

 pet. It fed from my hand, and seemed especially fond of fresh 

 beef, for when this was offered it became greatly excited, and 

 repeated its shrill cry "kitti-wek, kitti-wek." After making a 

 sketch to prove the identification, the bird was released. The 

 only other record of this bird for the state is based on a skin in 

 the University collection, taken at Lincoln in early September, 

 1899, by Mr. M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



131. Lophodijtes cucitUatiis (Linn.). — Hooded Merganser. In the middle 

 of July, 1900, I saw a female with six or seven young on the Blue, 

 and secured a young bird. 



203. Nyctieorax violaceus (Linn.). — Yellow-crowned Night Heron. On 

 July 19, 1901, an immature male specimen of this bird was shot 

 on the Blue River two miles east of Beatrice. It was taken at 

 almost exactly noon while feeding under a steep bank. Excepting 

 portions of a crayfish, the stomach contained nothing but grass- 

 hoppers. 



375ff. Buho virginianus pallescnis Stone. — Western Horned Owl. I saw a 

 mounted specimen of this race of Horned Owl which had been 

 taken near Beatrice on or about December 20, 1898. 



757. HyJociclihi aJickie (Baird).— Gray-cheeked Thrush. An adult female 

 was shot by me near Beatrice. ;May 15, 1901. the skin being now in 

 mj- collection. This is the first definite record for this bird in 

 the state. 



^r. H. SwENK. Lincoln. 



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