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191. Least Bittern. 364. 



194. Great Blue Heron. 366. 



201. Green Heron. 390. 



202. Black-crowned Night Heron. 495. 

 221. Coot. 611. 

 263. Spotted Sandpiper. 612. 

 273. Killdeer. 613. 

 316. Mourning Dove. 614. 



331. Marsh Hawk. 616. 



332. Sharp-shinned Hawk. 617. 



333. Cooper Hawk. 652. 

 352. Bald Eagle. 



Osprey. 



Long-eared Owl. 



Belted Kingfisher. 



Cowbird. 



Purple Martin. 



Cliff Swallow. 



Barn Swallow. 



Tree Swallow. 



Bank Swallow. 



Rough-winged Swallow. 



Yellow Warbler. 



To these should be added the following which are distributed 

 generally over the interior of the continent: 



■206. Sandhill Crane. 



224. Wilson Phalarope. 



258a. Western Willet. 



305. Prairie Chicken. 



511b. Bronzed Crackle. 



547a. Western Henslow Sparrow. 



633. Bell Vireo. 



Two forms are characteristic of the high plains, of which a con- 

 siderable portion of this state forms a part. These are : 



420c. Sennett Nighthawk. 



563a. Western Field Sparrow. 



Thus Nebraska lies, roughly speaking, at the center of distri- 

 bution of 38 forms. 



The following birds breed mainly to the northward of us : 



Solitary Sandpiper. 

 Upland Plover. 

 Long-billed Curlew. 

 Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse. 

 Golden Eagle. 

 Duck Hawk. 

 Short-eared Owl. 

 Saw-whet Owl. 

 Red Crossbill. 

 Pine Siskin. 



Chestnut-collared Longspur. 

 McCown Longspur. 

 Clay-colored Sparrow. 

 Cedar Waxwing. 

 Olive-backed Thrush. 



