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Haigler from July 7 to 11, 1911. On July 8 he found the 

 nest of a pair of these birds in a swamp near Buffalo creek, 

 several miles east of Haigler, and flushed the hawks them- 

 selves nearb3^ The birds were all on the wing and the nest, 

 therefore, was empty, but the parents showed as much anx- 

 iety during his exploration of the swamp as though the 

 nest had contained eggs or nestling young. 



11. Buteo szvainsoni Bonaparte — Swainson Hawk. 



Swenk noted a dead hawk of this species along the road 

 between Grant and Imperial, June 22, 1905. Two large 

 hawks which he took to be this species were also seen cir- 

 cling about overhead. 



12. Archihutco fcrnigincns{Jj\Q\\iens,ie,m) — Ferruginous Rough- 



leg. 

 At Haigler. July 25, 1903, Swenk noted one of these hawks 

 in the sandhills north of town, the bird allowing a very close 

 approach, while Zimmer noted hawks of this species flying 

 overhead at the same locality, July 5, 8, and 11, 1911. Near 

 Imperial, July 1, 1911, Zimmer observed one perched mo- 

 tionless on a pile of boulders that marked the summit of a 

 near-by hill. 



13. Falco sparvcrius (Linnaeus) — Sparrow Hawk. 



A pair of Sparrow Hawks were noted by Bruner at Max, 

 July 23, 1903. This record is referred to the eastern form, 

 though the birds may easily have been the desert form, 

 F. s. phalaciia, which is resident in Sioux county. 



14. Asio flammcus (Pontopiddan) — Short-eared Owl. 



One seen at Benkelman, June 25, 1905, by Swenk. 



15. Ohis asio (Linnaeus) — Screech Owl. 



On July 9, 1911, in a little grove of willows near the 

 swamp containing the Marsh Hawk nest, Zimmer found 

 about a half dozen screech owls and secured a specimen. 

 This bird, though somewhat paler than our eastern Ne- 

 braska screech owls, is unquestionably referable to the 

 eastern subspecies and does not closely approach the Rocky 

 Mountain form, O. a. maxwciliae. 



16. Spcotyto cunicularia hypogaea ( Bonaparte) — Burrowing 



Owl. 

 Both Swenk and Zimmer noted this owl commonly between 

 Grant and Imperial, perched like so many statues on the 

 fence posts and sleepily turning their heads to watch the 



