44 Proceedings of the 



passing buggy and its occupants. They are mostly confined 

 to the vicinity of the prairie-dog towns. Swenk noted them 

 at prairie dog towns between Stratton and Max on July 23, 

 1903, and again several miles east of Haigler on the same 

 day. Zimmer also found these birds at Haigler, and in the 

 hills south of Imperial, on July 2, 1911, found a Burrowing 

 Owl hunting in the broad daylight. 



17. Coccyaits amcricanus (Linnaeus) — Belted Kingfisher. 



On July 6, 1911, Zimmer saw three Yellow-billed Cuckoos 

 some distance west of Haigler and attempted to collect one 

 of them, but the bird escaped owing to the gun missing fire. 

 Returning of a later date he fo\uid no trace whatever of the 

 of extreme southwestern Nebraska is the California Cuckoo 

 birds. It is highly probable that the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 

 C. a. occidcntalis, which form is stated to be the common 

 and almost exclusive summer resident and breeder over the 

 whole state of Colorado up to the extreme eastern edge of 

 the state, but the identity of these Haigler birds must remain 

 an open question pending the securing of specimens. 



18. Ccrylc alcyon (Linnaeus) — Belted Kingfisher. 



On July 25, 1903, Swenk noted a Kingfisher come flying 

 down the Arickaree and into the town, alighting on a large 

 water tank on the main street and spending some time peer- 

 ing into its depths. Zimmer noted the species at Haigler on 

 July 6, 8, and 11, 1911. 



19. Mclancrpes crythrocephalus (Linnaeus) — Red-headed 



Woodpecker. 



Swenk noted this woodpecker at Ogallala, June 21, 1905, 

 at Benkelman, July 23, 1903, and a pair at Haigler, July 25, 

 1903. Zimmer noted it but once, at Haigler, July 8, 1911, 

 when a singe individual was seen. 



20. Colaptcs aiiratus liiteus Bangs — Northern Flicker. 



Moderately common at Haigler in 1911, where Zimmer 

 noted it on July 6, 8, 9, and 10. On the last date he found 

 an immature bird where it had hanged itself by getting its 

 neck caught in the framework of a windmill tower where 

 two supports came together in a sharply angled Y. It was 

 (piite recently dead when he found it. 



21. Colaptcs cafcr collaris Vigors — Red-shafted Flicker. 



Zimmer found this species rather less common than the 

 preceding, but noted it at Haigler on July 4, 8, and 11. 



