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and by that time it was almost deserted. Only three 

 birds were seen about the grove and these appeared to 

 be on the eve of departure. In fact, no herons had been 

 seen along the river for some time previously. August 

 31 I saw the last one, perhaps one of those seen at the 

 heronry on the 25th, a lone bird, fishing along the river. 



This' heronry is situated between the Dismal and the 

 Loup rivers, about nine miles from the former and four 

 miles from the latter. Both streams are visited by the 

 birds. Another heronry is said to be located a number 

 of miles west of the one I visited but I never found time 

 to search for it. 



i6. Butorides virescens (Linnaeus) — Green Heron. 



No Green Herons were in evidence during 1912, but on 

 August 28, 1911, a single male bird was taken from its 

 perch on a brush heap overhanging the river. This 

 furnishes a rather westerly record for the species in Ne- 

 braska. 



17. Nycticorax nycticoraxnaevins (Boddaert) — Black-croAvned 



Night Heron. 



The Black-crowned Night Heron is probably only a 

 migrant at Halsey although it breeds locally in the sand- 

 hills of the state. Two records are in my note-book, one 

 of an immature bird noted standing in the shallows of the 

 river on September 20, 1911, the other of a lone individual 

 seen flying along the stream on September 3, 1912. 



18. Grus mexicana (Muller) — Sandhill Crane. 



The Sandhill Crane has been noted by R. H. Wolcott as 

 occur; ring in the region. 



19. Fulica americana Gmelin — Coot. 



The Coot is a summer resident and possible breeder in 

 the lakes and marshes of the sandhills but I noted it only 

 once at Halsey. July 17, 1912, one was seen swimming 

 about alone in the river near the Reserve station. 



20. Gallinago delicata (Ord) — Wilson Snipe. 



F. M. Chapman reports a Wilson Snipe from the Loup 

 valley but I saw none there, although on May 26, 1912, 

 I flushed one from a boggy flat along the shore of the 

 Dismal river where it had been poking about in the 

 spring-dotted soil. It did not flush until very nearly trod 



