6 Proceedings of the 



over to a study of the woodland birds, the party returning to 

 Lincoln at 5 :45 p. m. The composite list of the day included one 

 hundred and three species, only one less than the record list of 

 May 9, 1903. The list follows : 



Bluebird, Robin, Wood Thrush, Long-tailed Chickadee, White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, Long-billed Marsh Wren, Western House 

 Wren, Brown Thrasher, Catbird, Maryland Yellowthroat, Louisi- 

 ana W^ater-Thrush, Grinnell Water-Thrush, Black-poll Warbler, 

 Myrtle W^arbler, Yellow Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler, 

 Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed \'ireo, Rough- 

 winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, 

 Cliff Swallow, Purple Martin, Dickcissel, Rose-breasted Gros- 

 beak, Cardinal, Arctic Towhee, Towhee, Lincoln Sparrow, Song 

 vSparrow, Western Field Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow. Chip- 

 ping Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Spar- 

 row, Harris Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Leconte Sparrow, Western 

 Grasshopper Sparrow, Savanna Sparrow, Pine Siskin, Goldfinch, 

 Red Crossbill, Bronzed Crackle, Baltimore Oriole, Western 

 Meadowlark, Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, 

 Cowbird, Crow, Blue Jay, Prairie Horned Lark, Least Fly- 

 catcher, Phoebe. Great-crested Flycatcher, Kingbird, Arkansas 

 Kingbird, Chimney Swift, Red-shafted Flicker, Northern 

 Flicker, Red-headed Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy 

 Woodpecker, Belted Kingfisher, Screech Owl, Barred Owl, 

 Short-eared Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper Hawk. Sharp-shinned 

 Hawk, Mourning Dove. Bobwhite, Piping Plover, Semipalmated 

 Plover, Killdeer, Golden Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary 

 Sandpiper, Yellow-legs, Greater Yellow-legs, Hudsonian Godwit, 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Red-backed Sandpiper, Least Sand- 

 piper, Baird Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sand- 

 piper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Wilson Phalarope, Coot, Hutchins 

 Goose, Ruddy Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Bluebill, Pintail, 

 Shoveller, Blue-winged Teal, Gadwall. Franklin Gull, Ring- 

 billed Gull, Eared Grebe. 



A nest of the Pine Siskin, a bird not previously known to nest 

 in Nebraska, was found during the day; nests of the Robin, 

 Western Meadowlark, Screech Owl and Crow^ were also found 

 by the field party. 



