•^r^FocPiW^f^^ 



m 



body would shoot and trap sparrows 

 kk>'M^Ai\M6iAm' 'W'-m^ ai)!"We"are 

 Merffiiceiirtaili itliel sbiW^lii^/'wdtia ^tibrlTj^ 

 J?§i lijtjT^itjBcJc. [.A|}l)■|rleai^fbiFdulDve!^8«w)hi^ 



our native s])ecies will wasea, CQase- 



less warfare on that avian rat kno,w.n 



a^'tli^ EifagJiyh'"gfJar'i^bw::l^MVi;or. '"'^ 

 -ifiO'j I)Ji Jt Jioi)i;(liJKti ')U>l9i 9t[J ;}rli;ii 



lii bxiB 3>l(- Wisconsin, iiiwoiia ,-\neio 

 '' I Th e- Vf^tb1\s i^rg ' ''one • bf ^M'Yav'^tire 

 groups of our XortA''A'Ti'i'^ricati''T3irds': 

 Th-iy^^ar^-'T %lifi^, A'%dkniHth^t'alAi- 

 ii6W ko '•■ ^hf 'WWiMMk^e especiai- 

 li^S'tiiarsii'Ht- Him^mp: ,^.tiey'arq 

 T^s^^i'Ilir' gh'^^iVy peVset-'uteci ' tliough ^^eri- 

 ei^ally cori^derecf 'beti'eficiai, of at leas^^ 

 MVfel^^^.-" S'e'V^ri "species have coin'^ 

 tb m<f ''tf6ti6'^ ' 'iii ' this ' locaiit v,' four o1^ 

 ^i\cWV'\iM%\im%M'dmg here! '" "' 

 ■' "Amm^kn '' Bf tei'ff ' 'f Botauf us ' ' 'leii't'i^ 



gitf^«^:^"'*iii^^ M%' t^^^ '^d" W'a 



cb'iii'^orfto' with;us'a)i''^ro'ug'li fte' 

 ^Vin*g' aird^'siimnler 'mohtlis, and riotn- 

 ilig ' s'ihnSs ' m6re' springli'lVe ; tha.n'^ t^e 

 Chun'k;'-a-lun1v-llluni?""of'^ tiie^ 5>itteifn ' 



snaKes, Jizards, crayflsn, meadow mice, 

 tadpoles and fish. I have collected 

 several sets of eggs. T once collected 



tTf.P^^TpJvpn, oji.?S,, ^ej^e^i,i^,^ll,„, , ^^^3„ 



TJtiis l^ea,i^^|f}^]^„^ii^ cj,e^|;i^,re,4^,p,,cpn^-^ 



rj^^j^9;it,,fqurL(j|^n.,the marshes arpong^ 

 th,^, ^Gpapef,jf;ras^,p^djflags, ^%ffe tp.^y„ 

 nl^jc0,,the|_r pe^tp.'.,!^^, h^j^fe fp^i^nd t^h^^^, 



eggB befor^^tj^? Sf|;s .^ere jfipmnlpt^^o 

 I-otiee idifst'overted nne standing among) 



thfe gra'ss''^^i¥h'''1b'-!iri1oiiltea straight 'iii$ii 



ward.' 'f ^•'alfee^"lo'tt''^nd stodd'alid' 



.■ioJiI)[>i — .iioijM'jiioo -iijo ni 



v/^^^'tird //on hue .vldfi-ujbtRiioo s^fiirit 



n^re, during, tl^^^-.^ijie^f^ii^^ ^^aspni,|bijjL 

 ^f^!^/ to^i thf,1,, f9i;ffleifj^-:,a[jf;e>y, n^aVjifl 

 cut away. I havg,^ s^t ^^g^^ (C^yp^^j 



dar^^,.t^at,^ter|-jhj^^b^^^ftd y^tpflr fj^l^. 

 ^-f,,?'?i?.Wfi^.5^?ff.*^lt-9r,P/¥?^^]^.. ^^^. 



'^jfipf, y°fH^ jf^t§,^p^^Jia9^^)i^, sj^Jj. 



American Egre^^.{]A^fp^\9,^ <^^e,%t^^ 

 T^^is^^.jn^^p.i^feT^ (M?°° occasionally 

 wandered, in former yeaifp^ ^fq j^^mst^ 

 locality; sometim^e^early in the eigh- 

 ties a few were seen by a pond near 

 here and one^lfiftr an^' mounted and 

 pb^a!?6V5af«uia%fe4'=6f -yiSf s -ra d^^UVd- 

 xtai-efJ%t<<b¥e,'^'iii 'fh%''^ftf' o^^febft^tiifcufe,' 

 tWe"ittyiil*ii1?ioilfW-ai'Pw^yWy'if?''Thfe^' 

 afe! tf**^ 'tf^M'f''^^fef-*ina¥y^^¥sl^a'^f4'-i 

 ^lt'of> 'bei'fig ■ l«?Ml<^ t8"Mii*li''' BMeH^s' 

 f^r^th^ft-^Ws' hm^'.« vbbirl^. ai; "iBi rk 

 'OLi'ttl^' 'Bliie^f'H^to'l'f^o'riffa' Mferft^' 

 leayl.s' ^T'hd"'Lit'{l¥^ 'ei\i^I ■^'dfea^Wiiaft^^ 

 danie S^'Mf tfoi^W'SsatWy'^foc^lrtf 



thWMdtt6i"'if)a'i^t >'^^ ffi^"^ gei^c^.""^Ph1^' 

 hfefiib^ 'HSife "-'thfey' 'phases' i '6f 'i^Mniii^!' 

 T^^Hif^^bllie! 'an'd 'i¥iUWle'a,'^=ffi^reyi^^6'tiiv# 



di^'-it^^hr %ek?-"W6^^nm'^WogsP m^ 



^f(3^;'^'tii-k#sh['"fei^fP"crSt/l £pffd '{^^ 

 sects; also crustaceaM^^^rid"'l^r^^'^.^"« 

 -f m-^eil' W^rdn '^Bdf^trf^' Vft^^^'y ) . 

 Ttte' is'it^e'^drefe^ nU8nW a^c-'biiiiftWii' 

 sfa'rfi'AsWf'i^^gi^efef,^ato"f6m^li^ uMWy'- 

 efeFj^ grdVfe^"ot f^'ifWdl'l^'tf^ys "dferf^'fe^: 

 s#4aiii v^'bWld fbft%ti^'haH-%''a ^^'^' he%t^3^ 

 of'ih^se^bii^d^! "^^iiyi^ feiyb fiSSt^iW^Vira! 

 the ■■BI^b'liicr^\iga«K^i^'fi{ m?Wf B'liftl 

 ' :-:ijit[ ooloi/'J I)9llid->l jfilfl orM io 



