Breeding Birds of an Iowa Farm 



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While the list may appear as incomplete, the draining 

 of the country makes it impossible to obtain any further data 

 under the old conditions, and it is deemed advisable to publish 

 it at this time as an approximate list of the nesting species of 

 the region. It might be said that the only species noted in 



NEST AND EGGS OF LEAST BITTERN 



the territory during the breeding season which did not nest 

 there was the Black-crowned Night Heron. These birds 

 visited the ponds daily but nested in the timber along the 

 Little Sioux River some ten miles away. 



The species listed here are sharply divided into two dis- 

 tinct groups ; viz., those native to the prairie and swamp, and 



