52 The Wilson Bulletin — oS^o. 107 



768. Sialia currncoides — Mountain Blubird. 



Reported as occasional summer visitant in western Kansas, 

 but no migration data are at hand for this species. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 

 Bunker, C. D., 1913. 



The Birds of Kansas. The Kansas University Science Bulle- 

 tin, Vil. VII, pp. 137-158. 

 Butler, Amos W., 1897. 



The Birds of Indiana. Twenty-second Annual Report, Indiana 

 Department of Geology and Natural Resources, pp. 1-1197. 

 Eaton, Elon Howard, 1909, 1914. 



The Birds of New York. New York State Museum, Memoir 

 12, Parts 1 and 2 Illustrated, pp. 1-501 and pp. 1-719, 

 Wetmore, Alex., 1909. 



Fall Notes from Eastern Kansas. September-October Condor, 

 Vol. XI, pp. 154-164. 



THE BALD EAGLE IN LOUISIANA. 



BY ALFRED M. BAILEY. 



The Bald Eagle is a not uncommon bird iu Louisiana 

 and it may be met in all parts of the state, although found 

 most commonly near bodies of water. These large, beau- 

 tiful birds of prey are striking features of the Southern 

 swamps and marshes, and they are often seen skimming 

 comparatively low as the}'- search for food, and their 

 strange, wild call can be heard for great distances, even 

 when the bird is itself invisible. They will sail so high 

 as to be almost indistinguishable from vultures, and yet 

 that piercing cry is plainl}^ audible. 



The habit of the Bald Eagle to waylay the hard work- 

 ing Osprey is well known, but t-he eagle often fishes for 

 himself, although not nearly so skillfully as his smaller 

 relative. They work the beach systematically for dead 

 fish, and a pair of birds almost always is to be found where 

 fishermen are accustomed to seine. But a straight fish diet 

 doee not appeal to this old patriarch, and he will often 



