Land Birds of Sac County_, Iowa 117 



63. Cohirnicops noveboracensis — Yellow Rail. 



May occur regularly. My only record is May 22, 1915. 



64. Creciscus jamaicensis — Black Rail. 



Doubtless they occur regularly during the fall and winter, but 

 from their secretive habits are unobserved. Two were taken dur- 

 ing very high water September 4, 1915, and two others seen on 

 the same date. Two were seen October 9, 1916. 



65. lonornis martiniciis — Purple Gallinule. 



Not noticed as abimdant and I have no records in mid-winter, 

 although it may occur then. 



66. Gallimila galeata — Florida Gallinule. 



More generally distributed than the preceling species in sum- 

 mer and found regularly in winter. 



67. Fulica aniericana — Coot. 



" Blue Petes " are numerous from early fall until March and 

 occasionally birds are seen during the summer, but whether or 

 not they are breeders I have been unable to determine with cer- 

 tainty. 



AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE LAND BIKDS 

 OF SAC COUNTY, IOWA 



BY J. A. SPURRELL_, OP WALL LAKE^ lA. 



This paper coiitinnes a local list of the birds of my 

 home county, the first part of which appeared in the Wil- 

 son Bulletin, Vol. XXIX, Number 3, (September, 1917), 

 The reader of this list will find an account of the local 

 topography and other data on the manner of collecting 

 notes, etc., in the introduction of my other article. 



This article is based on my own observations to a 

 much larger degree than the former one, as only a few of 

 the land birds have become extinct. I expected to find a 

 record among the pioneers of some one having seen the 

 Carolina paroquet, but I found only rumors of it, and 

 therefore have given quotations showing that its former 

 range covered this county. I was very much surprised to 

 find among the pioneers a knowledge of the pileat'ed wood- 

 pecker and the magpie, and still more surprised to find a 

 Clarke's nutcracker which was taken locally among the 

 specimens in the Smith collection at Odebolt, Iowa. Mrs. 

 Smith has no catalogue of this collection but I interviewed 



