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19. Green Heron. Butorides virescens virescens Linn. 



A common breeding species, seen practically every day. 



20. Black-crowned Night Heron. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius 



(Bodd.). 

 Several seen near Fort Caddo and Baldwin, and probably a 

 breeding species. 



21. Yellow-crowned Niglit Heron, Nyctanassa violacea (Linn.). 

 A single individual seen on Goose Prairie is the only bird of 



this species seen. 



22. King Rail. Rallus elegans Aud. 



Seen only once, on Goose Prairie, but heard several times about 

 Baldwin. Probably breeding. 



23. Florida Gallinule. Gallinula galeata (Licht.). 



Five birds seen on Goose Prairie, where they probably breed. 



24. American Coot. Fulica americana Gmel. 



Seen in small numbers when rushy or reedy shores were found, 

 and where the species breeds. 



25. Woodcock. PhiloJiela minor (Gmel.). 



Of rather rare occurrence about Lake Caddo, but more common 

 about Marshall. The center of distribution seems to be the " Big 

 Thicket " of San Augustine county to the south, and the birds prob- 

 ably come up through the tangle of the Sabine river bottom. 



26. Wilson's Snipe. Gallinago delicata (Ord.). 



One flushed from a field about five miles east of Marshall on 

 May 31. Probably a late straggler, as the birds are not known to 

 occur during the summer, though abundant in the spring and fall. 



27. Upland Plover. Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.). 



Two seen near Marshall on May 31. Probably late migrants. 



28. Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macWlaria (Linn.). 



Only one seen. What it was doing so far south on May 30 is a 

 question. 



29. Killdeer. Oxyechus vociferus (Linn.). 



Common summer resident and breeding species. Abundant 

 about Marshall and in the fields beyond the swamps in the vicinity 

 of the lake. Eggs about to hatch on June 1. 



30. Quail. Colimis virginianus virginianus (Linn.). 



Abundant in all suitable localities. The quail is still abundant 

 in eastern Texas, but let the slaughter go on as it now is, and east- 

 ern Texas will soon find itself in the same predicament as the north- 

 ern and eastern states regarding this most valuable bird. No one 

 pays the slightest attention to the fact that it feeds on the cotton 

 boll weavil (Anthonomus grandis). 



31. Attwater Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus americanus attwa- 



teri (Bend.) 

 Rare breeding species. Formerly abundant, now nearly gone 

 from this region. One small flock of three was seen near Marshall. 



