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Loons (Gaviidce). 



Gulls and Terns {Laridce) , the latter commonly also called sea 



swallows. 



Mergansers {Mcrglno') , commonly also called sheldrakes or 



fish-ducks, and the following species of the heron family 



{Ardeidce) : 



Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), locally also called shite- 

 poke, stake-driver, thunder-pump, etc. 

 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), locally also called blue 



crane, Poor Joe, cranky, etc. 

 Little Blue Heron (Florida ccerulea), locally also called 



scoggins. 

 Green Heron (Butoridcs virescens) , locally also called 



shitepoke, fly-up-the-creek, scouck, etc. 

 Black-crowned night-heron (Ni/cticorax nycticorax narvius), 

 also known as_gros bee, quawk, qua-bird, etc. 

 Every bird killed or trapped pursuant to the permission con- 

 tained in this order, and every part thereof, including the plumage 

 and feathers, shall be totally destroyed as promptly as possible, 

 and shall not be possessed, transported or shipped in any manner 

 outside of the grounds and waters of the hatchery where killed or 

 trapped, except for the purpose of destruction as herein directed; 

 provided, however, that such birds or parts thereof may be shipped 

 or transported, as a gift but not for sale, to public museums and 

 public scientific and educational institutions, and all packages con- 

 taining such birds or parts thereof so shipped or transported shall 

 be plainly and clearly marked so that the name and address of the 

 shipper and the nature of the contents may be readily ascertained 

 on an inspection of the outside thereof. 



(Signed) D. F. Houston, 

 October 24, 1919. Secretary of Agriculture. 



WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL AT TOPEKA, KANS. 

 There have been an unusual number of American Crossbills 

 here this winter, both on the campus of Washburn College, and 

 along the wooded streams in this region. Probably associated with 

 these, although not seen in the immediate vicinity of the flock, 

 Mrs. Gunthorp was so fortunate as to obsei've a single male of the 

 White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucnptrra) on the campus, about 

 one hundred feet from the Ladies' dormitory in a cedar tree, on 

 the afternoon of January 15, last, and on the following afternoon 

 she saw both the male and female within a short distance of the 

 place where the first observation was made, this time in a cedar 

 tree also. Both days Mrs. Gunthorp studied them for some time 

 through opera glasses and the male sang repeatedly. I know of 



