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NO. 112 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 



VOL. XXXII SEPTEMBER, 1920 NO. 3 



OLD SERIES VOL. XXXII. NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. 



SOME INTERESTING RECORDS OF NEBRASKA 

 BIRDS FOR THE YEAR 1919 



BY CLARENCE E. MICKEL AND RALrH W. DAWSON 



The co-authors of this paper were very fortunate dur- 

 ing the past year in securing interesting records of Ne^ 

 braska birds. While many of these records were made on 

 our field ti'ips near Lincoln, we had exceptional oppor- 

 tunities during the year to secure notes on the birds of 

 western and northern Nebraska. The most valuable data 

 was obtained during the period from September 9 to Sep- 

 tember 20, during which time it was possible for us to 

 make observations on the bird life in Monroe Canyon, 

 Sioux county. This was especially opportune since so 

 little data was available concerning the fall migration 

 during this period in northwestern Nebraska, and we were 

 rewarded by being able to secure notes on sixty-six species 

 of birds, of which the following are new to the state list : 

 Red-nai)ed Sapsucker, Cassin Kingbird, Green-tailed 

 Towhee and Western Robin. 



Wherever the year's notes seem to add anything to the 

 knowledge concerning abundance, migrations, or geograph- 

 ical distribution of the various species of Nebraska birds, 

 they are here recorded. 

 1. Gavia ivimer (Brunnich) — Loon. 



Mr. C. R. Snipes of Weeping Water, Neb., reported to us that 

 he saw two loons, October 26, on an island in the Missouri Rivet- 

 near Plattsmouth, Neb., and Mr. August Eiche reported that a 



