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So we have it snnniu'd up: LMist seen Anyust 10. ))eeaiiie common 

 about 14tli, last seen September 2S. stragglers from the 20th to 2Sth. 



Wood Ibises were also reported as numerous along the "Wabash River 

 in Posey County. Paul J. Ilartman. New Harmonj% has very kindlj' re- 

 ported to me such information as he has been able to collect in that 

 county. He says: "In regard to the "Wood Ibis, I Avil'l say that I have 

 seen it. On August 12 about sundown, I saw ten. I was positive of their 

 identity. They came down the river flying rather low, and alighting in 

 a large willow thicket, went to roost. The next evening I saw another at 

 the same place, but it flew on down the river. On the 15th I saw twenty. 

 They went down the river. On the 10th, at the same place, I saw more 

 than I could count, certainly more than a hundred. I saw all at the same 

 point of observation, and at the same time of day, about sunset. With 

 the exception of the first ones, they did not stop. 



I find the "Wood Ibises were quite common at Hodge's Landing, about 

 six miles below New Harmony, during the middle of August. They were 

 very tame and a number were killed. The skins wei-e not preserved. 



FLORIDA C.1']RULEA Linn. 

 Little Blue Heron.— A specimen of this southern species which as been 

 known to breed in suitable restricted localities in southwestern Indiana, 

 has been received by the State Museum. It is an immature bird in the 

 white plumage, and was killed l)y John Michaels near Bainbridge, Put- 

 nam County, Indiana, August 10, 1002. A few other white herons have 

 been reported from different localities, including Posey, Knox and Kos- 

 ciusko counties. Possiblj' some of these were of this species, but the 

 chances are they were American Egrets, Hcrodiax efiretta (Gmel.) or per- 

 haps some of them Snowy Herons, Egrettd antfrKlissinid ((Jmel.). 



PHALAROPUS LOBATUS (Linn.). 



Knrthcni Phahirope.—A specimen of this rare bird was taken at Millers, 

 Indiana, September 1, 1000, by R. S. Turtle, according to information re- 

 cently received from Mr. Frank M. Woodruff, of the Chicago Academy of 

 Sciences. This is the fourth specimen reported as taken in the State. 



The gathering of peculiarly maritime species of birds along our great 

 lakes each fall is a very interesting fact. They l)egin to appear about the 



7 — Academy of Science. 



