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In my boyhood days, wild geese were abundant during the spring and fall 
migrations, and large V-shaped flocks flying high in air, uttering their honk, 
honk, were a familiar sight. Now their numbers are greatly reduced; only 
a few small flocks may be seen each fall or spring. I have only one definite 
record for Vigo County (all others, such as I had, having been lost), and 
that is of a specimen shot near Terre Haute, March 3, 1888, by Mr. Frank 
Byers, who brought it to us. March 11, 1885, several heard flying over at 
night, near Camden. They were probably honkers. 
37. OLOR COLUMBIANUS (Ord). WHISTLING SWAN. (180) 
Spring and fall migrant, but not often seen, except on the Wabash and 
Tippecanoe, where one was occasionally killed some twenty to 30 years 
ago. I have no records for Vigo or Monroe County. 
88. OLor BUCCINATOR (Richardson). TRUMPETER SWAN. (181) 
A rare spring and fall migrant. I have no records for Vigo or Monroe 
County, and only one for Carroll, which is of a specimen shot on Wild Cat 
Creek, near Burlington, many years ago. 
39. AJAJA AJAJA (Linnweus). ROSEATE SPOONBILL. (183) 
One said to have been killed near Terre Haute several years ago. 
40. MyYcTERIA AMERICANA Linnzeus. Woop 1BIs. (188) 
The Wood Ibis, one of our most remarkable birds, is a southern species, 
but withal, a great wanderer. Its breeding grounds are in the swamps and 
bayous of the lower Mississippi valley and southward. After the breeding 
season is over and the young are able to fly well, small bands stray north- 
ward along the larger river courses. Such small flocks or isolated birds 
are occasionally seen in southern Indiana and Illinois, especially along the 
Wabash. On September 11, 1888, I saw a flock of 9 of these strange birds 
sitting solemnly in an old dead tree on the Illinois side of the Wabash, op- 
posite Mackay’s Ferry, 10 miles west of Mount Vernon, Indiana. 
Mr. Robert Ridgway reports seeing them “soaring majestically in broad 
circles over the Wabash River, at Mt. Carmel”. I have a record of one 
killed at Greenfield Bayou below Terre Haute sometime in the early 80’s. 
I have one other record for the counties covered by this paper, and that is 
of a specimen shot July 30, 1887. in the old Maple Swamp south of Cutler, 
Carroll County. It was secured by a man named Harmon by whom it was 
conveyed to Dr. O. A. J. Morrison of Middlefork, Clinton County, where I 
saw it December 31, 1888. 
41. Boraurus LENTIGINOSUS (Montagu). BITTERN. (190) 
Summer resident, not rare in suitable places. 
In Vigo County, most common at the Goose Pond and the Five-mile Pond. 
Noted near Terre Haute October 26, 1886. A nest with four eggs found at 
the Goose Pond, May 31, 1890. The nest was supported about ten inches 
above the water in a bunch of flags. The eggs were nearly ready to hatch; 
indeed, one was pipped. 
