21G PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



Mr. Butler has given special attention to the occurrence of rare species 

 in Indiana; he has been, and still is, most persistent and indefatigable in 

 verifying all reports and records of rare birds in the state. 



Edward William Nelson 



(Manchester, X. H., May 8, 1855 ) 



In Nelson's "Additions to the avi-fauna of Illinois, wath notes on other 

 species of Illinois birds," published in 1876, a number of references to birds 

 in the Wabash Valley may be found. In 1877, he recorded the Louisiana 

 heron as occurring in Indiana, and in his birds of Northeastern Illinois pub- 

 lished the same year, he recorded many obser\'ations made on birds in In- 

 diana about the south end of Lake Michigan. In still another paper pub- 

 lished in 1877 on birds observed in southern Illinois he includes species noted 

 on the Wabash and White rivers in Indiana. 



Barton' Warrex Evermann 



The present writer began studying the birds of Indiana in the fall of 1877. 

 His first pu])lished notes appeared in the Delphi Journal in the winter of 

 1878-79, and related to the winter birds observed in the vicinity of Camden. 

 After these brief notes, followed other short articles and faunal lists of which 

 the following may be mentioned: An unusual nesting site of the cheAvink, 

 1881; Bluebirds' eggs, 1882; Bird notes from Blooniiugton, Indiana, 1883; 

 Bird migration, 1884; Arrivals of l)irds at Camden, Indiana, 1884; A day 

 with the birds of a Hoosier swamj), ISSfi; White eggs of the bluebird, 1886; 

 Some rare Indiana birds, 1887; Bird migration, 1887; Birds of Monroe 

 (\)unty, Indiana, 1887; An addition to the list of birds of Monroe (^ounty, 

 Indiana, 1887; Birds of Carroll County, Indiana, 1888; The Wood Ibis in 

 Indiana, 1889; The movements of birds, 1889; Migratory birds, 1889; Notes 

 on owls, 1890; The Indiana bird law, 1891; The feeding habits of the coot 

 and other water birds, 1902; Habits of the chimney swift, 1905; Bird life on 

 an Indiana farm. 1906; Owls of Carroll County, Indiana, 1909; The birds of 

 Lake Ma.xinkuckee and vicinity (with II. Walton Clark). Besides the.se 

 he has i)ublished a number of papers relating to the birds of California. 



Various other persons have made contributions to our knowledge of the 

 birds of Indiana, .\mong these may be mentioned the following: 



Dr. Frank W. Langdon in his study of the birds of the vicinity of Cincin- 

 nati no doubt often wandered across the Indiana line. 



William Brewster in an article on the prothonotary warbler recorded 

 observations made in Knox and Gibson counties, Indiana. 



Joel Asaph Allen in the Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory for December, 1868, published a list of 72 species of birds which he had 

 ob.served the preceding June at Richmond, Indiana. Dr. Alh-n also pub- 

 lished in 1878 a note on the early nesting of the shore lark near Indianapolis. 



