400 
NUMBERS OF THE MorE ABUNDANT WINTER BIRDS OF ILLI- 
wots, 1906 ann 1907 (85 PER CENT. LIST) 
Nos. seen Nos. per 
eS -and counted sq. mile 
Crow 768 77 
Lapland longspur 677 68 
Junco 567 57 
Prairie horned lark 476 48 
English sparrow 414 42 
Goldfinch 336 34 
Tree sparrow 303 30 
Meadowlark 269 27 
Quail 234 24 
Blue jay 114 11 
Cardinal 93 4) 
Mourning dove 88 9 
Chickadee 87 9 
Totals 4426 445 
Tue Data BY SECTIONS OF THE STATE - 
Turning now to the sections of the state, we find 1858 birds recorded 
Fourteen 
from southern Illinois—an average of 836 to the square mile. 
of the forty-one species are needed to make up 85 per cent. of the whole 
number. These more abundant species totaled 706 to the square mile, 
and the twenty-seven less abundant species, 130 to the mile. Otherwise 
stated, the fourteen prominent species averaged 112 birds each and the 
twenty-seven less abundant species averaged fourteen each. The numeri- 
cal data for the more abundant birds are as follows: 
NUMBERS OF THE More ABUNDANT WINTER BrRDS OF 
SouTHERN Ixtrnors, 1906 anp 1907 
(84.5 PER CENT. LIST) 
Numbers 
Species seen and cece Sls 
counted 
Junco . 416 187 
Meadowlark 268 121 
Quail 180 81 
Bluebird 82 37 
Mourning dove 81 36 
Blue jay 79 36 
Turkey vulture 70 31 
Prairie horned lark 63 29 
Tufted titmouse 62 28 
Carolina chickadee 60 27 
Purple finch 58 26 
Tree sparrow 53 24 
Cardinal 51 23 
Song sparrow 44 20 
Totals 1567 706 
