^°1908^^] Woodruff, Birds of Shannon and Carter Counties, Mo. 197 



and Brown-headed Nuthatch/ and the occurrence of Bachman's 

 Sparrow ^ and Pine Warbler ^ as common summer residents in the 

 pine woods of Shannon County. 



A total of 189 species and subspecies are recorded in the follow- 

 ing lists, including the supplementary list, of which 187 are to be 

 credited to Shannon County; the only two not yet recorded from 

 Shannon County being the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher {Empidoriax 

 flaviventris) and the Alder Flycatcher (E. trailli alnorum), which 

 were secured at Grandin, Carter County. One hundred and 

 three species were noted in Carter County during the three .weeks 

 of my stay there (March 7 and 8, and May 16 to June 8 inclusive). 



Species whose occurrence was confirmed by the securing of speci- 

 mens are designated by an asterisk (*) preceding their names. All 

 records between the dates of March 10 and May 15, inclusive, ap- 

 ply to Shannon County only. Records on March 7 and 8 and from 

 May 16 to June 8, inclusive, apply to Carter County only. Where 

 no locality is given, it is to be understood that the bird in question 

 was found in both counties. Such species as were found by me 

 in one county only are so noted. 



(Anatidse. — On the evening of March 10, the night of my arrival in 

 Shannon County, a steady stream of ducks was to be heard passing over 

 us to the north till after midnight. This was the only night during wliich 

 any were heard.) 



*1. Querquedula discors. Blue-winged Teal. — Several were seen 

 and one male secured on the Current River, April 18, 1907. Shannon Co. 



2. Marila affinis (sp.?). Lesser Scaup Duck (?). — On April 20 two 

 flocks of Scaup Ducks, about thirty in all and probably this species, were 

 seen on the Current River, Shannon Co. 



*3. Botaunis lentiginosus. American Bittern.* — On April 8, a very 

 raw and- windy day, I was surprised to see a bittern in the heart of the 

 pine and oak woods and beside a shallow pool of rain water in a slight 

 depression on the top of the plateau. His presence in such an unusual 

 situation can probably be accounted for by the fact that the two preceding 

 days and nights had been very windy with heavy showers. He appeared 

 to be weak and unwilling to fly, merely flopping across the pool when I 

 approached too near. On my return two or three hours later he had not 

 moved. His stomach was empty. Shannon Co. 



1 Auk, Vol. XXIV, p., .349. 2 iijid,, p. 349. 



^ Ibid., p. 348. ■'Widmann, Prelim. Cat. Birds Mo., p. 52. 



