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and at a pond in Clay County, August 12 and 29. These birds are well 

 feathered but have down-tipped tail feathers. 



24. .ffigialitis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. — The only 

 record of this species secured was an adult male taken at a pond in Clay 

 County, September 1. 



25. Colinus virginianus virginianus. Bob-white. — This bird 

 is not uncommon throughout the region examined. It was most frequently 

 observed about the wooded areas. 



26. Tympanuchus americanus americanus. Prairie Chicken. — 

 Formerly this species was very common in Clay and Palo Alto Counties, 

 according to the observations of Ruthven, but in recent years it has been 

 nearly exterminated. It was not found in the summer of 1907, but on 

 November 11, 1911, Nels Hansen took an adult female, near Ruthven, 

 that is now in the museum. 



27. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. Mourning Dove. — Very 

 common thi'oughout the region. The nests are placed in the wooded areas 

 and in the willows along the roads. Two nestUngs were taken in a willow 

 tree on July 2 (hatched July 1). Another was taken in a grove, July 12, 

 and a nest with two eggs was found, August 15, in the woods at Virgin 

 Lake. 



28. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. — Common throughout the 

 region, frequenting and nesting in the low meadows. An immature male 

 was taken near the outlet of Elbow Lake, August 28. 



29. Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. — The 

 species was not found in the summer of 1907, but an immature female 

 taken in Palo Alto County, October, 1907, by Nels Hansen, is in the mu- 

 seum. 



30. Asio wilsonianus. Long-eared Owl. — An adult female was 

 found in a grove near Lost Island Lake, July 22. 



31. Asio flammeus. Short-eared Owl. — An adult female Short- 

 eared Owl was taken on upland prairie in eastern Clay County, August 5. 



32. Otus asio asio. Screech Owl. — This species was not found in 

 1907. An adult male, taken February 1, 1909, and an adult female, se- 

 cured on February 2, 1909, in Palo Alto County, by Nels Hansen, are in the 

 museum. 



33. Nyctea nyctea. Snowy Owl. — Occasionally seen in the winter 

 (Ruthven). 



34. Coccyzus americanus americanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 — Not uncommon in the wooded areas. One specimen, an adult female, 

 was taken in a grove of willows near Elbow Lake, July 17, another at Elk 

 Lake, August 21, and a tliird in a grove on high ground, August 28. 



35. Coccyzus erjrthrophthalmus. Black-billed Cuckoo. — Oc- 

 casionally noted in the groves and timber zones along the streams and 

 lakes. An adult male and female were found in a grove near Lost Island 

 Lake, July 22, and others were seen in a grove on high ground at different 

 times during July and August. 



