ascertained to occur in Illinois, 



393 



During the breeding season the ratio stands as follows : — 



1. Mnioliltidae 21 



2. Fiiugillida? Ki 



3. Faleouiiia; 11 



4. Icteridae i) 



5. Ficidaj '.) 



6. Anatidae 9 



7. Sli-igid03 7 



8. Scolopacidaj 7 



9. ArdeidiB 7 



10. Kallida' 7 



11. Tiudida! 



li. Ilh'undinida; G 



13. Tyianiiida; (i 



14. Troglodytidie 5 



15. Vireonidic 5 



16. Paridic 4 



17. Lai-ida- 4 



18. Coi-vidre 3 



1",). Capiiiiiiilgida' 3 



20. TetraoiiidM 3 



21. Laniida' 2 



22. Taiuigi-idic 2 



Total number of species known to breed within the limits of the State 

 of Illinois, 17G. 



The species in the following lists are to be looked for, and many of them 

 will no doubt be }'et found to occur within the limits of the state. 



23. Cuculida; 2 



24. Ciiliinibida3 2 



2o. GviiidiB 2 



2(i. Podicipidre 2 



27. Sylviida,' 1 



28. iSaxicolidffi 



■29. C e r t h i i d a* 



30. Ampclidii; 



31. Aland id K 



32. AJcediiiida' 



.33. Cypselidie 



34. Tio(diilidcC 



.35. Psittacida! 



3(>. Cathartidic 



37. Meleagiida' , .. . . 



38. Perdicida' 



39. Cliaradiiida> 



40. Phalaropodida? 



41. Ciconiidre 1(? 



42. GraculidaB 



43. Plotid;u 1 



a. Northern series. 



1. Turdiis nccviHS. (Iowa; Allp;n. East Pennsylvania; Tuknbull. 



Long Island; Lawrence. New Jersey; Cabot. East Massa- 

 chusetts ; MaynaiJd. ) 



2. Perisoreus Canadensis. (South Wisconsin; Hoy. Michigan; Fox. 



East Pennsylvania ; Turnbull.^ 



3. Canace Canadensis. (Michigan; Fox.) 



4. Somateria spectahilis. (Iowa; Allen. North Ohio; Wheaton.) 



5. Larus leucopteriis. (North Ohio; Wiieaton.) 

 G. Larus fjlaucus. (Michigan; Fox.) 



7. liissa tridactyla. (North Ohio; Wheaton.) 



8. Xetna Sahinei. ■ (North Ohio; Wiieaton. Salt Lake, Utah; Allen.) 



9. JL/drocheUdon leucoptera. (Lake Koskenoug, Wisconsin; Kumlein.) 



10. Sterna macroura. (North Ohio; Wheaton.) 



11. Sterna par adiscea. (N6rth Ohio ; Wheaton.) 4 



12. Nyctale Bichardsunii. (Iowa; Allen. South Wisconsin ; Hoy.) 



13. Anser Bossii. 



b. Western series. 



1. JSfeocoriis Spragnei, 



2. Plectrophanes ornatus, 



3. " Ilaccoivni, ^ To be sought for on the large prairies. 



4. Centrenyx Bairdii, 



5. Coturniculiis Lecontei. 



6. Zonotrichia quernla. (Common as far east as Lexington and Chilli- 



cothe, Missouri; Hoy. Iowa; Allen and Trippe.) 



