234 Honywill, Birds of the Crooked Lake Region, Minn. [.April 



country offers innumerable nesting sites in the enormous number of dead 

 tree trunks that are standing. 



34. Antrostomus vociferus vociferus. Whip-poor-will. — Nearly 

 every night during July several Whip-poor-wills were heard calling in the 

 distance, but after the middle of August they were only heard occasionally. 



35. Chordeiles virginianus virginianus. Nighthawk. — Abun- 

 dant . In the day time I have found them squatted on the tops of stumps. 

 During the afternoon and until dark they are commonly seen overhead. 

 About the first of September thirty or forty migrating Nighthawks may be 

 counted at one time. On July 24, 1907, while walking across a blueberry 

 patch, I flushed two young birds, which succeeded in making their escape. 



36. Chsetura pelagica. Chimney Swift. — Not very common. 

 Several were observed about a mile beyond the end of Crooked Lake on 

 July 31, 1907, when a nest containing four young birds was found in a 

 deserted log cabin. I believe that the Swifts quite often nest in hollow 

 stubs in this vicinity. 



37. Archilochus colubris. IU by-throated Hummingbird. — Not 

 more than two or three have been observed during an entire season. 



38. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — Abundant. 



39. Sayornis phoebe. Phcebe. — Quite common. There are two 

 double-deck nests in the camp that have been occupied in successive 

 years; one under the ridgepole of a log cabin, and the other on the window 

 sill of a frame building. A third nest was located in the woodpile. 



40. Myiochanes virens. Wood Pewee. — Very common in the 

 vicinity of the camp, where there are several stretches of hard wood forest. 



41. Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. — Not as common 

 as the Wood Pewee, but found in the same location. 



42. Cyanocitta cristata cristata. Blue Jay. — Common at all 

 times, but more noticeable toward the end of August, when they commence 

 to call. 



43. Corvus corax principalis. Northern Raven. — Occasionally 

 seen near the lake shore, or soaring overhead. 



44. Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos. Crow. — Fairly 

 common. 



45. Molothrus ater ater. Cowbird. — Not very common. A few 

 seemed to remain near the camp. 



46. Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. — 

 This bird is not as common in this region as one would be led to expect 

 from the large amount of marshland and the great number of lakes. 



47. Sturnella magna magna. Meadowlark. — Occasionally seen 

 in the vicinity of Emily, about five miles south of Crooked Lake, where 

 the land is more or less cultivated. 



48. Icterus galbula. Baltimore Oriole. — On August 22, 1908, a 

 bird was seen at a distance and identified as a female of this species. The 

 identification, however, was not positive, and it may be that the Baltimore 

 Oriole does not occur in this immediate vicinity. 



