"i,,i i Vi -hi.i;, Birdt of Sanborn County, South Dakota. >)h] 



how much it struggled. After each feeding the bird became very 

 much excited, Bwaying from side to side and bristling up all of its 

 feathers, especially those of the crown and nape. 



In Bpite of its crippled condition, the bittern showed great 

 activity when left alone, and several times escaped from its box, 

 which was left uncovered because of the lard's assumed helpless 

 condition. The first time it not only climbed out of the box, but 

 also managed to w\- down to the floor from the table upon which it 

 was standing. Just how this was accomplished, with both wings 

 and one leg broken, was not discovered since it remained quiet as 

 long as any one was near. After the third day of its captivity, 

 when it seemed to be losing in strength and lustre of plumage, and 

 alter Mr. Fuertes had made such studies as he desired, it was sent 

 away to be mounted. 



Allowing for six specimens from Florida, sixteen from Toronto, 

 two from Michigan, and one each from Massachusetts, Wisconsin, 

 and Ohio, this is the twenty-eighth recorded specimen of Cory's 

 Least Bittern. It is a female in good plumage, and shows none of 

 the albinistic tendencies observed in so many of the previous 

 specimens. 



AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS OF SANBORN 

 COUNTY, SOUTHEAST-CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. 



BY STEPHEN SARGENT VISHER. 



Only two lists of the birds of portions of eastern South Dakota 

 have so far been published. 'Birds of the Coteau des Prairies' 

 (the lake region of the northeastern corner) by C. E. McChesney, 1 

 and 'The Birds of Extreme Southeastern Dakota' by G. S. 

 Agersborg. 2 



one hundred species based on one year's work wire Kiven in 'Forest and 

 an' for 1871. A more complete list of L62 species Is to be found In Bulletins, 

 i Qited Mates Geological and Geological Surrey of the Territories, 1875. 



\ ii-t. revised by W. W. Cooke, of 226 species observed mainly in the vicinity 

 of \ ermilion In 'The Auk.' 1885 



