432 Ferry, Notes from Southern Illinois. [oct k 



3. Butorides virescens. Green Heron. — Common at Olive Branch, 

 Mound City and Grand Chain. Called here "Injun Hen." 



4. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. Black-crowned Night Heron. — 

 One seen at Horse Shoe Lake. 



5. Helodromas solitarius. Solitary Sandpiper. — One seen at Horse 

 Shoe Lake. 



6. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — Two seen at Mound 

 City. 



7. Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. — Two seen at Olive Branch. 



8. Colinus virginianus. Bobwhite. — Abundant at Olive Branch, 

 where young varying from the size of an English Sparrow up to the size 

 of adults were seen. The birds were frequently met in flocks of ten to 

 fifteen. Bobwhites were common at the other places visited. 



9. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. — Abundant in all places 

 visited. 



10. Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. — Common everywhere in 

 this region. 



11. Accipiter cooperi. Cooper's Hawk. — One seen at Olive Branch. 



12. Buteo borealis. Red-tailed Hawk? — Several large hawks 

 that could not be positively identified were referred to this species. 



13. Buteo lineatus. Red-shouldered Hawk. — A young bird shot at 

 Grand Chain. 



14. Falco sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. — One or two seen at each 

 place visited. 



15. Syrnium varium. Barred Owl. — Abundant about Horse Shoe 

 Lake. Frequently flushed in day time and all night its who-whoo-too 

 whoo-whoo would come booming out of the Cypress Swamp. 



16. Coccyzus americanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. — One taken. 

 Cuckoos were frequently seen and heard, and possibly some of them were 

 the Black-billed Cuckoo. 



17. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. — Tolerably common at 

 Horse Shoe Lake. One seen at Mound City. 



18. Dryobates villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. — Tolerably common 

 throughout the locality. Three specimens taken in August and one in 

 February are intermediate between villosus and v. auduboni. They are 

 nearer auduboni in size but in coloration they favor villosus. 



19. Dryobates pubescens medianus. Northern Downy Woodpecker. 



— Abundant everywhere. Specimens taken in summer and winter are 

 decidedly nearer p. medianus than p. pubescens, though they average 

 smaller than northern Illinois birds. The average length (in millimeters) 

 of wing of specimens from three different localities is given here: Florida 

 and Louisiana, 87; Southern Illinois, 91; Northern Illinois and Connecti- 

 cut, 92. 



20. Ceophlceus pileatus abieticola. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 



— One seen at Olive Branch. Local hunters report these birds tolerably 

 common in southern Illinois. They are extremely wary. 



