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be quite broken near the river, and is covered with a heavy 

 growth of oaks. The other two townships are nearly all prairie, 

 with here and there a grove of small white oaks, and a belt of 

 timber along each of the two rivers. Excepting a portion of 

 Adams township and a small area in the southwest corner of 

 the County near where Wild Cat Creek leaves it, the surface 

 may be said to be level or gently undulating. All the streams 

 which empty into the Wabash from the east flow in a general 

 westerly direction. 



Most of the obsex-vations upon which this list is based were 

 made (i) in the vicinity of Burlington in the southeast corner of 

 the County, and (3) near Camden in the central part of the 

 County, Burlington is situated on the south bank of Wild Cat 

 Creek, and Camden is upon Deer Creek, sixteen miles to the 

 northwest. During the years 1 883-1 885, however, I was en- 

 abled to make observations in every part of the County. I 

 began recording my observations of the birds of this County in 

 the autumn of 1877, ^"^ continued it until July, 1879, when I left 

 the State. Some few notes are the results of brief visits in 

 the summers of 1881 and 1882. But the list chiefly depends 

 upon the observations made from March, 1S83, ^^ J^'j' ^^85. 



In order that the list might be made thoroughly reliable, in so 

 far as is in my power to make it so, I have included in it only 

 those species which I have positively identified as belonging to 

 the avifauna of the County. Not a single species not actually 

 seen by me in the County has been admitted into the list proper. 

 Thus restricted, the list pretty correctly indicates what the stu- 

 dent of birds will find when he collects here. Where dates are 

 given, those for the spring migrations refer to first arrivals unless 

 otherwise stated. In nomenclature and classification the A. O. U. 

 Code and Check-List of N. A. Birds has been followed. 



1. Podilymbus podiceps. Pied-billed Grebe. — I have occasionally 

 seen this Diver in spring and again in the autumn on Deer Creek. It seems 

 to be but a rare migrant. 



2. Urinator imber. Loon. — Seen occasionally on the Wabash and 

 rarely on Wild Cat and Deer Creeks. I saw one which was killed on Wild 

 Cat Creek, April iS, 18S5. 



3. Larus argentatus smithsonianus. American Herring Gull. 



4. Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. 



5. Larus Philadelphia. Bonaparte's Gull. — I have seen these three 

 species upon the Wabash a few times in spring, but never in autumn. 

 Specimens of the last were obtained at Lake Maxinkuckee April 17, 1SS5. 



