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1906, the writer picked ii]) a fairly Avell preserved buf- 

 falo skull on the i)i'airie near Swift Current, Saskatche- 

 wan. In Fel)ruary, 1907, a Kansas City paper reported 

 local sales of some half dozen buffalo robes, at a price of 

 about $500.00 each. 



22. In later years the following additions have been 

 made to the list : 



Aster. Another unidentified species. 

 Burdock. 



Begg-ar-tieks, Swamp. Bidens connata. 

 Bidens aristosa. 



Bur-marigold, Nodding. Bidens cernua. 

 Chickweed. Stellaria media (?). 

 Goldenrod. Unrecorded species. 

 Mallow, Common. Malva rotundifolia. 

 Sanicle, White. Eupatorium urticaefolium. 

 Violets. Not observed but doubtless in bloom. Reported 

 from Cottonwood Falls, one year. 



23. This is a proper seasonal item. Anderson says 

 the species does not breed in Iowa, that it is a rather rare 

 but fairly regular visitant, and while sometimes seen in 

 winter is most commonly observed in March, April, and 

 October. One often sees newspaper reports of eagles 

 taken in November, in this region. At the very end of 

 October, 1908, a young golden eagle was reported cap- 

 tured at Clay Center, Kansas, which was sent as a pres- 

 ent to President Taft. The earliest individual eagle 

 known to some prairie boys was pro1)ably ''Old Abe," 

 the famous mascot of a Wisconsin regiment in the Civil 

 War. In November, 1913, a newspaper item refers to a 



