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[Limosa fedoa) which was found all over the prairie wherever there 

 was moistiu'e. They seemed very fearless, and would fly around 

 the intruder, or alight near him, tattering their shrill call. The dis- 

 turbing of one seemed to arouse all within hearing distance, and 

 they would come flocking together, and circle around, sometimes to 

 the number of thirty or more. While feeding they seemed to go in 

 flocks of from six to as many as fifty, upon the shores of the lakes. 

 There seems to be a decided diff"erence in the size of the sexes, 

 which does not appear to be noted by authors, except Audubon, who 

 states that the females are larger than the males. The bills are 

 so very much longer in the females that the sex can be distin- 

 guished by this means alone. The difference in a series of ten 

 skins between the shortest bill of the females and the longest bill of 

 the males is fifty-four hundi'edths of an inch, the average difference 

 being ninety-three hundredths. The measui'ements are given in 

 full in their proper place. 



In the following list the species were noted in both localities un- 

 less otherwise stated. 



1. Turdus migratorius, Linn. Robin. — Several seen at Herman, 

 but not apparently common. 



2. Turdus fuscescens, Steph. Wilson's Thrush. — Common at 

 Brown's Valley. 



3. Mimus carolinensis, (Zinn.) Gray. Catbird. — Common. 



4. Harporhynchus rufus, {Linn.) Cab. Brown Thrush. — A few 

 pairs seen at Brown's Valley. Nearly fledged young in nests, June 16. 



5. Troglodytes aedon par kmani, (J z<f/.) Cowe.f. House Wren. — 

 Common. A nest with fresh eggs, in a broken limb of a dead tree, 

 found near Herman, June 7. 



6. Telmatodytes palustris, (Wils.) Bd. Long-billed Marsh 

 Wren. — Common in marshes at Herman. Nests with fresh eggs taken, 

 June 7. 



7. Cistothorus stellaris, (Licht.) Cab. Short-billed Marsh 

 Wren. — Common in dry marshes. 



8. Eremophila alpestris, (Forst.) Boie. Shore Lark. — Common 

 upon the dry prairie. 



9. Dendrceca aestiva, ((jm.) 5f/. Yellow Warbler. — Abundant. 

 Nests mostly just built or containing fresh eggs ; but an occasional one 

 had young. 



10. Dendroeca pinus, (TFi/s.) Bd. Pine-creeping Warbler. — A 

 single specimen, a female, was talcen in the garden of a shanty on the 

 prairie at Herman. A few small box-alders and poplars were all the trees 

 within two miles or more. No nest was found, although these trees were 

 very easily searched. It must have been only a straggler from the woods. 



