50 



found to be true, as two young 'of the year were obtained from the 

 very tree, and in which could be seen the remains of a poorly con- 

 structed nest. 



25. Ehinogryphus aura Eidgw. Abundant. 



26. Zencedura carolinensis Bonap. Very common. A nest contain- 

 ing two fresh eggs was found on a knoll on the prairie. The wheel of 

 our wagon nearly ran over the female as we were driving by. 



27. Cupidonia cupido Bd. Not very numerous. 



28. Ortyx virginianus Bonap. Not as numerous as in the bottoms 

 near Mt. Carmel. 



' 29. ^Egialitis vociferus Cass. Common. 



30. Totanws solitarius Wils. A few specimens" were seen about small 

 ponds of water on the prairie. 



31. Actiturus bartramius Bonap. Very numerous on the prairie. 



32. Tringoides macularius Gray. Several observed about the small 

 ponds. 



33. Ardea herodias Linn. Two specimens kept about the prairie 

 ponds. 



34. Ardea egretta Gmel. One specimen observed with the preceding. 



35. Ardea virescens Linn. A few specimens observed. 



At this locality, Mr. Ridgway observed in June, 1871, Mimus poly- 

 glottus (not rare), Vireo gilvus (common), Helminthophaga chrysoptera 

 (rare), Dendrceca pennsylvanica (rare), Geothlypis Philadelphia (rare), 

 Passerculus savanna (rare), Buteo Hneatus, Falco sparverius, and Nisus 

 fuscus; while in August, of the same year, a specimen of Asturina 

 plagiata Licht. was seen. 



Cairo and Vicinity. 



The observations in this vicinity extended from August 17th to 31st. 

 A portion of the time was passed either at Cairo or six mile's above at 

 Mound City, but an excursion to Anna, Union County, was made 

 between the 19th and 26th, the results of which will be given in a 

 supplementary list. 



The country near Cairo, along the Illinois side of the Ohio to the 

 mouth of the Cache Eiver and several miles up the Mississippi, with 

 the included country, is very low and, near the rivers, interspersed 

 with swampy lagoons and marshy openings in the woods. These 

 form favorite haunts for herons and other water birds, while the heavy 

 woods of the bottom lands, which at this place are situated back from 

 the river, are frequented by nearly the same species as occur in the 

 bottoms at Mt. Carmel. Above the point where the Cache flows into 

 the Ohio, as well as on the opposite shore in Kentucky and across the 

 Mississippi into Missouri, the woods end abruptly on the river banks. 



