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Family ANATID.33. 

 Genus Aix Boie. 



77. A. sponsa Boie. WOOD DUCK. Common about ponds in the 

 bottoms. 



Family PLOTIDJE. 

 Genus Plotus Linn. 



78. P. anhinga Linn. SNAKE BIRD. Not common. A few were 

 observed perching on dead sycamores over a lagoon near Cairo. 



Family LABIDJE. 

 Genus Sterna Linn. 



79. S. antillarum Coues. LEAST TERN. Not uncommon in small 

 flocks along the rivers. 



Vicinity of Anna, Union County. 



My visit to this locality extended from August 19th to 26th. In the 

 immediate vicinity of Anna the country is hilly and well wooded. 

 About eight miles west the surface changes abruptly to the flat Mis- 

 sissippi bottoms. The bottoms here were somewhat different from 

 any hitherto visited. The ponds were considerably larger and shel- 

 tered several species not before noted during the summer. 



The species found on the wooded hills about Anna were as follows : 



1. Turdus mustelinus. Common. 



2. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. Not very common. 



3. Harporhynchus rufus. .Not very common. 



4. Sialia sialis. Not common. 



5. Polioptila ccerulea. Common. 



6. Lophophanes bicolor. Abundant. 



7. Sitta carolinensis. Common. 



8. Mniotilta varia. Common. 



9. Dendroeca cestiva. Not common. 



10. fJiurus aKricapillus. Common. 



11. Geothlypis trichas. Not common. 



12. Setophaga ruticilla. Common. 



13. Progne subis. Not common. 



14. Petrochelidon lunifrons. Common. 



15. Hirundo horreorum. Common. 



16. Vireo olivaceus. Abundant. 



17. Vireo flamfrons. Rather common. 



