Birds Observed on a Fall Trip to the Dismal River 



By John Lewis Childs 



DURING the last of October, 1906, 18th to 27th, I was a guest at Black's 

 Ranch on the Dismal River, Thomas County, Nebraska. I went there 

 for a few days' Duck shooting, as the river fairly swarms with wild fowls of 

 many species at that time of the year. While there I took notes of the var- 

 ious birds seen, and recorded forty-nine species, as follows: 



Black Bird, Redwing 

 Black Bird, Brewers 

 Coot, American 

 Crow, American 

 Crane, Sandhill 

 Crane, Whooping 

 Crossbill, White Wing 

 Duck, Mallard 



Canvas Back 



Black 



Blue W. Teal 



Green W. Teal 



Shoveller 



Bufflehead 

 Pintail 

 Dove, Mourning 

 Eagle, Golden 

 Flicker 



Goldfinch, American 

 Grouse, Prairie Sharp Tailed 

 Hawk, Kriders 



" Sparrow 



" Marsh 



" Pigeon 



" Rough Legged 



Junco, Slate Colored 

 Jay, Pinion 

 Killdeer 



Longspur, Lapland 

 Lark, Meadow 



" Horned 

 Magpie, American 

 Pipit, Amerian 

 Quail 

 Robin 

 Shrike, Northern 



" Loggerhead 

 Solitare, Townsend 

 Sparrow, Harris 

 " Song 

 Tree 

 " Domestic 

 " White-crowned 

 Snipe, Wilson's 



" Yellow Leg 

 Towhee 



Wren, Long-billed Marsh 

 Warbler, Md. Yellow Throated 

 Woodpecker, Downy 



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