ORNITHOLOGIST 



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PUBLISHED BY FRANK B. WEBSTER. 

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Vol. XV. 



BOSTON, MASS., AUGUST, 1890. 



No. 8. 



List of Birds Breeding in Marshall 

 County, 111. 



No. Ci. Carolina Grebe (Podllymbus podi- 

 reps). Rare. E<^gs have been taken in this 

 founty, bnt I never took a set within the 

 limits. 



Xo. 120. Double-crested Cormorant (Phal- 

 arrnrorax dllophnx). Rare. Formerly several 

 pairs nested in the heronry referred to in con- 

 nection with the American Egi-et, but now 

 none are known to nest within the limits of 

 the county, althou(>h live miles to the north 

 there is a tree bavin"" now six nests of this 

 species in it. fSincc writinir the above I have 

 discovered quite a large lot of these birds 

 nesting in the heronry referred to in connec- 

 tion with No. 194, and have taken many eggs. 



No. 1:51. Hooded Merganser {Lophodytes 

 riiciillafux). Rare. I took one set of eleven of 

 the eggs of this species, and the young are 

 sometimes seen here. 



No. 132. Mallard Duck (Anas hoschas). 

 Rare. Formerly a common breeder. One set 

 of eggs taken in 188S by a hunter of this town. 



No. 189. Green- winged Teal (Anas caroli- 

 /iPi/.s/.s). Rare. Formerly, common breeder, 

 and now a rare one. I have never taken the 

 eggs of this species in the county but have 

 seen the young often. 



No. 140. Blue-winged Teal (Anafi difirnrs). 

 Rare. The same remarks that apply to the 

 above apply to this species in toto. 



Xi). 144. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). Com- 

 nnin. A common summer resident nesting in 

 the river bottoms of the Illinois river. 



No. 148. Scaup Duck (Ai/tlii/a inarila ne- 

 arrtic(i). Rare. One set taken here three 

 years ago by a hunter. I have never taken 

 the eggs in the county, but have very often 

 seen the downy young. 



No. l.")0. Ring-billed Duck (J. 2/^/i2/c[ cottons). 

 Rare. I never saw a nest in the county, but 



have frequently seen the young in nearly all 

 stages of plumage. 



No. 172. Canada Goose (Branta canaderuns). 

 Rare. One set of eggs of this bird was found 

 here in this county in 1869 and the eggs taken 

 home and hatched. The young did well until 

 grown, when they left. A farmer named 

 Verney had them. 



No. 191. Least Bittern (Botaitrus exilift). 

 Very rare. Eggs of this species have been 

 taken in this county, but not by the writer; 

 although I have taken many eggs in the 

 Snatchwine Swamp two miles north of the 

 county line. 



No. 194. Great Blue Heron (Arden hero- 

 dlaft). Common. Formerly there was a large 

 heronry in this county composed of these 

 birds, the White Egret, Double-crested Cor- 

 morants and the like. There is now situated 

 on our south line of the county a large heronry 

 composed entirely of this species, a small part 

 of which extends north of the county line. 



No. 190. White Egret (Ardea egretta). 

 Rare. Formerly inhabited the above heronry 

 and not now known to occur within the limits 

 of the county; however, there is a large her- 

 onry of these birds now situated about twelve 

 miles to the north of our north county line. 



No. 201. Green Heron {Avdea vlrescens). 

 Formerly much more plentiful 



Common, 

 than now. 

 No. 214 

 Common. 



Sora Rail (Porzana Carolina). 

 I never took a set of the eggs of 

 this bird in the county, but have seen over 

 forty of the eggs that were taken in one day in 

 the county by Mr. D. B. Burrows. I saw them 

 the day they were taken. 



No. 219. Florida Gallinule {Gallinula gal- 

 eata). Common. A common summer resident 

 here. 



No. 221. American Coot {Fulica americana). 

 Common. Plentiful in this county as a 

 breeder. 



No. 228. Woodcock (Philohela minor). 



Copyright, 1890, by Frank B. Webster. 



