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Common. One set of eggs taken in April, 

 1888, wlien there was plenty of snow on the 

 ground. 



No. 2()1. Bartram's Sandpiper {Bartramia 

 lonrilcaudd). Common. Plentiful in the iields 

 hereabouts. 



No. 263. Spotted Sandpiper {Actitin macu- 

 laria). Common. Plentiful along the Illinois 

 river. 



No. 278. Killdeer {JEgialitis vocifera). 

 Common. Nearly every pasture in the county 

 has its pair of these birds, and they are com- 

 mon along the river also. 



No. 28i). Bob-white, Qnail (Colirms virgin- 

 ianux). Common. Tliese birds are increasing 

 here every year on account of the close enforce- 

 ment of the Game Laws. 



No. 300. Huffed Grouse {Bonaaa uniheUus). 

 (/ommon. I never took a nest in the county, 

 but have seen eggs taken here, and have caught 

 the young that were only a day or so old. 



No. 30"). Prairie Chicken ■ {Ti/rnpamicus 

 ameriraniis). Common. The same remarks 

 that ai)ply to the Quail apply to this bird here. 



No. 310. Wild Turkey {Meleagris gullopavo). 

 Rare. It is very doubtful if tliis bird now 

 breeds in this county. Formerly they were a 

 common breeder as is attested by all old 

 settlers. The writer has never seen a nest or 

 the young of this species within the connty, 

 but has killed the mature birds in this county 

 within the last five years. 



No. 316. Mourning Dove {Zenaidura ma- 

 croura). Common. One of the commonest of 

 our summer birds. 



No. 333. Cooper' sJIawk (Aceipiter ronpe.ri). 

 Rare. This bird is not a common breeder in 

 this county. 



No. 337. Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo horealis). 

 Common. This is the commonest Hawk here. 



No. 33!). Red-shouldered Hawk {linteo Ihi- 

 eatus). Very rare. I never knew of but one 

 nest of this bird in this county. Out of this I 

 secured one addled egg and a pair of the 

 young birds. These I raised to full maturity. 



No. 342. Swainson's Hawk [Buteo swain- 

 soni). Very rare. I never knew of but one 

 nest in tlie county and that I secured. It was 

 located in a large elm tree in the river bottoms. 



No. 343. Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo Idti.s- 

 simufi). Rare. Confined to the river bottoms. 



No. 3r)2. Bald Eagle (Ifalia'ctus leucoreph- 

 altis). Rare. At the time of this writing, 

 1890, I do not know of a nest in the county. 

 Formerly there were four nests within our 

 borders. The last one had the tree cut in 

 1879 to secure the young birds. lu the spring 



of 1888 the writer " went through " an Eagle's 

 nest oidy two miles north of the county line, 

 and there is now an occupied nest within six 

 miles of our north line. 



No, 300, Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverius). 

 Rare. I have never taken a set of their eggs 

 here but have seen them when nesting, the 

 nesting places being inaccessible. 



No. 30(5. Long-eared Owl (yl.s/o ivilfioninmts). 

 Rare. I have only seen two nests of this bird 

 in this county. 



No. 308. Barred Owl (Syryiium nehulosum). 

 Common. Confined almost entirely to the 

 river bottoms. 



No. 373. Little Screech Owl (McgnNcops 

 asio). Rare. Very few of this species nest 

 with us here. 



No. 387. Yellow-billed Cuckoo {Corci/zus 

 americanus). Tolerably common. This biid 

 is getting scarcer here every year. 



No. 388. Black-billed Cuckoo (Corcyzus 

 erythropthalmiis). Common. Seems to prefer 

 the river bottoms for nesting. 



No. 393. Hairy Woodpecker {Drj/ohatcx vil- 

 losris). Tolerably common. In this place this 

 species seems to nest most upon the river 

 bluffs and in the orchards. 



No. 394. Downy Woodpecker (Dri/ohates 

 }nibescen><). Common. A common summer 

 resident, and one that escapes the notice of 

 most people. 



No. 402. yellow-bellied Woodpecker (Sphy- 

 ra2)icufi vdrluti). Tolerably common. As a 

 breeder it is confined to the river bottoms so 

 far as my observation goes. 



No. 400. Red-headed Woodpecker {Melan- 

 erpes erytltrorephalus). Al)undant. With tlie 

 exception of the Flicker this is our most com- 

 mon Woodpecker. 



No. 409. Red-bellied Woodpecker {Mtlan- 

 erpe.s cnrolinufi). Rare. I bave never seen a 

 nest of this species in this county, l)ut have 

 seen eggs taken hereby a very reliable collector. 



No. 412. Yellow-shafted Flicker (Cnlaptis 

 auratus). Abundant. Our most common 

 Woodpecker. Nests everywhere. 



No. 417. Whip-poor-will (Antrostovmft vo- 

 cifcrus). Rare. Nests mostly upon tlie river 

 bluffs. 



No. 420. Night Hawk {Chordeiles virgin- 

 /,'nu(.s). Common. Nests mostly in the river 

 valley. 



No. 423. Chimney Swift {C/i(etur(t pchn/ii-d). 

 Abundant. Nests only in chimneys here- 

 abouts. 



No. 428. Ruby-thioated Ilummingbird 

 {TrochiluH colubris). Common. The birds 



