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OROTTHOLOGIST 



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No. G12. Cliff Swallow {Petrochelidon luni- 

 froHf!). Abundant. Large colonies of this 

 bird nest every year in this county. 



No. 618. Barn Swallow {Chelidon errjthro- 

 gaster). Common. Getting more plentiful of 

 late years. 



No. ()14. Tree Swallow {Tarhyrinrta hi- 

 enlor). Abundant. This bird is very plenti- 

 ful here, and is, so far as its bi-eeding is con- 

 cerned, confined to the river bottoms, where in 

 the course of a day's collecting at the height 

 of the season one can secure many dozens of 

 nests. 



No. 010. Bank Swallow {Clivicola rlparla). 

 Abundant. There are several large colonies 

 of this bird in this county. 



No. 017. Rough-winged Swallow (Stelf/i- 

 dnptcryx xcrripcnniK). Rare. A few of these 

 bii'ds nest every year here. 



No. 019. Cedar Bird {AiupcUs cpdronnn). 

 Tolerably common. Formerly this bird was 

 very common but of late years it seems to give 

 us the go by as a breeder. 



No. iS22ii White-ruraped Shrike {Lanius 

 ludoiiirianu>i excuhiforideft). Tolerably com- 

 mon. Not a very common summer residenthere. 



No. 024. Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo nlivaceus). 

 Common. This beautiful songster is one of 

 the common residents of our woods in the 

 summer. 



No. 027. Warbling Vireo (Virpo (/ili-us). 

 Common. Plentiful both upon the upland and 

 in the river swamps. 



No. 028. Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo 

 flavifrons). Rare. As a breeder it seems to 

 be confined 1o the bluffs along the river valley. 



No. 0;]1. White-eyed Vireo (Vireo novehora- 

 cenms). Very rare. One set of the eggs of 

 this species taken here in 1888. I never saw 

 the nest of this bird in the county. 



No. Oo7. Prothonotary Warbler (Prof/iono- 

 iiirUt citrca). Abundant. Restricted to the 

 river swamps where it is the most abundant 

 bird. 



.\o. 0;]9. Worm-eating Warbler (Ilehnln- 

 thcrns vprmivorus). Very rare. One set of 

 f(uir eggs taken in .Tune, 1888, by a collector 

 living here. 



No. 041. Blue- winged Yellow Warbler (//r /- 

 mintlioph'ila j)imis). Very rare. Formerly 

 they were more common but never were plen- 

 tiful as a breeder. I have not seen the nest of 

 this bird in the last four years, but previous to 

 that time used to occasionally lind one. 



No. 652. Yellow Warbler (Dcndmlfd (CNfira). 

 Abundant. Orchards, and everywliere else, 

 full of the nests of this sj^ecies. 



No. 659. Chestnut-sided Warbler (Bendroica 

 jyennsylvanica). Rare. Prefers the swamps 

 of the river to nest in. 



No. 677. Kentucky Warbler (Geothlyph for- 

 mom). Common. This bird is unusually 

 plentiful here. 



No. 081. Maryland Yellow- throat (Gcotlily- 

 p/s- trirh(is). Abundant. Nests all over the 

 county. 



No. 088. Yellow- breasted Chat (Icteria 

 viren.'<). Common. Usually selects as a nesting- 

 place some brushy nlace on the river bluffs. 



No. 087. American Redstart (Seiophaya 

 rutic'dla). Abundant. In this county this 

 species is confined to the Illinois river valley. 



No. 704. Catbird (Galeosroptes carol inmsi.s). 

 Abundant. Breeds in all parts of the county. 



No. 705. Brown Thrasher (Ilarporhynr/ins 

 riifus). Common. Breeds in all parts of the 

 county where suitable nesting places can be 

 found. 



No. 721. House Wren (Troglodytes a'don). 

 Abundant. Breeds all over the county, but 

 most common in the river bottoms, where it is 

 very plentiful. 



No. 725. Long- billed Marsh Wren (Ci-fo- 

 tJiorus pai!i.siri.s). Rare. Very common ten 

 miles north of here in the Snatchwine swamp. 

 Several nests have been taken in this ct)unty 

 by different collectors. 



No. 727. White-breasted Nuthatch (siffo 

 ('(iridhie)isiN). Tolerably common. Sevei ;il 

 sets of eggs of this species, one of nine eggs, 

 taken here of late yeais. I never took a set in 

 the county. 



No. 785. Black-capped Chickadee (Partix 

 atrlcapUlns). Cominon in the ssvamps. Not 

 common elsewhere. 



No. 755. Wood Thrush (Tnrdiift jinisfcHniis). 

 Common. Most plentiful in the timber of and 

 bordering the Illinois river valley. 



No 750. Wilson's Thrush (I'urdtis ftiscen- 

 cens). Very raie. On May 80, 1889, I found 

 a single egg of this species in the nest of a 

 Summer Yellowbird. There is no doubt as to 

 the identify of the egg. It is the only egg 

 ever found in the county that I know of, 

 although I have seen the birds here in the 

 breeding season. 



No. 701. American Robin (McriiUi mli/ra- 

 toria). ('oinmon. There is not one thiif 

 breeds here now where ten years ago there 

 were five. 



N'o. 70(i. Bluebird (Sialiii .s/r(//.s). Common. 

 This is a common breeder here all over the 

 county. li- ^V. litirtie.s. 



Lacon, Illinois. 



