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VOL. XII. 



BOSTON, MASS., OCTOBER, 1887. 



No. 10. 



Notes on the Birds of Levy Co., 

 Florida. 



BY PHILIP LAURENT. 



The following notes and observations were 

 made during eight weeks spent in this county; 

 the four weeks ending March 25th, 1886 and 

 the four weeks ending March 23rd, 1887. Most 

 of the time was spent in the Hammock lands 

 and but few trips were taken in the Pine lands, 

 owing to the scarcity of bird life in the latter 

 place. 



The following list although small and repre- 

 senting but a small portion of the birds of this 

 county, embraces only such as came under my 

 own observation. 



Anhinga anhinga^ Snake bird. Common along 

 all the rivers. 



Phalacrocorax dilophus floridamis, Florida 

 Coniorant. Secured the only specimen seen. 



Anas fulvigtda? Florida Duck? A bunch of 

 about twelve seen. 



Anas caroUnensis, Green-winged Teal. But 

 five specimens seen. 



Aix sponsa. Wood Duck. Two male birds 

 seen. 



Guara alba, White Ibis. Secured the only 

 specimen seen; reported to be common in 

 April. 



Botaurus lentiginosus. Bittern. Secured sev- 

 eral specimens. 



Ardea herodias, Great Blue Heron. Common. 



Ardea egretta, White Egret. Common. 



Ardea coerulea. Little Blue Heron. Common. 



Ardeb virescens, Green Heron. Common. 



Nycticorax nycticorax ncevius, Black-crowned 

 Night Heron. Common. 



Nycticorax violacens, Yellow-crowned Night 

 Heron. Scarce, secured the only specimen 

 seen. 



Aramus gigantms, Lirai)kin. Scarce, but one 

 specimen secured. 



Rallus longirostris crepitans. Clapper Rail. 

 Common on the marshes near the mouth of all 

 the rivers. 



Gallinula galeata, Florida Gallinule. Com- 

 mon on every pond we visited. 



Philohela minor, American Wood-cock. By 

 no means scarce. 



Gallinago delicata, Wilson's Snipe. Very 

 common. 



Totanus melanoleucus, Greater Yellow-legs. 

 Only five or six specimens seen. 



^Egialitis vocifera, Killdeer. Very common. 



Colinus virginianus, Bob-white. Very plen- 

 tiful ; of the many secured I was unable to find 

 any difference from our northern bird. 



Meleagris gallopavo. Wild Turkey. Plentiful. 



Zenaidura macroura, Mourning Dove. Very 

 common, always in large fiocks and generally 

 found in the young orange groves. 



Columbigallina passerina, Ground Dove. 

 Common, always seen in the freshly plowed 

 fields. 



Cathartes aura, Turkey Vultui-e. Very com- 

 mon. 



Catharista atrata. Black Vulture. Very com- 

 mon. 



Elanoides forficatus, Swallow-tailed Kite. 

 But five specimens seen; reported to be com- 

 mon late in April. 



Buteo Uneattis alleni, Florida Red-shouldered 

 Hawk. Very common; not an uncommon 

 sight to see as many as ten at a time circling 

 round and round and uttering their shrill cry. 



Falco sparverins. Sparrow Hawk. Very com- 

 mon ; some specimens show much variation 

 from our northern bird. 



Pandion haliaetus carolinensis, Osprey. Com- 

 mon ; many nests to be seen scattered along 

 the rivers. 



Syrnium nebulosum alleni. Florida Barred 

 Owl. Common everywhere in the Pine lands 

 as well as in the Hammocks. 



Megascops asio, Screech Owl. Not common, 

 but one specimen secured. 



Copyright, 1887, by F. H. CARPENTER and F. B. Webster. 



