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Subfamily Cygninae. Swans. 
OLorR coLuMBIANUS (Ord). Whistling Swan. 
Very rare migrant. 
The Whistling Swan is still occasionally seen on the Mis- 
souri River. In 1897 a specimen was taken in the east bottoms 
by Bryant. Two specimens were brought in by a river hunter 
on November 22, 1915. 
The older sportsmen tell of many swans being taken in Jack- 
son County in former years but they are unable to distinguish 
the two species. 
OLor BUCCINATOR (Richardson). Trumpeter Swan. 
Formerly a migrant; probably now extinct in this vicinity. 
The Trumpeter Swan was formerly a regular migrant in the 
Missouri Valley. The only known specimen is the one in the 
Library collection. This bird was taken by Bryant in April, 
1900, on a pond at 75th and Holmes. 
Order HERODIONES. Herons, Storks, Ibises, ete. 
Suborder Ibides. Spoonbills and Ibises. 
Family Ipwiar.  Ibises. 
PLEGADIS GUARAUNA (Linn.). White-faced Glossy Ibis. 
Very rare migrant. 
This species is said to breed regularly in Kansas, even north 
of this latitude, but hasbeen taken in Missouri but twice. Chas. 
E. Dankers took a specimen October 8, 1907, in Holt County. 
Suborder Herodii. Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Ete. 
Family Arpremar. Herons, Bitterns, ete. 
Subfamily Botaurinae. Bitterns. 
Boravrus LENTIGINOsUS (Montagu). Bittern. 
Common migrant and rare summer resident. 
The Bittern arrives about April 10th and leaves by the end 
of October. It is found here in the breeding season in suitable 
localities but the nest has not been discovered. It is common 
mM migration and is to be seen along the streams and about 
lakes, ponds and marshes. Even the small marshy spot in the 
