VOL. V. MARCH, 1917. WO. 2. 



aAu, MIDLAND 

 NATURALIST 



Devoted to Natural History, Primarily 

 that of the Prairie States 



Published by the University of Notre 

 Notre Dame, Indiana 



J. A. NIEUWLAND, C. S. C, Ph. D., Sc. D., Editor 



CONTENTS 



Enumerantur Plantae Dakotae Septentrionalis Vascu- 



lares. — XI. /. Lunell 31 



Ornithological Notes from the Chicago Area C. G. Eijrig 46 



Critical Notes on New and Old Genera of Plants. — X. 



/. A. Nieuwland 50 



Our Birds in the Winter of 1915-1916 



Brother Aiphonsus, C. S. C. 52 



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