VOL. V. SEPTEMBER, 1918 NO. n 



*me t r% MIDLAND 

 NATURALIST 



Devoted to Natural History, Primarily 

 that of the Prairie States 



Published by the University of Notre Dame, 

 Notre Dame, Indiana 



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



CONTENTS 



Some New Brachiopods and Gastropods from the 



Devonian of Iowa Carrol! Lane Fenton 213 



Heterothrix (B. L. Robins) Rydb. a Synonym, and 



Other Notes /. A. Nieuwland 224 



Shooting Birds for the Purpose of Identification 



Brother Alphonsus, C. S. C. 225 



"Fairy Circles" /. .4. Nieuwland 230 



Teratological Notes J. .4. A". 231 



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