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Vol.111. MARCH, 1913. No. 2. 



ahIr% 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 



A Question of Nomenclature. — (Plate I) S. W . Geiser 33 



Notes on Our Local Plants. — III /. A. Nieuwland 41 



Song Season of Our Birds in 1912 Brother Alphonsus, C. S. C. 48 



Our Birds in the Spring of 1912 Brother Alphonsus, C. S. C. 50 



Some Midland Dogbanes /. A. Nieuwland 53 



Evactoma J- A. Nieuwland 57 



Nesting Habits of Our Birds Brother Alphonsus, C. S. C. 60 



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