VOL. III. MAY, 1914. NO. 9. 



amIrTcan 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., - '^'-^' 



CONTENTS 



Forest Arboreta - Charles M. JJoiv 255 



Some New American Lythra /. .4. Nicuwland 265 



Migration of Our Birds in the Spring of 1913 



Brother Alphonsus, C. S. C. 271 



Notes on Our Local Plants /. ^.4. Nietnvland 274 



Some Common Birds Victor Carpenter 283 



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