VOL. III. JULY, 1914. NO. 10. 



AMERICAN jKLlJj'LAri D 



NATURALIST 



Devoted to Natural History, Primarily 



that of the Prairie States y;,— ^ ^ 



Published by the University of Notre Dame, 



Notre Dame, Indiana N^4 



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



CONTENTS 



Notes on Seedlings (With 7 Plates) Richard Vogt 287 



Notes on Our Local Plants — VIL J. A. Nieuwland 289 



Some Common Birds. — II Victor Carpenter 298 



Our Birds in the Autumn of 1913 Brother Alphonsus,C. S. C. 305 



A New Variety of Sambucus J- A. Nieuwland 310 



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