THE BIRDS OF FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA. 203 
71. Tympanuchus americanus americanus (Reich.) Prairie 
Chicken. That this species was one time very common in the 
region is stated by many hunters and observers. It is now 
rare. Mr. John R. Waller saw a small flock in January, 
‘1916, and in November, 1918, a flock of about a half dozen 
individuals was seen near Orchard. Webster, in the Iowa 
Naturalist, describes two albino Prairie Chickens taken near 
Niles, in Chickasaw County, but gives no dates of collection. 
72. Meleagris gallopavo silvestris (Vieill.) Wild Turkey. 
In 1897. Webster classed this species as rare; it was probably 
almost extinct so far as the county is concerned. Among 
some loose notes with the Miles collection is the record of 
one specimen having been shot near Bloody Run, south of 
Charles City, in 1898.. The specimen is lacking. 
73. Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.) Passenger Pigeon. 
Very common during the “early days.” (Webster, Waller, 
Dutton, and others). Keyes and Williams state: “A nest with 
one egg was taken at Charles City, June 14, 1879.”’ (Bds. of 
Iowa, 1889, 125.) The last authentic record is by Webster, in 
1897. The species probably had disappeared from the county 
by 1900. There are occasionally alarms when someone thinks 
he has discovered a Passenger Pigeon, but the “Discovery” 
is always a Mourning Dove. 
74. Zenaidura macroura marginella (Woodh.) Mourning 
Dove. An abundant summer resident. It arrives in Mareh 
or early in April and- nests in early May. I have found 
nests with eggs in them in May, June and July, and young 
but a few days old in the middle of August. The species 
departs in the sceond and third weeks of October, with a 
few individuals hanging on until the last of the month. 
75. Cathartes aura septentrionalis (Wied.) Turkey Vul- 
ture. Listed as rare by Webster in 1897 (History of Floyd 
County.) Several farmers have told me of having seen “Buz- 
zards,” and John R. Waller states that he has on several occa- 
sions shot them. There are no records, however, within the 
last fifteen years, and the species is probably no longer to 
be found in the county unless accidental stragglers should 
appear. 
