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they would blur in the negative, so left 

 them quiet down some time before 

 taking their photo. 



The mother bird seemed very un- 

 easy while her babies were having 

 their picture taken and was constant- 

 ly fluttering about as close as she 

 dared come. After exposing two 

 plates on the young birds, I moved 

 them close to some large corn stalks 

 and left them to grow up in peace. 



There are so many good side hill 

 nesting sites in. this vicinity that the 

 Nighthawks don't generally come very 

 close to town to raise their young. 



In recent years I have noticed quite 

 a decrease in numbers of Nighthawks 

 in this locality; they come and go so 

 irregularly, never know just when to 

 expect them, and they disappear all of 

 a sudden, and it seems like they are 

 forgotten for another year. 



I can remember as a boy, when the 

 fly fishing for trout on the big lake 

 here was at its best, we used to stay 

 out late in the evenings fishing, and 

 it never seemed too dark for the trout 

 to feed, or the Nighthawks in cam- 

 pany with countless bats to dart hither 

 and thither just skimming the water, 

 devouring the myriads of small gnats 

 and salnion flies. I remember of one 

 instance when a Nighthawk made a 

 sad rpistake and got caught on an ar- 

 tificial fly that was trailing a short 

 distance from the boat, and created 

 quite a disturbance before it could be 

 liberated. 



Henry J. Rust. 



Summer Residents of Douglas County, 

 S. D. 



By Alex Walker 

 This list is not complete, but in- 

 cludes those species whose nests I 

 have found, or am positive that nest 

 here. 

 A. O. U. 



6 Pied-billed Crebe, usually com- 

 mon but scarce in 1911. 



77 Black Tern, nests in small col- 

 onies in marshes. 



125 Am. W. Pelican, possible S. R.. 

 One seen at Lake Andes, July 

 5, 1911. 



132 Mallard. Formerly common but 

 now very rare in the sum- 

 mer. 



140 Blue Winged Teal. Common. 



142 Shoveller. Common. 



143 Pintail. Occasional. 



146 Redhead. Probably S. R. One 

 pair observed May 30, 1911. 



190 American Bittern. Tolerably 

 common. 



212 Virginia Rail. One nest found in. 

 1910. 



214 Sora Rail. Common. 



221 American Coot. Common. 



224 Wilson Phalarope. Several pairs 

 seen all summer, but nest not 

 located. 



261 Bartramian Sandpiper. Fairly 

 common. 



264 Long-billed Curlew. Said to 

 have been common; but very 

 rare now. 



273 Killdeer. Common. 



287 Bob-white. Occasionally seen. 



305 Prairie Hen. Common. 



316 Mourning Dove. Very abundant. 



337 Marsh Hawk. Common. 



360 American Sparrow Hawk. Some- 

 times seen. 



367 Short-eared Owl. Scarce. 



373 Screech Owl. Not common. 



378 Burrowing Owl. Common. 



387 Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Fairly 

 common. 



390 Belted Kingfisher. Scarce. 



40^6 Red-headed Woodpecker. Not 

 common. 



412a Northern Flicker. Very com- 

 mon. 



420a Western Nighthawk. Common. 



444 Kingbird. Abundant. 



447 Arkansas Kingbird. Abundant. 



456 Phoebe. Scarce, one nest in 

 1911. 



465 Acadian Flycatcher. Uncom- 

 mon. 



467 Least Flycatcher. Rare, one nest 

 1910. 



474b Prairie Horned Lark. Com- 

 mon. 



477 Blue Jay. Fairly common. 



501b Western Meadowlark. Very 

 common. 



506 Orchard Oriole. Common. 



507 Baltimore Oriole. Quite common. 

 488 American Crow. Common. 



