252 
368 
373 
375 
387 
290 
402 
406 
412 
417 
420 
423 
428 
608 
610 
593 
517 
498 
597 
598 
477 
766 
507 
506 
687 
529 
681 
652 
619 
683 
DOL 
452 
B87 
761 
456 
461 
616 
627 
631 
540 
560 
THE OOLOGIST 
Bald Eagle; one killed on the Ap- 
pomattox marshes .on March 
12th that measured 6 feet and 
6 inches from tip to tip. 
Barred Owl 
Screech Owl 
Great Horned Owl 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 
Belted Kingfisher; found nesting 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Red-headed Woodpecker 
Flicker; found nesting 
Whip-poor-will 
Night Hawk 
Chimney Swift; found nesting 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird; 
found nesting. 
Scarlet Tanager; 
Summer Tanager 
Cardinal; found nesting 
Purple Finch 
Red-winged 
nesting 
Blue Grosbeak; found nesting. 
Indigo Bunting; found nesting 
Blue Jay; found nesting 
Bluebird; found nesting 
Baltimore Oriole 
Orchard Oriole; found nesting 
Redstart; two nests found in 
June 8, 1910; one with young 
and one with eggs 
American Goldfinch 
Maryland Yellow-throat 
Yellow-Warbler; found nesting 
Cedar Waxwing 
found nesting 
Blackbird; found 
Yellow-breasted Chat; found 
nesting 
Meadowlark 
Crested Flycatcher; found nest- 
ing 
Towhee; found nesting 
American Robin; found nesting 
Phoebe; found nesting 
Wood Pewee; found nesting 
Bank Swallow; found nesting 
Warbling Vireo; found nesting 
White-eyed Vireo; found nesting 
Vesper Sparrow 
Chipping Sparrow; 
ing 
found nest- 
a7), Ayo 127 
563 Field Sparrow; found nesting 
584 Swamp Sparrow 
558 White-throated Sparrow 
581 Song Sparrow; found nesting 
705 Brown Thrasher; found nesting 
755 Wood Thrush; found nesting 
718 Carolina Wren; found nesting 
721 House Wren; found nesting 
725 lLong-billed Marsh Wren 
567 Slate-colored Junco 
731 Tufted Titmouse 
735 Chickadee; found nesting 
727 White-breasted Nuthatch 
444 Kingbird; found nesting 
704 Catbird; found nesting 
611 Purple*Martin; found nesting 
613 Barn Swallow = 
494 Bob-o-link 
495 Cowbird 
511 Purple Grackle 
488 American Crow; found nesting 
153 Bufflehead Duck; one killed on 
Appomattox River. 
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The American Coot. 
(Fulica Americana) 
No. 221. 
The American Coot, locally called 
“Mud Hen” is quite common in favor- 
able localities, throughout its range in 
South Dakota. They nest in Colonies 
from a few pair in the small ponds to 
large numbers in the lakes and large 
marshes in company with Grebes and - 
Rails. 
They are divers and seldom fly ex- 
cept for short distances over the water. 
When ducks are scarce, they are often 
shot by hunters and left where they 
are, 
At daybreak I have seen large num- 
bers of coots along the shores. 
When alarmed they would fly with 
their feet almost touching the water 
across the few rods of open water to 
the rushes, 
This year they arrived about April 
1st, and the first full nests were found 
May 25th. The nests are made of dead 
