THE OOLOGIST 



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tonwood, boxelders, willow and some 

 mountain ash, heavy thickets of rose, 

 and a kin plant to the buck brush. 

 Along our river bottoms are some 

 steep bluffs, or chalk rock, with 

 benches, on which are a few ball pine 

 and cedars. There are also numerous 

 sloughs. 



The name of birds, A. O. U. No., 

 place observed, and relative numbers 

 are as follows: 



Pied-billed Grebe, 6, river bottom, 

 2 pairs. 



Mallard Duck, 132, river bottom, 3 

 pairs and 12 young. 



Green-winged Teal, 139, river bot- 

 tom, 2 pair. 



American Bittern, 190, farming dis- 

 trict and river bottom, common. 



Great Blue Heron, 194, farming dis- 

 trict and river bottom, common. 



Sora Rail, 214, farming district and 

 river bottom, common. 



Wilson's Phalarope, 224, farming 

 d'strict, common. 



Wilson's Snipe, 230, farming district, 



2 pair. 



Western Willet, 258a, farming dis- 

 trict, 1 pair. 



Spotted Sandpiper, 263, river bot- 

 tom, 2 birds. 



Killdeer, 273, farming district, prai- 

 rie, river bottom, common, very. 



Bob White, 289, river bottom, com- 

 mon. 



Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse, 208b, 

 river bottom, 9 birds. 



Sage Grouse, 309, prairie, 1 cock. 



Mourning Dove, 316, farming dis- 

 trict, prairie, river bottom, bluffs, com- 

 mon, very. 



Marsh Hawk, 331, farming district, 

 river bottom, common. 



Krider Hawk, 337a, river bottom, 



3 birds. 



Western Red-tailed Hawk, 337b, 

 river bottom, 1 bird. 



Western Sparrow Hawk, 360, farm- 

 ing district, prairie, river bottom, 

 bluffs, common, very. 



American Long-eared Owl, 366, river 

 bottom, 7 birds. 



Rocky Mountain Screech Owl, 373E, 

 river bottom, 1 bird. 



Western Great Horned Owl, 375A, 

 river bottom, 6 birds. 



Burrowing Owl, 378, prairie, com- 

 mon. 



Black-billed Cuckoo, 288 river bot- 

 tom, common. 



King Fisher, 390, river bottom, com- 

 mon. 



Red-headed Woodpecker, 406, farm- 

 ing district, river bottom, 5 birds. 



Lewis Woodpecker, 408, river bot- 

 tom, 1 bird. 



Red Shafted Flicker, 413, farming 

 district, prairie, river bottom, bluffs, 

 common. 



Poor Will, 418, bluffs, 2 birds. 



Western Night Hawk, 420a, farming 

 district, prairie, bluffs, common. 



King Bird, 444, farming district, 

 river bottom, common. 



Arkansas King Bird, 447, farming 

 district, river bottom, common. 



Say's Phoebe, 457, farming district, 

 bluffs, common. 



Western Wood Pewee, 462, river 

 bottom, 5 birds. 



Traill's Flycatcher, 466, river bot- 

 tom, 3 birds. 



Magpie, 475, river bottom, bluffs, 

 common. 



American Crow, 488, farming dis- 

 trict, river bottoms, common. 



Cowbird, farming district, river bot- 

 tom, common. 



Yellow-headed Blackbird, 497, farm- 

 ing district, river bottom, common. 



Red-winged Blackbird, 498, farming 

 district, river bottom, common, very. 



Desert Horned Lark, 474c, farming 

 district, prairie, common. 



Western Meadowlark, 501.1, farming 

 district, prairie, river bottom, com- 

 mon, very. 



Bullock Oriole, 508, farming district, 

 river bottom, common. 



Bronzed Grackle, 511b, farming dis- 



