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IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



A Quarterly Magazine Devoted 



to the Study of Ornitholooy 



and Oology. 



DAVID L. SAVAGE, 



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David L. Savage, Salem, Iowa. 



The notice of the taking of a 

 Black- throated Loon near Sabula, 

 Iowa, as given in the April Iowa 

 Ornithologist, read, by J. Gid- 

 dings, but should read H. J. Gid- 

 dings. One initial was omitted 

 thus crediting the note to the 

 wrong person, there being a J. 

 Giddings at Sabjila. 



I must also modify my supple- 

 mentary note on this species, as 

 a specimen taken by Paul Bartsch 

 at Burlington, Iowa, was repor- 

 ted in the j^roceedings of the 

 Iowa Academy of Sciences, 1895. 



Notes and News. 



Sept. 12, I received a specimen 

 that is of rare occurrence in 

 Boone county. It is a Swallow- 

 tailed Kite, and was shot by C. 

 H. Elliott, 5-V miles west of 

 Boone, near the Des Moines 

 river, two miles west of Gal Rose 

 Bridge. About ten years ago 

 the Swallow-tailed Kite was com- 

 mon during the migrations, but 

 of late years they have become 

 rare. The bird when killed was 

 in a bass wood tree pruning its 

 feathers. 



Length, 24.00 



Extent, 49.00 



Wing, 16.75 



Tail, 14.50 



Tarsus, 1.00 

 Stomach contained five frog> 

 and one grasshopper. 



By the way I have some good 

 news for you and you may tell 

 the I. O. boys that they are wel- 

 come to the best cigars in town 

 if they call at my store. The 

 glad tidings are that on Septem- 

 ber 7, a baby girl with blue eyes, 

 black hair, and cheeks as ro.sy 

 as a peach was born at "Bird's 

 Home." Of course .she will be a 

 lover of our birds. — Carl Pitz 

 Henning, Boone, Iowa. 



On February'- 29, I took a fine 

 specimen of the Pileated Wood 

 pecker near this place. On March 

 7, Mr. H. Thomas took two spec- 

 imens of the Evening Grosbeak, 

 and again on April 18, he pro- 



