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402. 

 405. 



406. 

 409. 

 412. 



477. 

 488. 



490. 



498. 



501c. 



511b. 



517. 



529. 

 540. 



558. 



559. 

 560. 



563. 



567. 



581. 

 585. 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Not 

 common. 



Pileated Woodpecker. Not com- 

 mon, but occuring in all the 

 large swamps. 



Red-headed Woodpecker. Very 

 common. 

 Red-bellied 

 common. 

 So. Flicker 



Woodpecker. Not 



Very common. The 

 northern form probably occurs 

 as large bunches were seen mi- 

 grating early in March, but no 

 specimens were taken. 

 Blue Jay. Common. 

 Am. Crow. Very common, oc- 

 curing in immense droves. 

 Ruby Crowned Kinglet. Very 

 common among the thickets in 

 all the swamps but does not oc- 

 cur in large numbers as when mi- 

 grating. 



Red-winged Blackbird. Was not 

 observed until late in February 

 when the northbound migration 

 had begun. 



So. Meadowlark. Very common. 

 It is probable that the No. 

 Meadowlark also occurs. 

 Bronzed Grackle. Fairly com- 

 mon. 



Purple Finch. Occuring in large 

 droves, periodically, all winter. 

 Am. Goldfinch. Common. 

 Vesper Sparrow. Not common. 

 White-throated Sparrows. With 

 the exception of the English 

 Sparrow, the commonest of the 

 Sparrows. 



Tree Sparrow. Not common. 

 Chipping Sparrow. Not com- 

 mon. 



Field Sparrow. Occurs in large 

 numbers. 



Slate Colored Junco. Very com- 

 mon. Leaves late in February. 

 Song Sparrow. Common. 

 Fox Sparrow. Only a few ob- 

 served, 



587. 

 593. 

 619. 



622. 

 655. 

 703. 



705. 

 718. 



721. 

 722. 



726. 



729. 



731. 



736. 



761. 



766. 



Towhee. Very common 

 Cardinal. Very common. 

 Cedar Waxwing. Occurs period- 

 ically in droves of from one to 

 two hundred. The negroes are 

 fond of Cedar bird pie, and large 

 numbers are killed. 

 Loggerhead Shrike. Only two 

 observed in two months. 

 Myrtle Warbler. Fairly com- 

 mon. 



Mockingbird. Very common. 

 Hardly a yard in the town but 

 what have from one to three 

 pairs of Mockingbirds. 

 Brown Thrasher. Very common. 

 An early nester. 



Carolina Wren. Very common 

 around the edges of the swamps. 

 Nests early in March. 

 House Wren. Not common. 

 Winter Wren, Only one ob- 

 served. 



Brown Creeper. Not common, 

 but occurs regularly. 

 Brown-headed Nuthatch. Com- 

 mon. Nests early in March. 

 Tufted Titmouse. Observed 

 three or four times. 

 Carolina Chickadee. Very com- 

 mon. 



American Robin. Very common. 

 Can be seen early in March 

 gathering in large droves prepar- 

 atory to their northward journey. 

 Bluebird. Common along the 

 creeks where cleared. 



Prewitt Roberts, 

 Conway, Missouri. 



Olar Columbianus 



The last native Wild Swan was 

 shipped a short time ago to J. O. Jack- 

 son, of Denver, Colorado, in an effort 

 to mate the same with a male of the 

 same species, which Mr. Jackson has 

 on his grounds there. It is to be hoped 

 that this effort will not result as did 

 the effort to mate the last Trumpeter 



