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THE OOLOOIST 



Wild Fowl at Home. 



June 9, 1919. 



— Photo by V. Lane. 



shaped flocks seen from Mar. 28th to 

 April 3rd. 



190. Am. Bittern. One seen along 

 West Indian Creek May 8th. 



191. Least Bittern. Two seem in 

 grass in edge of pond June 7th. 



194. Great Blue Heron. One seen 

 along creek Sept. 4th. 



201. Green Heron. A number seen 

 at different times from April 11th to 

 Sept. 8th. 



214. Sora Rail. One observed in 

 pond June 10th. 



221. Am. Coot. One seen along 

 creek May 9th. 



273. Kildeer. Common from Mar. 

 15th to Oct. 5th. 



289. Bob-white. A few were ob- 

 served along a hedge at different 

 times throughout the summer. 



305. 

 5th. 

 316. 

 331. 

 333. 



Prairie Hen. Three seen Oct. 



Mourning Dove. Common. 

 Marsh Haw'' Fairly common. 

 Coopers Hawk. Formerly com- 

 mon now becoming rare. One set of 

 three taken this season. 



337. Red-tailed Hawk. Common. 

 360. Am. Sparrow Hawk. Fairly 

 common. 



373. Screech Owl. Common. 

 375. Great Horned Owl. Rare one 

 seen June 7th. 



387. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Com- 

 mon. 



388. Black-billed Cuckoo. Two ob- 

 served this season. Not so common 

 as the Yellow-billed. 



390. Belted Kingfisher. Common, 



