ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 



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Gulls and Terns 



Kittiwake Gull. 



Glaucous Gull. 



Iceland Gull. 



Great Black-backed Gull. 



Herring Gull. 



Ring-billed Gull. 



Laughing Gull. 



Franklin's Gull. 



Bonaparte's Gull. 



Sabine's Gull. 



Gull-billed Tern. 



Caspian Tern. 



Royal Tern. 



Forster's Tern. N. 



Common Tern. 



Least Tern. 



Black Tern. X. 

 Anhinga 



Water-Turkey. S. 

 Cormorants 



Double-crested Cormorant. C. 

 ^Florida Cormorant. S. 



Mexican Cormorant. 

 Pelicans 



White Pelican. 



Brown Pelican. 

 Ducks and Geese 



Merganser. 



Red-breasted Merganser. N. 

 **Hooded Merganser. N. C. S. 



Mallard. X. Probably confined as a 

 breeder to Xorthern half of State. 



Black Duck. X. 



Gadwall. 



European Widgeon. 



Baldpate. A possible breeder in N. 

 111. 



Green-winged Teal. X. 

 *Blue-winged Teal. X. C. S. 



Cinnamon Teal. 

 Shoveller. Xested formerly in X. 111., 

 and may do so now. 



Pintail. X T . 

 t :;:::: Wood Duck. X. C. S. 



Redhead. 



Canvas-back. 



Scaup Duck. 



Lesser Scaup Duck. X. 



Ring-necked Duck. X. 



Golden-eye. 



Barrow's Golden-eve. 



Buffle-head. 



Old-Squaw. 



Harlequin Duck. 



Eider. 



King Eider. 



Scoter. 



White- winged Scoter. 



Surf Scoter. 



Ruddy Duck. N. 



Snow Goose. 



Greater Snow Goose. 



Blue Goose. 



White-fronted Goose. 



Canada Goose. X. 

 Hutchin's Goose. 

 Cackling Goose. 

 Brant. 



Swans 



Whistling Swan. 



Trumpeter Swan. Xo recent records. 

 Extremely rare and possibly ex- 

 tinct in state. 



Bitterns, Herons and Cranes 



Roseate Spoonbill (?) 

 White Ibis. 

 Glossy Ibis. 



Wood Ibis. Xot uncommon late sum- 

 mer visitor to Southern and Cen- 

 tral Illinois. 

 *Bittern. X. C. S. 

 *Least Bittern. X. C. S. 

 Cory's Least Bittern. A peculiar 

 color-phase of the Least Bittern 

 — one record. 

 t**Great Blue Heron. X. C. S. 



*Egret. (?) Probably not nesting 

 now. S. 111. 

 Snowy Egret. 

 Reddish Egret. 



Little Blue Heron. Late S. R. in S. 

 111. 

 f**Green Heron. X. C. S. 

 t*Black-crowned X"ight Heron. X. C. S. 

 *Yellow-crowned Xight Heron. S. 

 Whooping Crane. Very rare and pos- 

 sibly now extinct in state. Xo 

 recent records. 

 Sandhill Crane. X~ested formerly, but 



doubtless not now. 

 Limpkin. 



Rails, Gallinules and Coot 



f**King Rail. X. C. S. 

 Virginia Rail. X\ C. S. 

 fSora. X. C. S. 

 *Yellow Rail. X. C. S. 

 fBlack Rail. X. C. and possiblv in S. 

 111. 

 Purple Gallinule. 

 *Florida Gallinule. X. C. S. 

 Coot. X. C. S. 



Phalaropes 



Red Phalarope. 



Xorthern Phalarope. 



Wilson's Phalarope. X. 

 Avocet and Stilt 



Avocet. 



Black-necked Stilt. 

 Snipe, Sandpipers, Etc. 

 t** Woodcock. X. C. S. 



Wilson's Snipe. X. 



Dowitcher. 



Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Stilt Sandpiper. 



Knot. 



Purple Sandpiper. 



Pectoral Sandpiper. A few S. R.. but 

 do not nest. 



