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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



White-rumped Sandpiper. 



Baird's Sandpiper. 



Least Sandpiper. May have nested 



very rarely in former years. 

 Red-backed Sandpiper. 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper. Occasional 



S. R., but do not nest. 

 Western Sandpiper. 

 Sanderling. 

 Marbled Godwit. 

 Hudsonian Godwit. 

 Greater Yellow-legs. Occasional S. R. 



and may breed in N. 111. 

 Yellow-legs. N. Very rare breeder. 

 Solitary Sandpiper. Casual S. R., but 



never found breeding. 

 Willet. (?) 



Western Willet. N. Authority— W. W. 

 Cooke. 

 f**Bartramian Sandpiper. N. C. S. 



Perhaps absent in extreme S. 111. 

 Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 

 t*Spotted Sandpiper. N. C. S. 



Long-billed Curlew. Authority of 

 Nelson, who once found it nest- 

 ing in N. E. 111. 

 Hudsonian Curlew. 

 Eskimo Curlew. No recent records. 

 Possibly extinct in state. 

 Plovers 



Black-bellied Plover. A few non- 

 breeding birds are S. R. 

 Golden Plover. 

 t**Killdeer. N. C. S. 



Semipalmated Plover. A few remain 



S. R. and may breed in N. 111. 

 Piping Plover. N. 

 Turnstone 



Ruddy Turnstone. 

 Bob- White, Grouse, Etc. 

 t**Bob-white. N. C. S. 

 **Ruffed Grouse. N. C. S. 

 Willow Ptarmigan. (?) 

 f**Prairie Chicken. N. C. S. 



Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse. Nested 

 formerly in N. E. 111. — Once at 

 Waukegan. 

 **Wild Turkey. S. 

 Pigeon and Dove 



Passenger Pigeon. Once nested spar- 

 ingly in N. E. 111. Now extinct. 

 f**Mourning Dove. N. C. S. 

 Vultures 

 t**Turkey Vulture. Chiefly C. and S. 

 Rare S. R. in N. 111. 

 *Black Vulture. S. 

 Hawks and Eagles 



*Swallow-tailed Kite. S. 

 White-tailed Kite. 

 Mississippi Kite. 



A summer visitant to S. 111. 

 fMarsh Hawk. N. C. and questionable 

 in S. 111. 

 t**Sharp-shinned Hawk. N. C. S. 

 t**Cooper's Hawk. N. C. S. 



Goshawk. 

 Western Goshawk. 

 t**Red-tailed Hawk. N. C. S. 

 Krider's Red-tailed Hawk. 

 Western Red-tailed Hawk. 

 Harlan's Hawk. 

 **Red-Shouldered Hawk. N. C. S. 

 f Swainson's Hawk. C. S. and possiblv 



N. 111. 

 fBroad-winged Hawk. N. C. S. 

 Mexican Goshawk. 

 Rough-legged Hawk. 

 Ferruginous Rough-legged Hawk. 

 Golden Eagle. Formerly nested in 

 different parts of state. 

 *Bald Eagle. N. C. S., but now rare. 



Prairie Falcon. 

 *Duck Hawk. S. 

 Pigeon Hawk. Rare S. R. and may 



nest. 

 Richardson's Pigeon Hawk. 

 t**Sparrow Hawk. N. C. S. 



*Osprey. N. C. S. 

 Owls 

 t**Barn Owl. C. S. 

 f**Long-eared Owl. N. C. S. ' 

 **Short-eared Owl. N. C. S. But now 

 rare in Southern portion of State. 

 f**Barred Owl. N. C. S. 

 Great Gray Owl. 

 Richardson's Owl. 

 **Saw-whet Owl. S. One breeding 

 record ( Vandercook), so far as 

 known, but a probable breeder in 

 N. C. 111. 

 t**Screech Owl. N. C. S. Questionable 

 in S. 111. 

 ^Southern Screech Owl. S. 

 f**Great Horned Owl. N. C. S. 

 Arctic Horned Owl. 

 Snowy Owl. 

 Hawk Owl. 

 Paroquet 



Louisiana (Carolina) Paroquet. Long 

 extinct. 

 Cuckoos and King Fisher 

 t** Yellow-billed Cuckoo. N. C. S. 



**Black-billed Cuckoo. N. C. S. 

 t**Belted Kingfisher. N. C. S. 

 Woodpeckers 



Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Probably 

 extinct in Illinois. 

 t**Hairy Woodpecker. N. C, but ques- 

 tionable in S. 111. 

 ^Southern Hairy Woodpecker. S. 

 *Southern Downy Woodpecker. S. 

 t**Downy Woodpecker. N. C. S. Ques- 

 tionable in S. 111. 

 ( Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. N. 

 **Pileated Woodpecker. S. 



Northern Pileated Woodpecker. N. C. 

 Rare in C. and N. 111. Very 

 doubtful as a breeder at present 

 time. 



