NOTE. 



The articles comprising this volume having 

 been previously published in various periodi- 

 cals of the country, I would desire to tender 

 my grateful acknowledgments to the several 

 publishers and editors for their uniform cour- 

 tesy in permitting me to reprint the papers. 

 My observations on birds have been -made, 

 except when otherwise indicated, in various 

 haunts in and about Springfield, Ohio, — a 

 region well adapted for ornithological research 



or pastime. 



L. S. K. 



August, 1894. 



