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sylvania, towards dark, feeding on mosquitoes. 
It is very plenty in Iowa, where it breeds on the 
ploughed ground. It lays twoeggs. I have also 
found it breeding on the copper roof of a store 
on Third street, below Race. The roof being 
slanting, the eggs were layed close by the 
chimney, a piece of mortar that had fallen from 
the chimney preventing them from rolling off. 
Chordeiles Flenryi.— Casssin. 
Western Night Hawk. 
The Western Night Hawk is much the same 
as the above hawk—the only difference being in 
the size, which is rathersmaller. Its habits are 
much the same. Eggs the same color, but smaller. 
Ceryle Alcyon.—BLotre. 
Belted King-fisher. 
The Belted King-fisher arrives with us early 
in the Spring, and is found along the rivers and 
small creeks in search of small fish. It arrives 
about the month of April, in Iowa, and is very 
plenty. It builds its nest mostly in holes made 
in the river banks, but I have found its nest in 
hollow trees. 
Miloulus Forficatus—Sw. 
Scissor-tail. 
This bird is looked upon as a very singular 
one on account of the length of its tail. It is 
found in Kansas in the month of July, where it 
