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rel, a Loon, and two Rough-winged Swallows. We saw 

 Cerulean Warblers, Hooded Flycatchers, Kentucky War- 

 blers, Nashville ditto, Blue-winged ditto, Red-eyed 

 and White-eyed Flycatchers, Great-crested and Com- 

 mon Pewees, Redstarts, Towhee Buntings, Ferruginous 

 Thrushes, Wood Thrush, Golden-crowned Thrush, Blue- 

 gray Flycatcher, Blue-eyed Warbler, Blue Yellow-back, 

 Chestnut-sided, .Black-and-White Creepers, Nuthatch, 

 Kingbirds, Red Tanagers, Cardinal Grosbeaks, common 

 House Wren, Blue-winged Teals, Swans, large Blue Her- 

 ons, Crows, Turkey-buzzards, and a Peregrine Falcon, 

 Red-tailed Hawks, Red-headed, Red-bellied, and Golden- 

 winged Woodpeckers, and Partridges. Also, innumer- 

 able " Gopher " hills, one Ground-hog, one Rabbit, two 

 Wild Turkeys, one Whippoorwill, one Maryland Yellow- 

 throat, and Swifts. We left the shore with a strong gale 

 of wind, and after having returned to our proper channel, 

 and rounded the island below our troublesome situation 

 of last night, we were forced to come to under the main 

 shore. Here we killed and saw all that is enumerated 

 above, as well as two nests of the White-headed Eagle. 

 We are now for the night at a wooding-place, where we 

 expect to purchase some fresh provisions, if any there are; 

 and as it is nine o'clock I am off to bed. 



Friday, May 5. The appearance of the weather this 

 morning was rather bad ; it was cloudy and lowering, but 

 instead of rain we have had a strong southwesterly wind 

 to contend with, and on this account our day's work does 

 not amount to much. At this moment, not eight o'clock, 

 we have stopped through its influence. 



At half-past twelve we reached the Black Snake Hills 1 



i Black Snake Hills (in the vicinity of St. Joseph, Mo.). "On the 

 24th we saw the chain of the Blacksnake Hills, but we met with so many 

 obstacles in the river that we did not reach them till towards evening. 

 They are moderate eminences, with many singular forms, with an alterna- 

 tion of open green and wooded spots." (Maximilian, Prince of Wied, 

 "Travels in North America," p. 123.) 



