AJVLE^ICAfi OSP^EV. 



Paul B. Haskell, Editor and Publisher. 



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BIRDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY 

 WISCONSIN. 



White-bellied Swallow. (Tachycineta 

 bycolor) Common summer resident, 

 nests in June, Eggs three to seven. 



Chimney Swift. (Chetura pelaglca) 

 Common spring and summer resident, 

 nests in May, June and July, eggs three 

 or four. Birds seen most during the lat- 

 ter part of May and June. 



Indigo Bunting. (Passerina cyanea) 

 Quite common during spring and sum- 

 mer, nest some time in July or August, 

 eggs three to five. 



Wood Pewee. ( Con topus vi reus) Com- 

 mon in woods during spring and sum- 

 mer, nest in May or June, eggs three i r 

 four. 



Partridge, Rutled Grouse. (Bona; a 

 umbellus) Quite abundant, nest in May 

 and June, eggs from seven to twenty. 



Cooper's Hawk. (Accipiter eooperi) 

 Abundant in spring, summer and au- 

 tumn, and I think some stay all winter, 

 nest in March and April, eggs three to 

 six. 



lied-shouldercd IIawk.( Buteolineatus) 

 Common through spring and summer, 

 nest in March or April, eggs three, some- 

 times four. 



American Long-eared Owl. (Asio a- 

 merieanus) Common spring and summer 

 resident, nest in February, March and 

 April, eggs three to seven. 



Screech Owl. (Scopis asio) Common 

 resident, nests in March, April ami May 

 eggs three to seven. 



Killdeer Plover. (Oxyechus vociferus) 

 Abundant spring and summer resident, 

 nests in April, eggs three or four, some- 

 times five. 



Bartramian's Sandpiper. (Bartramia 

 longicauda) Not very plentiful, nests in 

 May or June, eggs three or four. 



Virginian Rail. (Rallus virginianus) 

 Rare, spring and summer resident, nests 

 in May and June, eggs, eight to fifteen. 



Sora or Carolina Rail. (Porzana caro- 



