1872.] 2353 [Trippe. 
14. Syrnium cinereum. A very large bird was killed at Oska- 
loosa, in Mahaska County, which, from the description given to me 
by the person who shot it, must have been this species. 
15. Syrnium nebulosum. Common; breeds. 
16. Nyctea nivea. Seen on several occasions in Decatur 
County, in the dead of winter, skimming over the wide prairies. A 
farmer, resident in the county for twenty years, told me that it only 
appeared in hard winters, which occur about every six or seven years. 
17. Conurus carolinensis. <A resident of Decatur County 
told me that he had several times seen a flock of Parrots in the south- 
ern part of the county, on a tall, dead cottonwood tree, known by 
the neighboring people as the ‘ Parrot-tree,” from its having been 
frequented at intervals by the same flock for several years, and that 
he had shot one of them on one occasion. 
18. Coeccygus americanus. Not common; breeds. 
19. Coeeygus erythrophthalmus. Not common; breeds. 
20. Picus villosus. Common; breeds; resident. 
21, Picus pubescens. Common; breeds; resident. 
22. Sphyrapicus varius. Rather common; breeds; migra- 
tory. | 
23. Hylatomus pileatus. Seen once or twice in spring, in 
Decatur County. 
24. Centurus carolinus. In winter very abundant in Ma- 
haska County; far less so in Decatur. A few breed in the former, but 
none observed in the latter in summer. 
25. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Very common; breeds. 
26. Colaptes auratus. Abundant; breeds. 
277. Trochilus colubris. Common; breeds. 
28. Cheetura pelasgia. Not common in Mahaska County; 
very abundant in Decatur; breeds. Arrives late in April, and seen 
as late as September 20th. 
29. Antrostomus vociferus. Abundant; breeds. Remains 
till the middle of September. 
80. Chordeiles popetue. Abundant; breeds. Seen as late 
as September 30th. 
31. Ceryle aleyon. Not common; breeds, 
~ 32. Tyrannus carolinensis. Abundant; breeds. 
33. Myiarchus crinitus. Abundant; breeds. 
34. Sayornis fuscus. Abundant; breeds. 
35. Contopus virens. Abundant; breeds. 
