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GKOIvOGY OF LA SALIvE COUNTY. 



BIRDS. 



Birds are g'enerally not so plentiful in a prairie as 

 in a timbered country, consequently the number of 

 species found within our limits is not so great as that 

 found in an equal area in other places. But as there 

 are here some tracts well suited to the habits of w^ater 

 birds, quite a number of these either make this their 

 home, or visit it annually, and we have thus a reason- 

 able number and variety of birds. Our list is by no 

 means exhaustive. 



Family Turdidae — The Thrushes — Brown thrush, 

 wood thrush — hylocichla mustelina — cinnamon brown; 

 a fine singer; came in after settlement began. 



Robin, Robin Redbreast— Turdus migratorius — 

 came a little later than the preceding. 



Cat Bird — Galeoscoptes Carolinensis — came about 

 the same time as the first. 



Family Saxicolidae —Blue Birds — Blue bird — Sialia 

 sialis. This is one of the first birds to arrive in spring, 

 and it sometimes suffers severely for its temerity in 

 venturing so far north before the weather has become 

 w^arm and settled. 



Family Parid^ — Titmice — Titmouse — Parus atri- 

 capillus — Black capped chickadee; black head; wings 

 and tail grayish ash, white edged; P. hudsonicus, 

 olive brown, with the head darker, may be found here, 

 and it is possible that P. Carolinensis may sometimes 

 come as far north as this. 



Tufted Titmouse — Lophophanes bicolor — Fore- 

 head black, whitish below, sides somewhat reddish; 

 head crested; notes loud and ringing; may be found 

 here. 



Family Sittads— Nuthatches — White-bellied Nut- 

 hatch — Sitta Carolinensis — sap sucker; seen running 



