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GEOI.OGY OF IvA SAI^I^E; COUNTY. 



Bank Swallow — Sand martin — Riparia riparia — 

 dark g'ray above, white below; breast brownish. 

 Builds nest in holes in sand banks. 



Martin, Purple Martin — Progne subis — shining- 

 blue, black; female duller, whitish below. 



Family Ampelidae — Waxwing-s — Cedar bird, 

 cherry bird, Carolina wax wing-, Southern wax wing- — 

 Ampelis cedrorum — silky, ashy brown with a red ting-e, 

 chin and stripe across face, black belly, yellowish. 



Family Vereonidse — Vireus; several species visit 

 us, but do not remain here for any length of time. 

 They are forest not prairie residents. 



Family Lanid^ —Shrikes — Great Northern Shrike, 

 Butcher bird — Lanius borealis — clear bluish ash above; 

 black bars on side of head, not meeting- in front; rump 

 and shoulders whitish; wing's black; white below, 

 waved with blackish. This bird sometimes winters 

 here, making- his home in evergfreen groves. 



Family Fringillid^ — Sparrows — Evening- Gosbeak 

 — Hesperiphona vespertina— crown, wing's, tail black; 

 forehead yellow; bill very larg-e; body olive. 



Purple Finch— Carpodacus purpureus— purplish, 

 streaky; male flushed with red, brig-htest on crown; 

 female olive brown. 



Yellow Bird, Thistle Bird— Chrysomitris tristis 

 —male, rich yellow; female, g-reenish yellow. 



Snow Bunting-, Snow Flake— Calcarius nivalis— 

 body white, clouded with brown, with black on back 

 wing-s and tail; bill usually pale; feet black. 



Fng-lish Sparrow— Passer domesticus-— Too com- 

 mon to need description. 



Grass Sparrow, Ground Bird, Bay Wing-ed Bunt- 

 ing- — Pooecetes g-ramineus— thickly streaked all over, 

 slightly buff below. 



