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GE^Or^OGY OF IvA SALINE COUNTY. 



Orchard Oriole— Icterus spurius — not so brig-htly 

 colored as preceding and nest not suspended. The 

 orioles came here after the settlement of the country. 



Family Corvid^ — Ravens — Raven — Corvus corax 

 — crow — corvus Americana. 



Blue Jay — Cyanocitta cristata — is common and 

 well known. 



Family Tyrannidae — Fly-catchers — King- Bird, 

 Bee Martin — Tyrannus tyrannus— is not injurious to 

 bee-keepers. 



Pewee, Phoeba, Pewit. —Sayornis fuscus— brown 

 head and tail darker. 



Family Caprimulgidae— Goatsuckers. 



AVhippoorwills, Nig-ht Jar — Capiimulg-us vocif- 

 erus— g-rayish, much streaked; sing-s at nig-ht. 



Nig-ht Hawk, Bull Bat— Chordeiles popetue— 

 flies toward nig"ht and makes a strang-e booming- sound 

 with its wing-s. 



Family Cypselidae— Swifts— Chimney sw^allow — 

 chatura pelasg-ica — sooty brown: nests in chimneys. 



Family Trochilidse — Humming- Birds — Ruby 

 Throated, Humming--bird — Trochilus colubris— metal- 

 lic g-reen above; throat ruby red; tail deeply forked; 

 female without red. 



Family Alcindinidae—King--fishers— Belted King-- 

 fisher — Ceryle alcyon — head crested; blue; tail barred 

 with white. Common along- streams. 



Family Cuculid^e — Cuckoos — Yellow^ billed cuckoo 

 — Coccygus americanus. Bill yellow below, body 

 olive g'ray; wing-s more or less cinnamon red. This 

 bird builds its nest and rears its own young-. 



Family Picidae — Woodpeckers — Picus vlllosus — 

 Hairy woodpecker, big- sap sucker and picus pubescens, 

 frequent everg-reen trees which they sometimes g-irdle. 

 Melanerpes erytliocephalus — Red-headed woodpecker. 



