information has been derived from perfectly authentic 
sources. Many birds which from their known habitat 
and the character of their preferred surroundings must 
occur here more or less frequently are omitted because 
of the lack of absolute ijroof. Some species I have seen 
and been unable to identify positively without closer ex- 
amination than was permitted; such, of course, can find 
no place in the list. 
The division and subdivision into orders, families, etc., 
and the numbers, as well as the names, common and 
scientific, are those of the Nomenclature of the American 
Ornithologists’ Union. It will be understood that any 
statement such as “common” summer resident, “abun- 
dant” migrant, “rare” visitant, etc., must be taken with 
regard to the comparative abundance of the species con- 
cerning which such statement is made; for example, the 
Ked-tailed Hawk and the Bald Eagle are both classified 
as “fairly common” in their occurrence, though the former 
is perhaps twenty times as often seen as the latter. 
Hampton, July 6th, 1896. 
A copy of the List of Franklin County Birds is 
mailed on the above date to each member of the Iowa 
Oknithological Association. 
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