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or less regularly and were common winter residents of artificial 
groves and timbered areas. 
65. *Dry abates pubescens mediant p. Downy Woodpecker. A 
common breeding species and permanent resident. 
66. *Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. 
Nested commonly. 
67. *Colaptes auratus \ miens. Northern Flicker. Common 
permanent resident. 
68. Chordeiles virginianus virginianus. Nighthawk. A com- 
mon migrant, most abundant in August, when it often appeared 
in considerable numbers. 
69. * Chaetura pelagica. Chimney Swift. Nested commonly. 
70. Archilochus colubris. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Tol- 
erably common summer resident. 
71. * Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. An abundant breeding 
species and one of the conspicuous birds of the region. 
72. Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. According to 
Anderson 4 this species was rather rare in northwestern Iowa up 
to 1905. It appears to be increasing in this section as by 1910 
and 1911 it was tolerably common in these two and surrounding 
counties. 
73. *$ayomis phoebe. Phoebe. Nested commonly. 
74. Myiochanes virens. Wood Pewee. A common breeding 
species in. timbered areas and found frequently in artificial 
groves. 
75. Empidonax minimus . Least Flycatcher. Common sum- 
mer resident in the same localities as the Wood Pewee. 
76. *Otocoris alpestris praticola. Prairie Horned Lark. An 
abundant permanent resident. Two and possibly three broods 
were raised each year. In winter they fed in barnyards and 
about stacks in company with large numbers of Lapland Long- 
spurs. 
77. * Cyanocitta crist at a crist-ata. Blue Jay. A common res- 
ident, most abundant about towns. 
78. *Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos. Crow. Com- 
mon permanent resident. 
79. *Bolichonyx oryzivorus. Bobolink. The bobolink was 
locally abundant throughout the region. One meadow would 
4 Anderson, R. M., Birds of Iowa : Froc. Davenport Academy of. Science, 
Vol. XI, p. 285. 
