Beckham on the Birds of Bayou Sara , Louisiana. 1 59 
nanus * and H. sivainsoiti — are well known to be common sum- 
mer residents. The occurrence of a representative of H \ alicice 
in the United States at all during its breeding season is a matter 
of surprise, especially when we recollect the boreal distribution 
of the typical form during that period, and readf that so far 
towards the north as the Yukon and the Great Slave Lake it 
occurs “only as a bird of passage to and from more northern 
breeding grounds.” Additional information respecting the distri- 
bution of the new race will be awaited with great interest. 
SHORT NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF BAYOU SARA, 
LOUISIANA. 
BY CHARLES WICKLIFFE BECKHAM. 
As the avian fauna of the lower Mississippi Valley is now 
receiving some attention, | it seems well that I should contribute 
my mite of information to the general fund. 
Bayou Sara and the adjoining town of St. Francisville, in the 
parish of West Feliciana, are situated on the east bank of the 
Mississippi River, 170 miles above New Orleans by that stream 
and about 80 miles in an air line northwest of it. It is 30 or 40 
miles north of Baton Rouge, near which place Dr. Langdon made 
his observations in April, 1881. The following notes were made 
principally on and near “Wyoming,” two miles from the river, 
the plantation of Ex-Gov. R. C. Wickliffe, a place possessing 
peculiarly agreeable ornithological associations on account of its 
former owner, Gen. Dawson, having entertained Audubon as his 
guest for several months. It will be remembered that the type 
specimen of Buteo harlani was captured here. 
* See “The Coues Check List of North American Birds,” p. 24. 
t Birds of North America, p. 12. 
I Field Notes on Louisiana Birds. By Dr. F. W. Langdon. Journal of the Cincin- 
nati Society of Natural History, July, 1881, pp. 145-155. A List of Birds from the 
Lower Mississippi Valley, Observed During the Summer of 1881, with Brief Notes. 
Bv O. P. Hay. Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VII, pp. 89-94. 
