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VOL. VII SEPTEMBER, 1937 NO. 3

OFFICERS OF THE IOWA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION
President— Myrle L. Jones, Pomeroy, Iowa
Vice-President— Dr. Warren N. Keck, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Sec 'y-Treas.— Miss Kate E. LaMar, 1231 39th St.,

Des Moines, Iowa

Editor — Fred J. Pierce, Winthrop, Iowa
Executive Council:

Mrs. E. J. Petranck, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Dr. Winifred Gilbert, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Mrs. Billy Williams, Atlantic, Iowa

* Ex-officio Council Members (Past Presidents) :

1 Walter M. Rosene Walter W. Bennett

Arthur J. Palas Dr. F. L. R. Roberts

Dr. George 0. Hendrickson

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IOWA BIRD LIFE— VII, 1937

A PROJECT IN IOWA ORNITHOLOGY

By T. C. STEPHENS

SIOUX CITY. IOWA

In 1932 the writer presented before the Iowa Ornithologists' Union
a plan of study on the ornithology of the State. This plan was pre-
sented under three heads* viz.,

a) The Official List

b) The Distribution

c) The Bibliography

Since that time Mr. P. A, DuMont has prepared an official list such as
was contemplated. This list is as complete and timely as needs be,
and will remain so for a number of years. We may still discuss^ the
other two projects.

The majority of species which occur in the state are state-wide in
their distribution. But there are a number of exceptions. For in-
stance, Bell's Vireo occurs in western Iowa* but not regularly in the
eastern portion; hut what is the eastern border of it normal range/
The Arkansas Kingbird is perhaps a similar case. There are a few
species which are plentiful in the southern parts of the state, but rare
or accidental in the northern part; for example, the Tufted Titmouse*
the Blue-gray G Ratcatcher, the Carolina Wren, etc. Then what is the
boundary between the Eastern and Western Meadowlarks? During

his lifetime Dr. B. H. Bailey had this boundary pretty well worked out.

To work out these distributions properly it is necessary to make a
map of distribution for each species, and check each county which
contains a record of occurrence. These maps must be built up by a
study of the published literature and the combined field work of all
contemporary active workers. The complete and accurate mapping
of each species is a thankless job. In it alone there would be little
opportunity for publication. For there would be no occasion for pub-
lishing the maps of those species which are state-wide in distribution.
Nevertheless, until such maps are made it is more or less assumptive
to make an assertion, even though the state may be included within
the general range of the species. A map based upon a study of the
literature, or upon personal observation, is the only accurate and
satisfactory basis for predication in the case.

For those species which do not have a state-wide distribution a map
of their range within the state is highly instructive, and its value de-
pends upon the accuracy with which it has been made. There is also
the possibility of attempted analysis of the factors which control the
distribution.

Of course, this mapping of distribution presupposes an analysis of
the literature. And this, in turn, depends upon the compilation of
a bibliography. The first thing to be done in any investigation is to
examine what has already been done concerning it.

Many years ago Dr. Paul Bartsch, now of Washington, D, C., com-
piled a h iblio graph y of all Iowa ornithological literature up to about
the beginning of the twentieth century. This bibliography has never
been published, and presumably it is preserved in manuscript form
at the State University of Iowa. If this piece of work could be pub-
lished it would be of great service in promoting the ornithological work
in the state. A tremendous amount of ornithological work has been
published since Dr. Bartsch’s compilation, that is. since the first of the
present century. This must all be compiled so as to bring the biblio-
graphy up to date.

In making a beginning on such a bibliography I have prepared three
indexes, which may be designated as the

1) Author Index

2) County Index

, 3) Species Index

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31

These three sets of cards may be very similar, or identical, but they
arc filed differently. The author index is what we ordinarily see in
print. It is a collection of cards arranged alphabetically by authors'
names. Each card bears the author’s name, the complete title of the
paper, the place citation, and usually some annotation as to contents.
And, of course, there must be a complete card for each note or longer
paper by any author, if it deals with Iowa birds. To compile such an
index requires the systematic search of all the literature, including all
works on Iowa birds and all periodicals which have published articles
or short notes. Pertinent material is sometimes found in county his-
tories and even in newspapers. The more remote a publication is the
more necessary it becomes to place a full annotation on the card.

By the. county index we mean simply a collection of similar cards
filed by counties. There should be a county card made for every
reference which gives any information about the occurrence of any
species within a given county. Some short note might mention several
birds in one county; another equally short note might refer to one
species in several counties. The former case would require one county
card, annotated for the several species. The latter case would require
as many county cards as there were counties mentioned. So, one
paper might yield a single county card or any number of them, as is
the case with Anderson’s "Birds of Iowa.” A given county card may
list one species or any large number of them if they are reported for
the county in question in the paper cited. If there is room on the
card the annotations should enumerate the species, with dates, and
specify whether the record is a field identification or a specimen. Where
the information is brief it may be quoted verbatim and enclosed in
quotation marks. When the county index is completed it will afford
a means of compiling a complete list of birds for any given county,
at least as complete a list as may be obtained from the literature.

In the species index there will be as many guide cards as there are
species of birds reported for the state, including all guesses. We will
record here every bit of evidence that has ever been suggested of the
occurrence of a given species in Iowa. It should include a biblio-
graphic reference for every published remark on each species or sub-
species. It will be a double check. It will simply arrange our data
in another useful form, which should be at the elbow of anyone who
would undertake to write the history of each species in the state. It
is a good sized job, but no harder than other types of bibliographic
work.

If the work of card-cataloging were ever to be divided up co-opera-
tively it would be highly important to decide upon certain uniform
styles of cards and arrangements of the entries, in order that at any
time they may be thrown together into one complete file, without a
great amount of re-writing.

It may interest some to know that the writer has been working more
or less constantly on these indexes for the last three years, and in a
more general way on the author index for 25 years. But during the
recent period the work has been carried on with the aid of student
help under the N. Y. A.

At the present time the author index contains 1,262 cards; the county
index contains 3,904 cards; the species index contains 11,352 cards;
making a total of 16,578 cards. These cards are housed in 30 drawers.
In addition there are duplicate sets of author anti county cards, located
differently (to provide against possible loss by fire) and used as a
working sot. Thus the entire index contains approximately 22,000
cards at the present time, and is growing from month to month. The
writer holds the general impression that the job may be a little more
than half way to completion.

Some beginning has even been made on the mapping work. A file
of outline maps of the state has been provided, one for each species.

IOWA BIRD LIFE — VII, 1937

A few have been checked over, more for the purpose of testing the
method. Most of the mapping done at the present stage would be
incomplete and unreliable, however.*

It would be very valuable to future ornithology in the state if the
complete author index could be published. It would be desirable first
of all to find a means of publishing Dr. Bartsch’s bibliography up to
1900. Then, perhaps, the next 25-year period could make another in-
stalment, as soon as the means could be found. The county index and
the species index would not be intended for publication—they are
merely manuscript sources of assorted data. The several indexes de-
scribed above, when completed, will pave the way for the preparation
of a history and distributional survey of the birds of Iowa.

GENERAL NOTES

Cinnamon Teal Observed In Clay County, Iowa. — On April 22, 1937,
at Smith's Slough, Clay County, Iowa, Mr. Clarence Sooter, Iowa State
College, and the writer observed a male Cinnamon Teal {Qncntitnliiln
eytitiufiterti). The bird was associating with 25 Blue-winged Teal (Q/irr-
dinars f in a shallow grass-grown section of the slough. The
writer has carried on migration studies of waterfowl in that region
since 1932. but this was the first instance that a Cinnamon Tenl was
observed there. — LOGAN J. BENNETT, U. S. Bureau of Biological
Survey, Ames, Iowa.

Starlings Invade Dubuque. — Starlings have been observed in and
around Dubuque for several years. Last winter, however, they seemed
to discover that food was to be had, with a minimum of effort, bv the
simple procedure of locating near a well stocked feeding tray. Friends
of birds in different parts of the city noticed strangers at their travs
last winter, and asked members of the Dubunue Bird Club to aid in
identifying them. Investigation proved that they were Starlings, So
many instances of this kind were renorted that it appears the birds
are changing from shv country neighbors to regular city dwellers. —
ETHAN A. HEMSLEY, Dubuque, Iowa.

A Tame Grosbeak. — A fledgeling female Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
rescued from a prowling cat, was raised by me last summer. When
I released it I found that its injury was greater than I had at first
thought and that its flight was seriously affected. I turned it over
to some bird-loving friends, who girm it the freedom of their back
porch. It improved and in the latter part of September was liberated.
At first it would return each evening and beg admittance to the porch,
but finally it remained in the open with its kind and came to the win-
dow-shelf each day for food; when the grosbeaks migrated south the
bird accompanied them. This spring (1937) it returned and went at
once to the window-shelf. When the window was opened it entered
the house and was perfectly at home where it had been fed and cured
for; it also went without fear to the members of the household with
whom it had been so great a pet. It now has a mate and is nesting
somewhere near the house. — MRS, W. M. WOODWARD, Independ-
ence. Iowa.

'Dnrmir the .summer til" ltKCT nbo it -l.pnn eanU have hern added to the index. Hut
inont nf our attention h;i?i been eiven to the munpinjr work. We have now completcl
the ninfipinu of oil the *peri'*-* nf ih«> «t«te. Thh meiin.it that we have a separate dis-
tribution mult for every s-peeies which occur* in (own, hawing the counties* in which
it ha* been recorded. far a-* our index ha* covered the literal lire. The regular in-
dexing work will lit- continued through the next reined jneur In whatever extent is*
luwsihle; timbres*!* will noeeieoirily lie -lower. Krom three to live typists have beer*
engaged. in the work this* summer. T. C. S.

GENERAL NOTES

ou

Snow Buntings and! other Winter Birds, — On February 21, 1937, I
walked from New Hartford to Cedar Falls, a distance of about 13
miles. I left at 1:30 p. m., with temperature at 20° above zero and
a strong northwest wind blowing, and followed the Illinois Central
railway tracks to within 2 x t» miles of Cedar Falls, when I took to high-
way No, 20 and other roads. I noticed a small flock of Horned Larks
and two Snow Buntings at a crossing one mile east of New Hartford;
three miles farther I saw a large mixed flock of Snow Buntings, Slate-
colored Juncos, Horned Larks, and longspurs. At three different points
I noted flocks of Snow Buntings — one flock of about 50, another of
12, and another of 70 or more. On highway No. 20, 1 y* miles west
of Cedar Falls, I encountered a very large flock of buntings feeding
along the roadsides; I counted over 200 in this group, and a few
juncos were also present. The buntings were very tame; as I ap-
proached they flew into the air and immediately flew in against the
wind and lit within a rod of where I was standing. — EMMETT POL-
DERBOER, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Whistling Swans at Amana. — On November 7, 1936, a group of
students from Wilson High School went to Aniana Lake (at the Amana
Colonies. Iowa County, Iowa) with the hope of seeing some of the
waterfowl in their fall migration. Upon approaching the lake it was
found that an abundance of bird life was upon it. There were Mal-
lards, Scaups, Pintails, Red-breasted Mergansers, Blue Geese, Snow
Geese and Canada Geese. The large birds with mostly white plumage
were at first all classed as Snow Geese; but it soon became evident
that two were much larger and did not bear the black markings. They
were Whistling Swans, and were the first record of that majestic bird
for any of the observers. Next day a number of members of the
Cedar Rapids Bird Club visited the lake. About the same birds seemed
to be there, with the addition of some Hooded Mergansers, During
the morning the swans took oil', were gone about an hour and a half,
and returned with a third swan. By the middle of the following week
all three Whistling Swans had disappeared. — MYRA G. WILLIS, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.

The Kentucky Warbler in Central Iowa. — On May 20, 1937, I found
a Kentucky Warbler on our 20-acre place, southeast of Des Moines,
I called Mrs. Harold Beasley and Miss Olivia McCabe, who came out
and saw the bird. He sang all day and had quite a loud song, which
I interpreted as, 44 tweed le, tweedlc, tweed le, te-whit,” with rising in-
flection on the last note. Recently I read James Lane Allen's book
entitled 'The Kentucky Warbler', and was interested to note that
Alexander Wilson gave the song in similar words when he discovered
the bird in Kentucky in April, 1310. DuMont, in his ‘Birds of Polk
County, Iowa' (1931), gives only three records of the Kentucky Warb-
ler, all by Watson, in Polk County. The birds may be more numerous
than we suppose, as they stay near the ground and are hard to locate
except by voice. On July 7, 1937, Mrs. Peasley, Miss McCabe and I
found an adult Kentucky Warbler feeding young along North River in
Madison County, Iowa. We were attracted to the group by a loud,
scolding ‘chip.’ In both records the bird was located by its notes. —
MRS. ROSS J. THORNBURG, Des Moines, Iowa.

Our December issue will contain several excellent papers by Iowa
bird students — 4 A Marsh Nesting Colony of Black-crowned Night
Herons' (illustrated), by Logan J. Bennett and Miss Kate LaMar;
‘Birds of the Sioux City Area in 1936', by Bruce F. Stiles; ‘Conclusions
as to the Food Habits of the Barred Owl in Iowa’, by Dr. Paul L.
Errington and Malcolm McDonald.

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IOWA BIRD LIFE— VII, 1937

Purple Gallinule in Black Hawk County, — On May 13, 1937, I saw
a Purple Gailinule about a mile north of Cedar Falls, Iowa. As I
approached a small body of stagnant water the gallinule flew across
it from the bank nearest me and alighted in a bare tree. Three things
were indelibly impressed upon my mind — the beautiful purplish blue
of the plumage, the bright yellow bill and legs, and the long legs
dangling heavily as it flew, I was so near I saw it distinctly without
the aid of a held glass. It was similar in shape to the Sora Rail but
much larger. — MRS, RAY S. DIX, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Food Habits of the Hungarian Partridge. — Several years ago at
Iowa State College Dr. J. M. Rasek, of Czechoslovakia, in a lecture
on the values of birds in Europe spoke glowingly about the Hungarian
Partridge and its beneficial food habits. In Iowa this partridge is
not yet numerous enough to permit of shooting nor of collection for
food habits study. But occasionally something may be learned from
examination of the birds found dead on roads. On June 22, 1935,
the author came across a dead female partridge near Britt, Hancock
County. The crop contained six kernels of waste corn, five kernels of
waste oats, five cutworms, and one ground beetle. — GEORGE 0. HEN-
DRICKSON, Iowa State College, Ames.

The Nesting of the American Magpie (Pica pica hudsonia) in Bremer
County, Iowa. Summer of 1937. — On the afternoon of March 14,
1937, my husband and I drove to a farm in Bremer County, about a
mile north of the Black Hawk County line and three miles east of
Janesville, where, we had been told, a pair of Magpies had lived dur-
ing the winter. At first the Magpies could not be located, so we
parked our car where we had a good view of the barnyard, which was
one of the feeding places of these birds. The farmer said the Mag-
pies had eaten the flesh of a dead calf in the barn-lot and often alighted
on the backs of the sheep in the pasture adjoining. In about twenty
minutes the Magpies flew in from the south, alighting in the grove.
I went to the grove and watched them for some time, and easily identi-
fied them by their slow, graceful flight, shiny black plumage with white
on shoulders, wings and breast, and their long tail. A pair of Crows
tried without success to drive them from the grove. A small flock of
Starlings wore soon put to flight by the Magpies as they swooped down
over them with their loud cry, ''Gael:, cack, caek.”

In June, 1937, I again visited this farm (operated by John Jennings)
and learned that the pair of Magpies had remained through the spring
months and had nested in the farm orchard. Five young Magpies had
been hatched, but could not be found in the vicinity at this visit. A
later search revealed the Magpies, and even as late as August 6, 1937,
they were to be seen on the Jennings farm. On this date I went there
with four members of the Cedar Falls Audubon Society (Mrs. Frank
Stevens, Mrs. Arthur Lynn, Mrs. Eugene Smith, and Mrs. Warren Tay,
the latter a daughter of Mr, Jennings), and together we watched the
Magpies for nearly an hour and studied the empty nest.

The peculiarly shaped nest was iiuile interesting. It was placed in
the top of a plum tree about 12 feet from the ground, and was con-
structed of coarse twigs and rather short, small sticks; it was high in
shape and covered with a roof or dome, with the entrance on the
south side. The cup of the nest was lined with fine twigs anil grass.

The farmers in that vicinity would not be sorry to have the Magpies
return to the west for their nesting, since they became rather a nui-
sance. — MRS. RAY S. DIX, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

(So far as we are able to learn, this is the first recorded nesting of
the Magpie in the state of Iowa. It may also establish a far eastern
point in its nesting range. — Ed.)

GENERAL NOTES

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The Cedar Fall* Audubon Society,— This Society was organized April
19, 1937, with the Garden Department of the Cedar Falls Woman’s
Club as sponsor and furnishing a meeting place in its clubhouse. Dur-
ing April. May and June we meet twice a month, and once a month
during the other months of the year. During the past summer we
have had outdoor meetings with a picnic supper preceding the pro-
gram, after which we listen to and identify the vesper songs of the
birds. Our programs have included talks on warblers, thrushes, native
sparrows, what to plant for birds, and the economic value of birds.
New members have joined at each meeting and much interest and
enthusiasm is in evidence. The officers are: Mrs, Ray S. Dix, presi-
dent; Mrs. Chas. M, Deal, vice-pros,; and Miss Myrtle Gaffin, see'y-
treas.— MRS. RAY S. DIX, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Jun* Birds of Dewey'i Pasture Prairie Preierve.- — On June 20, 1935,
Logan J. Bennett and the author spent some hours walking through
Dewey's Pasture, a state-owned prairie wildlife preserve, Clay County,
primarily in search of the nests of ducks, which will be reported later
by Mr. Bennett. The birds seen during one hour, 10 to 11 a. in., of
bright and warm weather included two male Mallards, eight male and
two female Blue-winged Teals, four Upland Plovers, four Lesser Yel-
low-legs, three Black Terns, one Tree Swallow, ten Bobolinks, six
Western Meadowlarks, eight Yellow-headed Blackbirds, 45 Red-wings,
two Savannah Sparrows, and one Song Sparrow. During that hour
a Red-wing's nest, a Western Meadowlark's nest, a Savannah Sparrow's
nest. and a Tree Swallow's nest were observed. The Savannah Spar-
row's nest was located in the slough grass at the edge of a marsh.
The Tree Swallow's nest was in an old woodpecker's hole in a willow
tree.— GEORGE 0. HENDRICKSON, Iowa State College, Ames.

Western Iowa Bird Record*. — On May 28 and 29, 1987, a Mocking-
bird loitered around our backyard and two neighboring yards, and
apparently enjoyed feeding about the three fish ponds and in the ad-
jacent gardens. The bird sang frequently, and the loud and varied
notes were the comment of the neighborhood. While this species has
been seen in Sioux City once in every four or five years, it is still
an uncommon bird in northwest Iowa.

While the writer has had several sight records and one specimen
record of the Blue Grosbeak near Sioux City and in adjacent Plymouth
County, Iowa, a bird of this species had never been seen within the
actual corporate limits of the city until the evening of July 5, 1937,
when a male Grosbeak was seen near Mt. Calvary Cemetery in the
northwestern part of the city.

On the night of May 8, 1937, a baseball game was being played at
Sioux City under floodlights that generated many hundred thousand
candle power. Just at dusk a few Franklin Gulls appeared over the
hall park, soon to be joined by more gulls. In ever increasing num-
bers the birds gathered, and soon it was evident that there were 10,000
to 15,000 gulls milling around just over the lights. A brisk breeze
was blowing and the birds would dash down wind and then turn ab-
ruptly to head into the wind and hover over the field. This perform-
ance lasted over an hour and was terminated by a ninth-inning home
run and a consequent turning otf of the lights.

Three or four years ago the Starling was a rave to uncommon bird
in Woodbury County; in fact, many people had not seen it at all.
During the summer of 1937, as I rode about the side roads of the
county, I frequently saw family groups of from four to seven birds;
in the course of a lew miles drive several such flocks would be seen.
The Starling is attaining the status of a common summer bird, and
in a few years it will be the dominant figure in the winter bird life
of northwest Iowa,— WM, YOUNG WORTH, Sioux City, Iowa.

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The Woodcock ndar Ames Campus.-^Whilc attending Iowa State
College during the summer cf 193(> I sought to take advantage of the
drought by using water bait ay an aid in trapping and banding birds.
There appeared to be hundreds of Robins, especially along the dry
creek bed in the "North Woods/* and this seemed as likely 1 a place
as any to carry on my banding activities.

While replenishing the water supply I now and then flushed a bird
that I thought was a Woodcock, yet it seemed that one was being quite
optimistic in expecting to see a Woodcock in timber where there was
so much human traffic. When the trapping got under way I had more
time for careful stalking and observation, and on one occasion Mrs.
Jones and I observed a Woodcock at not more than twenty feet. We
watched it quietly for several minutes, after which it walked stealthily
away from the wet creek bed into nearby underbrush. One individual
probed about in the open bottom of one of my traps, wondering per-
haps why the wuter in a pan in an adjoining trap did not soak into
the soil. Unfortunately, the trap was not set and I received no more
such visits. We were positive that there were at least two Woodcocks
in the trapping area, as two were observed on July 93, One or more
was seen nearly every day from July 12 to July 27, 193G. — MYRLE
L. JONES, Pomeroy, Iowa.

Audubon's ‘Birds of America.’ — The Macmillan Company of New
York announces that it will publish the entire series of Audubon's
500 colored plates in a single volume to be issued early in November.
Inasmuch as it has been nearly a century since the later editions of
Audubon's great work were published and sets are quite rare, to be
seen in only a few of the larger libraries of this country, news of the
re-publication will be welcomed by thousands of bird students who will
now have access to a wonderful series of plates. The page size will
be 0 by 12 Mi inches, and a short descriptive text, written by William
Vogt, editor of ‘Bird-Lore’, will accompany each plate. The price of
the regular edition will be $12.50, and there will be a special limited
edition at $25.

A New Book on the Son 5 Sparrow by Mrs. Nice. To those who be-

lieve there is nothing more to be learned about our common birds,
Mrs. Nice's book will be a revelation. ‘Studies in the Life History of
the Song Sparrow 1 is a book of 247 pages and is the first of two
volumes on the Song Sparrow to be published by Mrs, Margaret Morse
Nice. Two bulky volumes on the common Song Sparrow and still the
subject is not exhausted! Bird students will go on studying this species
and learning new facts about it for many years to come. The extent
to which workers may go into the study of even common birds is al-
most without limitation. This volume treats the Song Sparrow and
its nesting environment, its migration and territorial problems, its
ecology and population levels. The second volume will, the author
informs us, deal with the behavior of the bird with quite intimate
studies of its courtship, singing and other habits.

Mrs. Nice studied the Song Sparrow intensively for eight years. By
means of trapping, banding, nesting censuses and continuous observa-
tion of individual pairs of birds she was able to trace with great ac-
curacy the progress of nesting and methods of living. The great mass
of data that she assembled is presented in a clear and orderly sequence
so that we have a good analysis of the factors that influence the life
of the Song Sparrow. The book is a model of thoroughness and is a
testimonial to the accomplishments of one who was able and willing
to devote eight years of painstaking work to one bird. There is a
bibliography, an index, and the illustrations include a colored plate
and several halftones. The book is sold for $1.50 (paper bound) by
the Linnaean Society, American Museum of Natural History , New
York City. — F. J. P.

MEMBERSHIP ROLL

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MEMBERSHIP ROLL OF
TIIK IOWA ( )RXITI-I( )L()(f ISTS UXIOX

CHARTER MEMBERS (11)23)

Anderson, Mrs. S., Ogden
Bailey, Mrs. -Mary L., Sioux City
Banning’, R. IL, Cresco
Battcll, Mrs. F. L., Ames
Bennett, Walter W. f Arnolds Park
Hall. Fred H., Ottumwa
Hoick, J. H.. Spirit Lake
Kinnaird, Mrs. W. A., Valley
Junction

Mills, Wier R. t Pierson

Pa las, Arthur J., Postville
Pierce, Fred J., Winthrop
Rosene, Walter M., Ogden
Ross, Julia E. t Cosmos, Minn,
Sherman, Miss Althea R., National
Spiker, Chas. J, ( Branehport. N. Y.
Stephens, Dr. T. C, t Sioux City
Trewin, Mrs, C. B., Dubuque
Wend el burg, Mrs. Toni R. p Des
Moines

Wolden, B. 0., Estherville

MEMBERS

Allen, Arthur F., Sioux City, 1932
Allert, Oscar P., McGregor, 1929
Barlow, Mrs. John W. t Waterloo,
1937

Bartlett, Wesley, Fairfield, 1935
Becker, Miss Hilda, Davenport, '2G
Bennett, Logan J,. Ames, 1934
Birkeland, Henry, Nevada, 1933
Btiese, John, Waterloo, 1935
Bordner, Mrs. Robt. I., Hudson, r 29
Bosnia, Rev, D. E., Baxter, 1934
Buflum, Hugh S., Cedar Falls, '37
Burk, Walter L.. Vinton, 1931
Buzbv. Mr. & Mrs, Will., Boone,
1932 1929

Carmichael, Joe, Des Moines, 1929
Carolus, Mrs. Henry, Alton, 1937
Clark, Mrs. Ella L., Burlington, ’25
Clarke, Mrs. J, Fred, Fairfield, '30
Coop, Miss C. Esther, Cedar
Rapids, 1933

Cunningham, Miss Harriet A.,

A mimosa, 1937

Dales. Mrs. Marie, Sioux City, '29
Dix, Mrs. Ray S„ Cedar Falls, ’35
Dole, J. Wilbur, Fairfield, 1929
Dr a goo. La yin a. Cedar Rapids, ’29
Dubuque Bird Club, Dubuoue, ’33
DuMont, Mrs, Janet, Des Moines,
1927

DuMont, Philip A,, Columbia S
Dak., 1924

Eastman, Mrs. E. P., Burlington,
1929

Ennis, Mrs. J. Tama. 1937
Errington. Dr. Paul I,., Ames, ’32
I 1 aulkner. Geo. O., Waterloo, 1931
Feu ling, IL J., New Hampton, '32
['’eke. Mrs, C. A.. Davenport 1929
Flodin. Mrs. C. C., Cedar Rapids,
1931

Frankel, Mrs. Henry, Des Moines,
1925

Fulton, Mrs. 0. J. ( Fairfield, 1930
Gilbert, Dr. Winifred, Cedar Falls,

1933

Glotfelty, Miss Ila M., Fairfield,
1930

Grant, Martin L., Denison. 1937
Hallowell, Miss Lotaine, Waterloo.
1932

Hanson, Mrs, Ernest W., Burling-
ton, 1930

Harlan, James R., Des Moines, F 34
Hathorn, Glen M., Cedar Rapids,

1934

Hemsley, Ethan A., Dubuque, 1930
Hendrickson, Dr. & Mrs. Geo, O,,
Ames. 1931 1933

Hendrickson, Mrs. R. W., Forest
City, 1933

Hoskinson, C. E. f Clarinda, 1929
Hoyt. Miss Elizabeth E.. Ames. '35
Huntington, H. G.. Onavva, 1929
Johnson. Mrs. R, W., Dubuque, *27
Jones, Miss Dorothy, Davenport,
1934

Jones, Mvrle L,, Pomeroy, 1931
Junkin, Paul S., Fairfield, 1929
Keck, Dr, Warren N. f Cedar
Rapids, 1930

Kent, Mrs. Wnt, Nashua, 1932
King, Mrs. Helen G. p Grundy
Center. 1933

Klinker, Mrs, P, J., Denison. 1937
Knight, Dr. Harry IL, Ames, 1933
Kohlman. Miss Margaret, Du-
buoue. 193 7

Kubichuk, Mr, & Mrs. W. F.,
Cellar Rapids, 19 2S 1934
LaMar. Miss Kate E,. Des Moines,
1927

fit Au-'u-t |.i. I'etT. Ytv r of joining l ho Uiiinn follows thn i;iimo of o.’ich
:,rtl within town unit's* oihorwlu.- noted. Cm-ruTtUm* in Uu* list

will be npfn’ociiuod.

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IOWA BIRD LIFE— VII, 1037

Lee, Mrs. Arthur, Atlantic, 1035
Louden, Miss Roberta R. } Fair-
field, 1030

MacMartin, Mrs. W, G., Tama, ’32
McCabe, Miss Olivia, Dos Moines,
1032

McDonald, Malcolm, Fairfield, ’35
McDonald, Miss Mary H., Du-
buque, 1037

McKinney, Miss Jean, Cleghorn,
1037

Meltvedt, Burton W., Paullina, '31
Meyer, John A., Allison, 1934
Meyers, Mrs. Jennie R., Grundy
Center, 1034

Miller, Miss Ella Pine, Red Oak,

1 036

Miller, Mrs, Grace Potter, Ackley,

1037

Mote, Mr. & Mrs. G. A., Marshall-
town, 1020

Nichols, Harvey L., Waterloo, ’29
Orr, Ellison, Waukon, 1035
Page, Mrs. Grace F., Osage, 1020
Palas, Mrs. Arthur J,, Postville, '36
Parker, Dr. E. S., Ida Grove, ’35
Parrott, Mrs. W. F, ( Waterloo, ’37
Peasley, Mrs. H. R., Des Moines,
1034

Pctranek, Mr. &. Mrs. E. J., Cedar
Rapids, ’31

Pierce, Mrs. John M., Winthrop, ’32
Pike. Mrs. Walter, Central City,
1936

Polderboer, Emmett, New Hart-
ford, 1037

Reinke, Dr. D. J., Spirit Lake, ’20
Roberts, Dr. & Mrs. F. L. R.,
Spirit Lake, 1024 & 1026
Rogers, Mrs. J. T., Corydon, 1035
Rosene, Walter, Jr., Auburn, Ala.,
1 02 S

Runkel, Sylvan T., Ames, 1035
Schramm, Frank II., Burlington,
1034

Scott, Thomas G., Ames, 1037
Serbousek, Miss Lillian, Cedar
Rapids, '31

Smith, Lloyd, Des Moines, 1035
Smith, Robt. H., Mason City, 1935
Steele, Miss Lavinia, Cedar Rapids,
1920

Stiles, Bruce F., Sioux City, 1037
Struck, Dr. K. H.. Davenport, '20
Thomas, Mr. & Mrs. O. S., Rock
Rapids, 1020

Thornburg, Mrs. Ross, Des Moines,
1037

Troeger, Miss Frieda, Des Moines,
1036

Weber, Alois John. Keokuk, 1020
Williams, Mrs. Billy, Atlantic, ’33
Willis, Miss Myra G., Cedar
Rapids. 1020

Winter, Miss Ella June. Carroll, ’24
Woodward. Mrs. W. M., Independ-
ence, 1020

Wyth, J. G., Cedar Falls, 1032
Youngworth. Win., Sioux City. '26
Zurawski, Mrs. Arnold, Burling-
ton, 1036

SUBSCRIBERS

Austin, Dr. O, L., Tuckahoe, N. Y,,
1031

Bced, W, E., Waubay, S. Dak., '36

Bennett, H. Arnold, Philadelphia,
Pa., 1032

Bent, Arthur C., Taunton, Mass..
1031

Bishop. Dr. Louis B., Pasadena,
Calif., 1934

Currier, Ed. S., Portland, Ore., ’34

Doolittle, E. A., PainesviUe, Ohio,
1034

Edge, Mrs. C. N,, New York, N,

Y,, 1031

Ellis. Ralph, Jr., Berkeley, Calif
1033

Guion, Geo. Seth, New Orleans
La., 1033

Harman son. J. S. W., New Orleans,
La., 1037

Jenson. Mrs. A. R., Clarks Grove,
Minn.. 1034

Maslowski, Karl, Cincinnati, O., ’35

Oberholser, Dr. H. C., Wash., D.^
C., 1032 ^

Parker, Mrs. H. H., Canton, S.
Dak,, 1937

Pcttingill, Dr. O. S., Northfield,
Minn., 1937

Renoll, Kenneth L., Hanover, Pa.,
1031

Rich, Dr. Guy C., Hollywood,
Calif., 1031

Roberts, Dr, T. S., Minneapolis,
Minn.. '31

Ross, Hollis T., Lewisburg, Pa.,
1933

Scott, Walter E., Madison, Wis.,
1937

Sherwood, Jack W., Salinas, Calif.,

1036

Spawn, Gerald W„ Mound City,
Mo., 1034

Stoner, Dr. Dayton, Albany, N. Y.,

1037

Walters. Don L., Independence,
Mo., 1036

Williams, John R., Urbana, III., ’34

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Biological Abstracts, Philadelphia, Pa.; Boston (Mass.) Society of
Natural History; Cooper Ornithological Club (Calif.); Field Museum
of Natural History, Chicago, III. ; Florida Audubon Society; Historical,
Memorial and Art Dept, of Iowa, Des Moines; Illinois Audubon Society;
Indiana Audubon Society; Iowa State Library, Des Moines; Iowa State
College Library, Ames; Leisure Magazine, Boston, Mass.; McGill Uni-
versity Library, Montreal, Canada; Minnesota Bird Club; National
Assn, of Audubon Societies, New York City; Nebraska Ornithologists'
Union; Northeastern Bird-Banding Assn., Boston, Mass.; The Oologist,
Lacon, III.; Pacific Northwest Bird and Mammal Society, Spokane,
Wash.; Public Libraries at Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Des Moines,
Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Onawa, Sioux City, Waterloo, Webster City;
Roosevelt Wild Life Station, Syracuse, N. Y.; Musee Royal D'Histoire
Naturelle De Belgique, Brussels, Belgium; Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D. C.; Tennessee Ornithological Society; T, S. Roberts
Ornithology Club, St, Cloud, Minn.; State Historical Society of Iowa,
Iowa City; University of Iowa Library, Iowa City; U. S, Bureau of
Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. ; U. S. Dept, of Agriculture
Library, Washington, D. C,

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Two papers were overlooked when the list of 'Publications on Iowa
Ornithology during 1030' was made up for our March issue (pp. 12-
13). One was ‘Food Habits of Marsh Hawks in the Glaciated Prairie
Region of North-Central United States,’ by Paul L. Errington and W.
X Breckemidge, in American Midland Naturalist, XVII, pp. 831-848.
The other paper was Town Quail and Pheasants in Winter', by William
E, Green and Watson E. Beed, which occupied four pages in the Novcm-
ber-December issue of American Wildlife.

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The May, 1937, issue of the American Midland Naturalist contains
a 25-page article on 'The Birds of Dakota County, Nebraska', by Dr.
T. C. Stephens. It is a very thorough paper, listing 22G species, and
is an important addition to the long list of publications on birds of
the Sioux City region.

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