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[[underlined]] Arkansas [[/underlined]], Stuttgart and Dewitt. | December 16-22, 1917.
                         |(Stuttgart Dec. 16-18, Dewitt Dec. 19-22).
Birds.  | A. Wetmore.

[[underlined]] Anas platyrhynchos [[/underlined]].
Abundant. Mallards were seen constantly while in the field. At Stuttgart one single bird and a flock of 50 were seen from the hotel window in town on Dec. 16. On the following day in the country about 5000 birds were seen, most of them in small flocks flying north. One flock of about 800 individuals was found feeding in rice stubble. Near Dewitt on December 19 about 2000 were seen during the afternoon, part flying high in the air and part feeding in the rice fields. On Dec. 20 a few were flushed along Little Lagrue Bayou. December 22 in the morning it turned colder and for an hour (between 7 and 8) there was a steady flight of Mallards passing south over the town. Mallards have done considerable damage to rice in the shock here in the past month. Many birds that had been killed by hunters were examined.

[[underlined]] Dafila acuta [[/underlined]].
One seen near Stuttgart December 17 and another at Dewitt Dec. 19. In both cases the birds were males and were feeding in rice fields ^[[,]] in company with Mallards.


[[underlined]] Branta canadensis [[/underlined]].
Fairly common. Flocks seen near Stuttgart Dec. 17 and 18.

[[underlined]] Colinus virginianus [[/underlined]].
Many killed by hunters. One small flock seen near Stuttgart, Dec. 17. Birds killed at both Stuttgart and Dewitt were examined.

[[underlined]] Tympanuchus americanus [[/underlined]].
A few are said to occur in favorable localities near Dewitt. None seen.