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[[preprinted]] 98 [[/preprinted]] 212. Agelaius phoeniceus 213. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 99 [[/preprinted]] Koshkonong, Wis, iris light brown, mandible commissure brown, tarsus slaty green. Length 14 wing 6 1/4, tail 2 1/2. [[symbol: female]] ad. stomach contents insects. 212. Agelaius phoeniceus. A. Wetmore. Rice Lake near Lake Koshkonong, Wis, iris brown, bill black, tarsus black. Length 9 1/4 wing 5 1/8, tail 3 3/4. [[symbol: male]] ad. stomach contents insects. 213. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. A.B. Stout. Rice Lake near Lake Koshkonong, Wis, iris brown, bill black, gape red, tarsus reddish, black band around center. Length 9 3/4 wing 8 5/8, tail 3 1/2. This morning Mr. Stout and I went over to Rice and Mud Lakes. We found a number of nests in Mud Lake but left them as we could not identify them. Saw an American Bittern fly up out of some Cattails. Red-winged Blackbirds were numerous in both Lakes. They had young both out and in the next and we found two sets of eggs. In Rice Lake were members of [[strikethrough]] Purp [[/strikethrough]] Florida Gallinules. We found a next near shore containing 11 eggs and fixed it so that it could be seen from shore. Later I came back and shot the owner on the next, a Florida Gallinula. The eggs were nearly all broken. I had begun to despair of getting one of these birds. Later I was going along in a boat a little ahead and outside of Stout one flew up and he shot it. We found two red-billed Grebe's nests here one with ten and one with six eggs. In the