. The birds of Indiana; a descriptive catalog of the birds that have been observed within the state, with an account of their habits. Birds. 608 Eepokt of State Geologist. short distance below tke mouth of the Wabash Eiver. The only report of their wintering farther north than Shawneetown was from Mr. W. B. Hull, Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. HiUl says: "For about a week the whole bay was frozen over with ice from two to fourteen inches thick. During this time the pot-hunter butchered numbers of Pintail Ducks. The ducks were half starved, and would allow a man to approach within 20 feet of them. Ic
. The birds of Indiana; a descriptive catalog of the birds that have been observed within the state, with an account of their habits. Birds. 608 Eepokt of State Geologist. short distance below tke mouth of the Wabash Eiver. The only report of their wintering farther north than Shawneetown was from Mr. W. B. Hull, Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. HiUl says: "For about a week the whole bay was frozen over with ice from two to fourteen inches thick. During this time the pot-hunter butchered numbers of Pintail Ducks. The ducks were half starved, and would allow a man to approach within 20 feet of them. Icemen were cutting ice close to the shore, and ducks came right among them to get to the open water. A friend who was on the ship Oneida during her 25 days in the ice, said that the ducks (Pintails mostly, but a few "northern" ducks he did not rec- ognize) were "frozen ; When walking on the ice near the boat, he. Head of Female Pintail. saw hundreds of ducks in a solid casing of ice. In the winter of 1873-74 they were killed in the same way. (Cooke, Bird Migration in Mississippi "Valley, pp. 68, 69.) These are, with the Mallards and Eing-necks, the earliest river ducks to move northward. They begin to migrate the first open weather. This may occur any time from the middle of February to the middle of March. The following dates will give the records of the first reports for the State for the years mentioned: 1885. Mar. 13.âBrookville. 1886. Feb. 26.âBloomington (Everraann). ,gg(l I Feb. 15.âFrankfort (Gliere). i Feb 20.âViiicennes (Balmer). Ducks by thousandsâfirst bird wave. 1891. Feb. 14.âEnglish Lake (Deane). igq9 /Feb. 6.âLiverpool (Parker). â¢â Feb. 27.âEnglish Lake (Deane). 1894. Mar; 11.âEnglish Lake (Deane). 1895. Mar. 15.âLiverpool (Parkeri. 1896 ^ ^^^' 'i-âLiverpool (Parker). ' Mar. 4.â Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colora
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