An associational study of Illinois sand prairie . tions. vThat appeared to be the red-tailed hawks was seen July 25in the black-oak forest east of Havana, and in several places southof Havana, in April. The marsh hawk was also seen, at a distancefrom the river, in April. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. The black-billed cuckoo nests in thickets. It is veryabundant in the sand-region, and is occasionally seen in bunch-grass,on fences or in shrubbery. At the uevils Hole they were seen in asmall clump of coffee trees. The food consists of insects, notablyhairy caterpillars, which other birds
An associational study of Illinois sand prairie . tions. vThat appeared to be the red-tailed hawks was seen July 25in the black-oak forest east of Havana, and in several places southof Havana, in April. The marsh hawk was also seen, at a distancefrom the river, in April. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. The black-billed cuckoo nests in thickets. It is veryabundant in the sand-region, and is occasionally seen in bunch-grass,on fences or in shrubbery. At the uevils Hole they were seen in asmall clump of coffee trees. The food consists of insects, notablyhairy caterpillars, which other birds tryannus. The kingbird is often seen singly in the bunch-grass, dart-ing from its perch on a fence or bush in pursuit of some inseot,It is a thicke- species primarily. Utocoris alpestris praticola. The prairie horned lark is not listed in Gates* summerrecords for the sand-prairie. It was quite abundant in spring; Itwas seen once or twice in sand-prairie, but more often in thecultivated fields. One would expect to find it a typical member of. 16 the bunch-grass associaticn. Gorvus hrachyrhynchos hrachyrhynchos > The common crow is seldom seen in the hunch-grass, and thengenerally singly. A secondary bird species. Sturnella neglecta? The western meadowlark is the dominant form in the hunch-grasnesting on the ground in that association. The eastern meadowlark,S. magna, is accidental in the sand-prairie, Jiir. Gates assures me,though it is fairly common in the flat areas of andy loam. Neglectais a characteristic plains domesticus. The iinglish sparrov/ is sometimes found in flock in bunch-grass pasture. Not a typical bunch-grass species. iPooecetes gramineus gramineus. One of the dominant species, normally nesting in the bunch-grass. Its food consists largely of A western specieis found in the same habitat . of the plains region. Quite frequently the vesper sparrow is seen in flock., Chondestes grammacus. Another domimnt sparrow of
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