*June 12. Du Bois, Nebr., 64 individuals noted in 5 hours afield.
*June 19. Pawnee, Nebr., 35 individuals noted in 5 hours afield.
*June 27. Lewiston, Nebr., 109 individuals noted in 6½ hours afield.
*July 5. Beatrice, Nebr., 25 individuals noted in 4½ hours afield.
July 11. Beatrice, Nebr., 46 individuals noted in 6 hours afield.
July 25. Hebron, Nebr., 36 individuals noted in 3¾ hours afield.
*Aug. 1. Ruskin, Nebr., 39 individuals noted in 5 hours afield.
Dates preceded by an asterisk are those upon which the counts showed the Dickcissel to be the most abundant species, English Sparrows excepted. These figures indicate an average of 11¼ Dickcissels seen or heard per hour.
And, in spite of this prominent place the Dickcissel holds in our bird life, I have talked numbers of times with intelligent people who not only disclaim any knowledge of the bird, but say they have never heard the name ‘Dickcissel’ before.
On July 11, 1915, in and around Beatrice, Nebr., I counted 5,483 Blackbirds, which I am reasonably sure were Bronzed Grackles. Of this number, 5,260 were counted from one location on the bank of the Big Blue River, the flock passing continuously for about one hour. This is mentioned as being further indicative of actual abundance, and it might be suggested that, in actual numbers, the Bronzed Grackles might outweigh the Dickcissels, their immense numbers in flocks more than making up for the more uniform local distribution of the non-flocking Dickcissels.