Nebraska Ornithologists' Union. 1904. Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Lincoln. Printed pamphlet. 3 pp.

Composite List of the Species of Birds Observed by Members of the Nebraska's Ornithologists' Union at the Salt Basin

May 22, 1904.

The Salt Basin, near Lincoln, Nebraska, is a lake-bed about a mile and a half in length and a mile in width. The greater portion of this area is covered with shallow salt water, the depth being so inconsiderable that shore-birds alight to feed at almost any point. The water is rich in the minute life which serves as food for many of these birds, and during the spring and autumn the shoals and flats become the resting-place of innumerable shore-birds, the number of species to be observed on a favorable day being remarkable for so limited an area.