This is a complete species index to The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union through 2024-08-22.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.

King Rail (Rallus elegans)		Vol.	Page	Key
1945	Four Rails on a Road	17	64-65	N
1956	Interesting Observations from Kandiyohi and Lac Qui Parle Counties	28	127	N
1964	Breeding Observations of the King Rail in Martin County, Minnesota - 1962	36	28-29	N
1966	More on Breeding Observations of the King Rail in Southcentral Minnesota	38	76	N
1966	King Rails Near Buffalo Lake	38	112	N
1966	King Rails in Houston County	38	145	N
1969	King Rail Seen at Agassiz Refuge	41	27	N
1974	King Rail in Duluth	46	121-122	N
1981	King Rail in St. Paul	53	225-226	NP
1984	King Rail Nesting in Stearns County	56	72	N
1984	A King Rail in Duluth	56	190-191	N
1985	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	57	34-36	A
1988	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	60	108-109	A
1991	A King Rail Observation	63	73-74	N
1991	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	63	154-155	A
1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	15-18	A
1992	King Rail in Swift County	64	64-65	N
1992	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	64	138-140	A
1992	Unusual Feeding Behavior Observed for King Rail	64	162-163	N
1992	King Rail Record	64	170	NP
2004	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	76	152-161	A
2010	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	82	3-6	A
2010	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	82	3-6	A
2014	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	86	107-110	A
2015	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	87	4-8	A
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)		Vol.	Page	Key
1938	Marsh Bird Community Study	10(3-4)	1-3	A
1954	A Field Study of Sora Rail and Virginia Rail in Central Minnesota	26	2-32	A
1959	Wintering Virginia Rails in Minnesota	31	23	N
1960	Plover, Rail and Godwit Nesting on a Study Area in Mahnomen County, Minnesota	32	5-9	A
1965	Our Virginia Rail	37	54	N
1969	Virginia Rail Chick on Upper Rice Lake	41	58-59	N
1988	Late Virginia Rail Sighting	60	55	N
1988	Social Preening in Soras and in Virginia Rails	60	59-63	A
1991	Heard-Only King and Virginia Rails	63	139	N
1993	Early Date for Virginia Rail	65	101	N
Sora (Porzana carolina)		Vol.	Page	Key
1938	Marsh Bird Community Study	10(3-4)	1-3	A
1954	A Field Study of Sora Rail and Virginia Rail in Central Minnesota	26	2-32	A
1960	Plover, Rail and Godwit Nesting on a Study Area in Mahnomen County, Minnesota	32	5-9	A
1971	Late Sora	43	98	N
1974	Sora Nest Building Behavior	46	91	N
1988	Social Preening in Soras and in Virginia Rails	60	59-63	A
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)		Vol.	Page	Key
1965	Common Gallinule at Agassiz Refuge	37	83	N
1965	Common Gallinule Record for Stevens County	37	106	NP
1966	First Common Gallinule Record for Northeastern Minnesota	38	72	N
1966	Common Gallinule Near Grand Rapids	38	109	N
1984	Common Moorhen in Pine County	56	269	N
1989	Breeding Bird Records for Jackson County, 1902-1904	61	150	N
1993	Common Moorhen in Lake of the Woods County	65	102	N
1993	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	65	146-147	A
American Coot (Fulica americana)		Vol.	Page	Key
1933	A Note on Coot Behavior	5	23	N
1952	Waterfowl Mortality Due to Oil Pollution in the Vicinity of Red Wing, Minnesota	24	116-118	AP
1986	Weather-induced Migration of Coots	58	49-50	N
1996	Diverse concentration of waterfowl in Dakota and Goodhue counties	68	129-130	N
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)		Vol.	Page	Key
1964	Purple Gallinule Specimen Found in Minnesota	36	23	N
1970	Purple Gallinule Near St. Peter	42	119	N
Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)		Vol.	Page	Key
1950	Yellow Rail Captured Near St. Paul	22	45-47	N
1950	Yellow Rail at Duluth	22	47-48	N
1959	Yellow Rails in Becker and Mahnomen Counties, Minnesota	31	82-83	A
1960	Yellow Rails Again Found in Becker County, Minnesota	32	102	NP
1963	Preliminary Observations on a Yellow Rail in a Becker County Marsh	35	28-29	N
1964	Yellow Rail Specimen from Lake County	36	66	N
1967	Possible Yellow Rail in Minneapolis	39	68	N
1974	New Yellow Rail Area	46	41-42	N
1978	Yellow Rail Heard in Beltrami County	50	205-206	N
1984	Yellow Rails of Aitkin County	56	68-69	NP
1985	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	57	34-36	A
1987	Yellow Rail in Lac Qui Parle County	59	149	N
1989	Yellow Rail in Hennepin County	61	204	N
1991	The Yellow Rails of McGregor Marsh	63	92-97	AP
1993	Yellow Rails Recorded from Unusual Locations in Minnesota	65	196-199	A
2006	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	78	126-133	A
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)		Vol.	Page	Key
1965	Unusual Minnesota Records: Black Rail (?)	37	52	N
1968	Black Rail Seen in Anoka County	40	101	N
1971	Black Rail in Goodhue County	43	58	N
1972	Black Rail in Bloomington	44	121	N
1979	A Black Rail in Hennepin County	51	142	N
1988	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	60	13-16	A
1996	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithological Records Committee	68	164-167	A
2003	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	75	160-163	A
2004	Proceedings of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee	76	152-161	A

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Notes:

Each entry to the index is preceded with a code, which denotes one of the following:
A   AP   N   NP	-- the reference is a major or minor article -- the reference is a major or minor article and is accompanied by a photograph -- the reference is a Note of Interest -- the reference is a Note of Interest and is accompanied by a photograph
Click on the bird name to see a photographic image of the bird.
Click on the volume number to see The Loon reference pages.

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