hee) are Accidental in status:

White Ibis, Crested Caracara, Rock

Ptarmigan, Curlew Sandpiper, Glaucous-

winged Gull, Eurasian Collared-Dove,

Calliope Hummingbird, Pygmy Nuthatch,

Spotted Towhee (Regular; split from East-

ern Towhee), and Bullock's Oriole (split

from Baltimore Oriole; see below).

By majority vote (8-2), it was decided

to list the Trumpeter Swan as a Regular

species. In effect, this means the popula-

tion of this species in Minnesota is now

considered established and stable as a re-

sult of reintroductions in recent years.

By consensus, it was decided to in-

clude Clark's Grebe on the state's list of

species with a confirmed breeding

record; there had been reservations that

hybridization with Western Grebe was in-

volved. (Other species added to the list

with confirmed breeding records since

the previous Checklist are Tundra Swan

and White-winged Crossbill.)

By unanimous votes, it was decided to

list Eurasian Collared-Dove and Great-

tailed Grackle as Accidental species with

no "s" subscripts. The Collared-Dove de-

cision was the result of considering re-

cent photos of Eurasian Collared-Doves

(see record #99-07 below) to be identifi-

able on their own. The decision on the

grackle resulted from considering a 1993

audio tape of a Great-tailed Grackle (see

The Loon 65:148-150) to be identifiable

on its own. (Other Accidental species

whose "s" subscripts were removed since

the previous Checklist are Northern

Wheatear, Townsend's Warbler, and Eur-

asian Tree-Sparrow.)

By majority vote (6-4), it was decided

to list Black-bellied Whistling-Duck as an

Accidental species with no "o" subscript.

This decision resulted from the majority

of the Committee considering a recent

Whistling-Duck individual (see The Loon

70:244) to be more likely a naturally oc-

curring vagrant than an escape from cap-

tivity.

By consensus, it was decided to main-

tain Extirpated status for Eskimo Curlew.

There had been reservations about con-

tinuing to include this species on the

Checklist given the ambiguity of the

records, but recent research uncovered

some previously unpublished records

which were more definite. (An article de-

tailing what is known of the Eskimo

Curlew's occurrence in Minnesota will

appear in a future issue of The Loon.)

By consensus, it was decided to rein-

state Bullock's Oriole on the Checklist as

an Accidental species (as it had been be-

fore it had been lumped with Baltimore

Oriole). There had been reservations that

the only record (see The Loon 41 :41-42)

may have involved a hybrid, but exami-

nation of the photos of the individual re-

vealed nothing anomalous about its

plumage.

The following records were voted on

by mail August-December 1998 and

found to be Acceptable:

• Chipping Sparrow, December 1997,

Detroit Lakes, Becker Co. (record #98-66,

vote 5-2).

• Marsh Wren, 20 December 1997,

Excelsior C.B.C., Hennepin Co. (loca-

tion?) (record #98-67, vote 7-0).

• Forster's Tern, 28 March 1998, La

Crescent, Houston Co. (record #98-68,

vote 6-1).

• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 24 May

1998, near Cromwell, Carlton Co. (record

#98-69, vote 6-1).

• Pacific Loon, 30 May 1998, Duluth,

St. Louis Co. (record #98-70, vote 7-0).

• Painted Bunting, 2 June 1998,

Shakopee, Scott Co. (record #98-71, vote

7-0).

• Clark's Grebe, 16 August 1998,

Thielke L., Big Stone Co. (record #98-76,

vote 7-0).

• Black-legged Kittiwake, 24-26 Sep-

tember 1998, Duluth, St. Louis Co.

(record #98-82, vote 7-0).

• Sabine's Gull, 24 September 1998,

Duluth , St. Louis Co. (record #98-83, vote

7-0).

• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 29 Septem-

ber 1998, Tofte , Cook Co. (record #98-84,

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