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Title	Genres	Topics	Date (Start)	Date (End)	Type	Description	Creator/Author	Birds	Locations

Iowa Birdline update, May 11-13, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-05-11	1992-05-13	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for May 11-13, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a two Red Knots, Snowy Plover, Brown Pelican, a pair of Bewick's Wrens and two singing Henslow's Sparrows. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Townsend's Solitaire and a Swallow-tailed Kite.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Swallow-tailed Kite Marbled Godwit Townsend's Solitaire Henslow's Sparrow Bewick's Wren Mute Swan Brown Pelican Snowy Plover Red Knot King Rail	Hartman Reserve Nature Center Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Riverton Wildlife Management Area DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Ocheyedan River McCord Pond State Wildlife Management Area Polk City Cemetery	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, August 31, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-08-31	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for August 31, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of twenty American Golden-Plovers and an early Broad-winged Hawk. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a flyover Mississippi Kite at Cordova Park and a male Black-throated Blue Warbler at Hickory Hill Park.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Broad-winged Hawk Mississippi Kite Willow Flycatcher Western Kingbird Eurasian Tree Sparrow Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Olive-sided Flycatcher Black-throated Blue Warbler American Golden Plover	Burlington Hickory Hill Park Moorehead Pioneer Park West Des Moines Des Moines County Sandpiper Recreation Area Cherry Glen Recreation Area Cordova Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, August 24, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-08-24	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for August 24, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of Least Bittern, Ruddy Turnstone, American Avocet, Willet and a Black-bellied Plover. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of two Piping Plovers at the Sandpiper Recreation area and fourteen additional species of shorebirds at Red Rock Reservoir.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Least Bittern Harris' Sparrow Ringed Turtle-Dove Black-bellied Plover Piping Plover Willet Ruddy Turnstone Blue-winged Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler	Hickory Hill Park Jester Park Lake Red Rock Muscatine Casey Barrow Landing Sandpiper Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, August 17, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-08-17	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for August 17, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of King Rails and indications that the Passerine migration is underway. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Ringed Turtle-Dove near downtown Muscatine and six warbler species at Hickory Hill Park in Iowa City.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Bald Eagle Carolina Wren Golden-winged Warbler Western Sandpiper Ringed Turtle-Dove Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Olive-sided Flycatcher Canada Warbler King Rail	Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Hickory Hill Park Muscatine Effigy Mounds National Monument Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Casey Barrow Landing Ambrose A Call State Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, August 4, 1992	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-08-04	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa Birdline updates for August 4, 1992. The highlights for the update include sightings of the continued presence of the juvenile Laughing Gull at Red Rock Reservoir and American Avocets at Saylorville Lake.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet American White Pelican Snowy Egret Forster's Tern Osprey Sanderling Baird's Sandpiper Caspian Tern Buff-breasted Sandpiper Laughing Gull	Lake Red Rock Lake Manawa Saylorville Lake Lake MacBride MidAmerican Energy Ponds Casey Barrow Landing Des Moines County Sandpiper Recreation Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, August 10, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-08-10	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for August 10, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of the continued presence of the juvenile Laughing Gull and two Western Grebes. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a possible Black Vulture and a confirmed sighting of a Ruddy Turnstone.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Black-and-white Warbler Western Grebe Ruddy Turnstone Philadelphia Vireo Blackburnian Warbler American black vulture Laughing Gull	Davenport Iowa City Red Rock Dam MidAmerican Energy Ponds Casey Barrow Landing Silver Lake	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, July 20, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-07-20	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for July 20, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a juvenile Laughing Gull, Little Blue Heron and 40 American White Pelicans. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of three Least Bitterns and two Common Moorhen families.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Bald Eagle Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Willow Flycatcher Common Moorhen American White Pelican Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Horned Lark Laughing Gull King Rail	Forneys Lake Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Big Timber Division Fairfield MidAmerican Energy Ponds Green Island Wildlife Management Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, July 13, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Charadriiformes \| Shore-birds, Gulls, and Auks Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-07-13	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for July 13, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a family of Western Kingbirds in Des Moines and a Swainson's Hawk nest with young in it east of Mason City. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of two adult and two young Western Grebes on Silver Lake in Worth County.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Swainson's Hawk Western Grebe Western Kingbird Snowy Egret Solitary Sandpiper Acadian Flycatcher Northern Parula Short-billed Dowitcher Buff-breasted Sandpiper Great Egret	Des Moines Elk Rock State Park Hendrickson Marsh Lake Mason City Red Rock Dam Casey Barrow Landing Green Island Wildlife Management Area Silver Lake Roberts Creek	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, July 6, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-07-06	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for July 6, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of a King Rail, four adult and five young Common Moorhens and ten species of Warblers. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week's update with sightings of a Solitary Sandpiper and a Least Sandpiper along with a Kentucky Warbler at the north end of Robert's Creek Park.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Ruffed Grouse Common Moorhen American White Pelican Lark Sparrow Solitary Sandpiper Worm-eating Warbler Kentucky Warbler Prairie Warbler King Rail Least Sandpiper	Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Fish Farms Mounds Wildlife Management Area Stephens State Forest - White Breast Unit Green Island Wildlife Management Area Roberts Creek Park Sand Point	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, June 29, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Infancy Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-06-29	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 29, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of Bell's Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Sedge Wren and ten Black Terns. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of two adults and one immature Yellow-crowned Night Herons, six American Avocets and a one-legged Marbled Godwit.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	American Avocet Marbled Godwit Willow Flycatcher Bell's Vireo Orchard Oriole Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Lesser Yellowlegs Baird's Sandpiper Sedge Wren Black Tern	Little Wall Lake Doolittle Prairie State Preserve Hendrickson Marsh Lake Lake Macbride State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Casey Barrow Landing Bob Pyle Marsh Wildlife Management Area West Bend	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, June 23, 1992	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-06-23	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Iowa Birdline updates for June 23, 1992. The highlights for the update include sightings of many of the same birds reported before, Upland Sandpipers, Sandhill Cranes, Least Bittern, Warblers and Bewick's Wrens. A sighting of two pairs of Blue Grosbeaks and a Northern Mockingbird were also reported.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Least Bittern Upland Sandpiper White-eyed Vireo Summer Tanager Bewick's Wren Northern Mockingbird Black-throated Green Warbler Blue Grosbeak Eastern Whip-poor-will Sandhill Crane	Ames Homestead Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Green Island Wildlife Management Area Turkey Run Wildlife Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, June 8, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birdsongs Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Birds--Infancy Pelecanidae \| Pelicans Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-06-08	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 8, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of many of the same birds as last week, the Prairie Warbler, Sandhill Crane and Henslow's Sparrow. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of a Northern Mockingbird and a nesting colony of 60 Black Terns.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Henslow's Sparrow Barn Owl Franklin's Gull Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Caspian Tern Northern Mockingbird Prairie Warbler Great-tailed Grackle Sandhill Crane Black Tern	Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Lakin Slough State Game Management Area Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Bedford Silver Lake Sullivan Slough Big Wall Lake	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Iowa Birdline update, June 1, 1992	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs Parulidae \| Warblers Dial-a-message telephone calls	1992-06-01	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Email for the Iowa Birdline update for June 1, 1992. Highlights of the update include sightings of Sandhill Cranes, a Prairie Warbler and Least Tern. Also included are handwritten notes for the next week’s update with sightings of an Alder Flycatcher for three days in a row in Iowa City, and Black-bellied Plovers and White-rumped Sandpipers at the Riverton Area.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Alder Flycatcher Chuck-will's-widow Wilson's Phalarope Least Tern Black-bellied Plover White-rumped Sandpiper Blue-winged Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Prairie Warbler Sandhill Crane	Iowa City Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Otter Creek Marsh State Wildlife Refuge Riverton Wildlife Management Area Eddyville Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Macbride Nature Recreation Area Babcock Access	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	42	2
Field notes contributed by Jacob T. Gilliam, summer 2004	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification	2004-06-01	2004-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Jacob (Jay) T. Gilliam. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 2004.	Gilliam, Jacob T.	Swallow-tailed Kite Cooper's Hawk Least Bittern Upland Sandpiper Yellow-headed Blackbird Grasshopper Sparrow Western Kingbird Sora Acadian Flycatcher Northern Parula	Des Moines Iowa City Madison County Saylorville Lake Woodland Mounds State Preserve Long Pond Lake Ahquabi State Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	11
Iowa Birdline update, December 19, 1990-January 2, 1991	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Anseriformes \| Ducks, Geese, and Swans Dial-a-message telephone calls	1990-12-19	1991-01-02	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Emails for the Iowa Birdline update for December 19, 1990-January 2, 1991. Highlights of the updates include the continued presence of an Ivory Gull, a Townsend's Solitaire, a Black-legged Kittiwake, and Eurasian Tree Sparrows. Also of note were sightings of Red Crossbills, a Varied Thrush, a Northern Mockingbird, and 44 Great Horned Owls. Also included are the results from several Christmas bird counts from around the state.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union Fuller, James L	Townsend's Solitaire Varied Thrush Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur Snow Bunting Short-eared Owl American White Pelican Brown Thrasher Great Horned Owl Common Redpoll Snowy Owl Black Scoter Northern Goshawk Black-legged Kittiwake Ivory Gull Eurasian Tree Sparrow Glaucous Gull Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Red Crossbill Sandhill Crane Northern Shrike	Atlantic Big Creek State Park Burlington Cedar Rapids Elk Rock State Park Jamaica Lake Red Rock Spencer Whitebreast Recreation Area Coralville Bays Branch State Wildlife Area Iowa River Centerville Swan Lake State Park Andover Clio Killduff Howell Station Campground Lake Red Rock	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	41	4
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Mark Proescholdt, summer 2005	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Tyrannidae \| Flycatchers Laridae \| Gulls and Terns Scolopacidae \| Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies Thraupidae \| Tanagers Vireonidae \| Vireos Emberizidae \| Sparrows	2005-06-01	2005-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Summer report of birds and locations contributed by Mark Proescholdt. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2005.	Proescholdt, Mark	Double-crested Cormorant Alder Flycatcher Purple Martin Bewick's Wren Wood Thrush Eurasian Tree Sparrow Blue-winged Warbler Northern Parula Worm-eating Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Hooded Warbler Eastern Screech-Owl	Dudgeon Lake State Wildlife Mgt Area Grammer Grove County Wildlife Area Lacey-Keosauqua State Park Ledges State Park Liscomb Montrose Waubonsie State Park Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Croton Unit Mount Ayr Eldora Pine Lake State Park Bedford Alden Long Pond Colyn Wildlife Management Area East Twin Lake Shimek State Forest Wildlife Management Area - Donnellson Unit	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	12
Dennis L. Carter letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, August 1, 2005	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Infancy	5005-08-01	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Letter from Dennis L. Carter to James J. Dinsmore regarding summer bird sightings, August 1, 2005. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2005.	Carter, Dennis L.	Least Bittern Bobolink Common Moorhen Orchard Oriole Dickcissel	Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	12
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Gerald Von Ehwegen, summer 2005	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird feeders Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy	2005-06-01	2005-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Summer report of birds found in western Iowa contributed by Gerald Von Ehwegen. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2005.	Von Ehwegen, Gerald L.	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Bell's Vireo Trumpeter Swan Wood Thrush Black-billed Cuckoo Scarlet Tanager Blue Grosbeak Red-breasted Nuthatch Great Blue Heron Black Tern Green Heron Northern Bobwhite	Browns Lake Sioux City Monona County Monona Loess Hills Wildlife Area Pisgah Gitchie Manitou State Preserve Bacon Creek Park Owego Loess Hills State Forest	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	12
2005 Iowa Peregrine nests	Field notes Reports	Bird banding Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy	2005-06-01	2005-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	A report of ten Peregrine Falcon nesting territories, seven of which were active and produced a total of 21 young. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2005.	Iowa Ornithologists' Union	Peregrine Falcon	Burlington Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Lansing Scott County Louisa County Waukon Junction Iowa State Capitol Chillicothe	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	12
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Thomas N. Johnson, summer 2005	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Infancy	2005-06-01	2005-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Summer report of birds and locations contributed by Thomas N. Johnson. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2005.	Johnson, Thomas N.	Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Yellow-breasted Chat Henslow's Sparrow Common Moorhen Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Northern Mockingbird Blue Grosbeak	Fort Dodge Rathbun Lake Centerville Colyn Wildlife Management Area Sedan Bottoms Russell Wildlife Area	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	12
Field notes contributed by Dennis L. Carter, July 28, 2005	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Infancy	2005-07-28	N/A	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Summer report of birds found in northeastern Iowa contributed by Dennis L. Carter. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists' Union Quarterly field report of summer 2005.	Carter, Dennis L.	Cooper's Hawk Least Bittern Semipalmated Sandpiper Pied-billed Grebe Bobolink Orchard Oriole Dickcissel Gray Partridge Willet Sedge Wren Blue-winged Warbler Short-billed Dowitcher Sandhill Crane	Cardinal Marsh State Wildlife Area Decorah Lake Meyer Burr Oak Postville Chipera Prairie Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	12
Iowa Ornithologists' Union, Quarterly field report, summer 2005	Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Forest birds Weather	2005-06-01	2005-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Quarterly field report for the summer of 2005 annotated and compiled by James J. Dinsmore.	Dinsmore, James J. Iowa Ornithologists' Union	Vermilion Flycatcher White-winged Dove Brown Pelican Black-billed Magpie Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Black-headed Gull King Rail	Iowa	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	12
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Paul Van Nieuwenhuyse, summer 2004	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birdsongs	2004-06-01	2004-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Paul Van Nieuwenhuyse. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 2004.	Van Nieuwenhuyse, Paul	Yellow-headed Blackbird Common Moorhen American White Pelican Herring Gull Marsh Wren Lesser Yellowlegs Blue-winged Warbler	Goose Lake Pool 13 Clinton County Sherman Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	11
Field reports form for submitting seasonal observations of Iowa birds, Robert VanErsvelde and Connie VanErsvelde, summer 2004	Field notes Forms (documents)	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Identification Birds--Nests Birds--Infancy Birds--Feeding and feeds	2004-06-01	2004-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	List of birds and locations contributed by Robert VanErsvelde and Connie VanErsvelde. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 2004.	VanErsvelde, Robert VanErsvelde, Connie	Grasshopper Sparrow Eastern Towhee Lark Sparrow Dickcissel Tennessee Warbler Yellow Warbler	Poweshiek County	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	11
Darwin Koenig letter to James J. Dinsmore regarding bird sightings, summer 2004	Correspondence Field notes	Bird watching Birds--Counting Birds--Nests Falconiformes \| Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Vultures Parulidae \| Warblers Birds--Infancy	2004-06-01	2004-07-31	Manuscript, graphic, and printed material	Field notes contributed by Darwin Koenig in a letter to James J. Dinsmore. This item was used as supporting documentation for the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Quarterly field report of summer 2004.	Koenig, Darwin	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker White-eyed Vireo Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-billed Cuckoo Lark Sparrow Black-crowned Night Heron Hooded Merganser Semipalmated Plover Acadian Flycatcher Ovenbird	Allamakee County Big Marsh Wildlife Area Saylorville Lake Yellow River State Forest Brush Creek Canyon State Park Chichaqua Wildlife Habitat Park	Iowa Ornithologists' Union \| MS 166	39	11