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"Tliis spcTiiiKMi did tidl act .■! I.il like llic otiier two (whicli wt'.v^: vciv 

 (.11110) but flow norvously from (loo to Iroo in a .small scriili i>iiio Kr<'ve, 

 ultoriiig its loud, and to me, startling call note, a rather rapidly repeated 

 IccU, took. tock. Finding the exact location of tlio note proved confusing 

 In 1110. I thought there were two of the birds calling till the si>ecimon was 

 sliot which stopped the noi.se. This is the third sitecimen from that vicinity." 



The first one was taken March 11. 1917. 



The second specimen was a male taken at 1 >une Park, Porter County, 

 October 3, 1920. It acted iiiuch like tlio one taken March 11, 1917. It was 

 found feeding on a dead scnih pine Just hack from the lake (Michigan) 

 shore. It was very tame and paid no attention to me. The "tapping" is 

 louder than that of the Sapsucker and slower than that of the Hairy or 

 Downey and unlike the others seems to work in one tree iiiitil the food 

 si:i)ply is exhausted. Tlic bird had nearly coniph'tod its iiHUilt .•iiid :ippeared 

 ill fine fresh jilumage. 



Xovember 21. 1920. the fourth specimen, a male, was taken at Mineral 

 Springs. Porter County. Indiana, by Mr. Stoddard and sent to me, with the 

 accompanying note: "I have heard of two others being seen four miles 

 east of Mineral Springs and have noticed a number of well stripped trees. 

 Komoving most of the bark from one tree before going out of a neighbor- 

 hood seems to be characteristic of this species. I believe there is a great 

 flight of these woodpeckers this year." 



December 8, 1920. Reports two specimens being seen and one taken in 

 northern Illinois, and adds. "Further strengthening my statement of a big 

 flight." 



OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. Nuttalornis borealis (Swvains.). Three 

 identified at Millers. Indiana. August 16. 1919. 



YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. Xanthocephalus xanthoceplialus 

 (Bonap.). Near Crawfordsville. Indiana, April 28, 1919, Mr. Frank C. 

 Evans, Secretary Indiana Audubon Society, observed a single bird of this 

 species. He was enabled to observe it for some time at close range and is 

 certain of its identification. Colonies are still found breeding in lessening 

 numbers in the swamp and lake region on both sides of the Illinois-Indiana 



line in Lake and the adjoining county. 



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EVENING GROSBEAK. He.speriphona vespertina verpertina (W. Coop.). 

 Dune Park, Indiana. March 80. 1919. About 50 seen. April 27. 1919. sev- 

 enteen seen at same station. Last of season. 



AMERICAN CROSSBILI>. Loxia curvirostra minor. One, a male, seen 

 October 28, 1919, at T'pland. (Jrant County, Indiana, feeding upon sunflower 

 seeds. It was very tame and permitted close approach and afforded definite 

 identification. — Mrs. Gertrude Q. Campbell. November 1. 1919, a small flock 

 was seen among some spruce trees near Helmsburg, Brown County. Indiana, 

 by Philip Baker. November 20th, the same observer saw eight of these 

 birds in the same spruces. Each time a single bird of the next species was 

 observed. One of the last was taken and preserved for verification. Flock 

 reported during latter part of winti'r and spring of 1920 by Frank Hassel- 

 man at State Game Experiment Station at Deere's Mills, in southwestern 



