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THE COL00I6T 



friend, George M. Sutton, and is on 

 the order of the Audubon Leaflet. 



Bulletin of the Audubon Society of 

 West Pennsylvania, April, 1923 



This is well gotten up publication, 

 of fifty-two pages, illuminated with a 

 splendid drawing of a male Cardinal, 

 by George M. Sutton, and contains 

 articles on "Field Identification of 

 our Winter Birds," by Mr. Sutton. 

 "Crossbill Visitors," by Byard H. 

 Christy. "Fruit Trees for the Birds," 

 by John L. Phillip. "Incidentals," by 

 E. W. Arthur. "Suggestions to the 

 Bird Student," by C. W. Parker. "The 

 Great Horned Owl," by S. S. Dicky. 

 "Evergreen Trees as a Protection for 

 Birds," by George H. Parker. "Why 

 Birds Need Nesting Houses, Bathing 

 Pools and Feeding Stations," by T. 

 W. Weisman. "The Purple Martin," 

 by J. Warren Jacobs. "Young Night 

 Hawks," by Leroy Homer. "The Star- 

 ling in Southwestern Pennsylvania," 

 by George M. Sutton. Audubon's 

 Outings," by Helen Blaine. "Cemeter- 

 ies as Bird Sanctuaries," by Jesse L. 

 Jones. "Watch the Cats," by C. W. 

 Parker. 



It also contains a numiber of half- 

 tone illustrations and a black and 

 white drawing of the Starling, by Mr. 

 Sutton. A facsimile of a letter from 

 John Burroughs, and a list of mem- 

 bers of this Audubon Society. All in 

 all it is a very credible publication. 

 R. M. Barnes. 



ILLINOIS NOTES 



The following list of birds were 

 seen on April 29th, 1923, near Texico, 

 Jefferson Co., 111., they are catalogued 

 by the old A. O. U. list. 

 A.O.U. 

 No. 

 180 Whistling Swan — Found along 

 side of R. R. in a pond; it was 

 injured and unable to fiy. Found 

 dead two days later about 40 ft. 



from the water; very rare. 



228 Woodcock — I knew him by his 

 Tuck, Tuck, as he started out 

 about daylight. Very rare; the 

 second one I have seen in 10 

 years in Illinois. 



230 Wilson Snipe— Rare. 



273 Killdeer — Common. 



316 Mourning Dove — Common. 



325 Turkey Vulture — Not common. 



333 Cooper's Hawk — Not common. 



368 Barred Owl — Common. 



373 Screech Owl — Common. 



390 Belted Kingfisher — ^Common. 



406 Red Headed Woodpecker — Very 

 common. 



412 Flicker — Very common. 



488 Crow^ — Very common. 



461 Wood Pewee — Not common. 



477 Blue Jay — Very common. 



501 Meadowlark — Very common. 



511 Purple Graeckle — Rare. 



529 American Gold Finch — Common. 



504 Vesper Sparrow — Not common. 



558 White Throated Sparrow — Com- 

 mon. 



560 Chipping Sparrow — Very com- 

 mon. 



567 Slate Colored Junco— One seen. 



583 Cardinal — Common. 



598 Indigo Bunting — Not common. 



611 Purple Martin — Common. 



616 Barn Swallow — Rare. 



636 Black and White Warbler— Rare. 

 Authority of H. W. Henshaw's 

 "Friends of Our Forests." 



674 Oven Bird — ^Not rare, authority 

 as above. 



681 Maryland Yellow Throat— Com- 

 mon Summer Resident. 



703 Mocking Bird — Very common. 



721 House Wren — ^Very common. 



731 Tufted Titmouse — Common. 



736 Carolina Chickadee — Very com- 

 mon. 



756 Veery — Very common. 



761 Robin — Very common. 



766 Blue Bird — Very common. 



J. Earl Harlow. 



Texico, 111., June 10, 1923. 



We are not certain that the 



"Veery" is correctly identified by Mr. 



Harlow. — Editor. 



