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run fence, in an inch, or two of water 

 I flushed a woodcock. He rose up 

 through the trees nearly fifteen feet 

 straight up, and I saw him plainly. 

 That was on April 3rd. Then again 

 on April 15th I again flushed a wood- 

 cock within twenty feet of the same 

 spot. This is within thirty yards of 

 the house, too. Later the rains were 

 gone, but there was a lot of water 

 standing about on the top of the 

 ground. I came through the same 

 place and flushed the woodcock again 

 from the chicken yard. This time it 

 was very light, and the bird only flew 

 a few yards. I howled for Dad, and 

 we followed it up flushing it the 

 second time that Dad might be con- 

 vinced tihat it was a real woodcock. 

 I am at loss to explain its presence 

 here until that date — June 18th, as it 

 should have been nesting. I suppose 

 the great amount of marshy land, 

 due to the heavy rains, attracted it 

 for a longer time than usual. 



Johnson A. Neff, 

 Marionville, Missouri. 



RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 



On April 10, 1916, 1 started for the 

 woods in search for nests and after 

 about two hours walk I came to a 

 farm house. The farmer was very 

 friendly to me and upon telling him 

 that I was searching for birds' nests, 

 he began telling me that in the woods 

 a quarter of a mile north there were 

 a pair of hawks that nested there 

 for the past ten years and he was 

 sure that the nest was pretty well in 

 the thicket, for he had seen the birds 

 there a few days ago. I thanked 

 him very much and at once started 

 for the place. 



I soon got to the woods where the 

 ihawks were and after a short searcih 

 I noticed one of the birds flying above 

 the tree tops and when I got to the 



place where I had seen the bird I 

 discovered a nest about forty feet up 

 in a red oak tree. I now took my 

 bird glasses and looking at the nest 

 I could see a few feathers on the out- 

 side rim of the nest. I now put on 

 my climbers and fastened my egg 

 box and folding hand camera to my 

 belt and slowly ascended the tree. 

 On reaching the nest I found four 

 white eggs, variously bloched and 

 spotted with different shades of 

 brown. The nest was made of sticks, 

 lined with fine roots, grass, etc. I 

 now climbed about five feet above 

 the nest and took a photo of the nest 

 and eggs. After this I climbed down 

 to where the nest was and took the 

 eggs, one at a time, and rolled each 

 in a layer of cotton and put them in 

 my egg box, and after I got to the 

 bottom of the tree I also took a photo 

 of the tree which contained the nest. 

 I was very glad to procure this set 

 for red-shouldered hawks are con- 

 sidered as rare in LaPorte county. 

 C. F. Pahrman, 

 1011 4th Street 

 LaPorte, Ind. 



CANADA NOTE 



The Summer Birds have all de- 

 parted except the Waterfowl. On a 

 walk today I noticed only residents, 

 Chicadees, Ruffed Grouse, and a Hawk 

 Owl. Snowflakes have been here 

 since the 19th and I saw a Redpoll 

 and a Rosy Finch this morning. 



My total score of game birds this 

 season, is one Mallard, so that in a 

 country which teemis with ducks and 

 grouse, I am not leaning very heavy 

 on them. 



A. D. Henderson, 

 Belvidere, Alta., Canada. 



