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I wish also to say that Grand Tra- 

 verse can boast of one 6i the best 

 same and river wardens in the coun- 

 try. Mr. Mark Craw by name, a true 

 rporteman and nature lover and who 

 has his work at heart for the benefit 

 of our fast diminishing wild life. I 

 only wish we had a great many more 

 men like him; men that are liked and 

 respected by their community and not 

 men that are disliked and Avhom peo- 

 ple try to double cross, the way they 

 :'a Ihe average vv^arden. 



I could not spend the time in the 

 fio'd T would like to while there, a; I 

 \v,i^ visiting a sick sister, so my ob- 

 ■:rv ing was really limited to about 

 three days. 



Following is a list of species found: 

 A.O.U. 



11 Red Throated loon. 



51 Herring gull (abundant). 



54 Ring-billed Gull (rare). 



61 Caspian Tern (rare winter). 

 129 American Merganser (common). 

 V.o Red-breasted Merganser (rare). 

 M8 American Fcanp (fairly abund- 

 ant). 

 153 B-.iffle Head (fairly abundant). 

 151 American Golden Eye (abund- 

 ant). 

 GOO Ruffed Grouse (abundant). 

 r93 Hairy Woodpecker. 

 G94 Dovv'ny Woodpecker. 

 400 Artie Three-Toed Woodpecker 



(rare). 

 477 Blue Jay. 

 488 American Crow. 

 539 American Goldfinch (abundant). 

 534 Snowflake. 

 567 Slate Colored Junco. 

 72^ Brown Creeper. 

 727 White Breasted Nuthatch. 

 755 Black-capped Chickadee. 

 7G1 American Robin. 



Walter E. Hastings. 

 January 11, 1921, 



A Truck Trip 



December 4th, 1920, my son and I 

 left New York, with a ton truck, ar- 

 'i-'ing here (Casa Grande, Ariz.) in 

 thirty days. Traveling about thirty-five 

 miles west of Wichita, Kansas, we 

 left the timbered country, and the re- 

 maining distance was treeless, except- 

 h\ two forest reserves. The hawks 

 in the treeless country seemed to be 

 ."earless of passing vehicles and re- 

 mained perched on fence posts or tele- 

 r-raph poles. W«e saw many dead ones 

 ;ilong the road, more of the Ferru- 

 ginous Rough-leg, than of any other. 



All or nearly all, had been shot 

 " :th a rifle by passing autoists. Near 

 the ruins in this valley I picked up 

 a fine male Audubon's Caracara. The 

 en]'' one I have ever seen in this state. 

 V 'iiitefronted geese come into the 

 :ii.'"alfa fields here while they are be- 

 ing irrigated, and are not very wild; 

 one flfock of nine and another of 28 

 a few days ago. Yesterday my son 

 (lu.-'hed a Western Horned Owl on a 

 : tcep hillside, one egg somewhat in- 

 r- bated on the bare ground between 

 t-"o rocks, no nest whatever. The 

 nesting of many birds here is later 

 tli?n those of last year, rei'haps on ac- 

 count of our severe drought. 



D. D. Stone. 

 Oi.wego, N. Y., R. D. 3. 



CASSINA 



There is no bird publication that is 

 more welcome to our desk than Cas- 

 sina. The 1919 issue was issued in 

 October 1920, and arrived December 

 5th, so you see we are not the only 

 one that is occasionally late, and 

 when so stately and formal a serial as 

 Cassina comes along eleven months 



To the D. V. O. C. and its publica- 

 tion Cassina, we wish continued suc- 

 cess. R. M. B. 



