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Vol. XVIII. 



HYDE PARK, MASS., AUGUST, 1893. 



No. 8. 



Distribution of the Yellow-Headed 

 Blackbird in Illinois. 



Winnebago County, No. 3. 

 J. E. Dickinson. Has never obsened it, 

 but has seen specimens which were shot in , 



the Kiswanke Bottoms, about ten miles south ' 



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of Rockford. 



F. A. Gregory. Has not observed it. 



Lake County, No. 6. 



Gordon Schanck. An abundant summer 

 resident. Arrives in the latter part of March 

 or the first of April ; departs in October or 

 November. Breeds commonly in sloughs, 

 from May 15 to June 15. Nests attached 

 to reeds i ^ to 2 feet above the water. Eggs, 

 5 ; incubation about two weeks ; one brood. 



O. H. Swazey. Has not observed it, but 

 hears that it is found within ten miles of 

 Lake Forest in some swampy regions. 



Lake and Cook Counties, Nos. 6 and 7. 



W. E. Pratt. Common summer resident. 

 Found in colonies at Calumet and Mud 

 Lakes, Cook County, and Grass Lake, Lake 

 County. Commences laying at Grass Lake 

 the first of June and about a week earlier at 

 Calumet and Mud Lakes. Has never found 

 them at any of the various small sloughs, and 

 regards them as restricted to the above 

 named lakes. Eggs 3 or 4 ; only one set 

 of 5 ever observed. Has found a Cowbird's 

 egg in a nest of this bird. 



Cook County, No. 7. 



George B. Holmes. Summer resident ; 

 fairly common. Breeds in swamps. 



F. L. Charles. Breeds abundandy at Cal- 

 umet Lake. Does not occur near .Austin as 

 there are no large sloughs in that locality. 



H. Gillingham. Has not met it near 

 Oak Park. 



D. A. Young. Summer resident, .'\rrives 

 the first part of May, departs during October. 

 Found in colonies in the larger marshes, 

 where it breeds commonly in the latter part 

 of May or first of June. 



" Birds of North-eastern Illinois." E. W. 

 Nelson. Cook and Lake Counties. "Very 

 common summer resident in large marshes. 

 Arrives the first of May, commences nesting 

 the last of this month. Owing to the re- 

 stricted locahties inhabited by this bird, it is 

 very slightly known among the farmers, even 

 those living next the marshes generally think 

 it an uncommon bird." 



Du Page County, No. 10. 



B. F. Gault. Considers it rare in Du Page 

 County. Reports that it is a common sum- 

 mer resident at Calumet Lake, Cook County, 

 and found sparingly in Fox Lake region, 

 Lake County. 



DeKalb County, No. 10. 



L. W. Nichols. Summer resident, but found 

 sparingly on account of the absence of suit- 

 able localities for nesting. Very common in 

 McHenry County, No. 5, where it breeds 

 around the lakes and sloughs. Earliest 

 breeding date May 22 ; latest July 24 ; eggs 

 4 to 6. 



Davenport, Iowa, opposite No. 15. 



B. H. Wilson. Has never observed it. 

 Said to breed in a small slough near Musca- 

 tine, Iowa, but did not find them on a visit 

 in August. 



Henry County, No. 16. 



Dr. A. C. Murchison. Summer resident. 

 Arrives last week in March, .\bundant in 



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