The Oologist. 



vol. XIX. NO. 10. 



ALBION. N. Y., OCTOBER, 1902. Whole No. 195 



The Oologist. 



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An Illinois Heronry 



Five miles to the south of our village 

 the head of a former immense belt of 

 timber begins and in an unbroken line 

 of small groves and larger patches of 



wood follows the course of the Em- 

 barras river many miles to the south- 

 ward. 



While the grandeur of its primeval 

 days is but a memory, many lofty old 

 sentinels are yet standing— pathetically 

 stretching out their mighty arms in 

 appeal for the return of the good old 

 forest days. 



What remains is known as clearings 

 but nestling here and there in the bot- 

 tom-lands and bends of the creek we 

 still may discover a tangled copse or a 

 willow thicket where we may find just 

 enough of the color and loveliness of 

 the garb of mother nature to remind us 

 of her past glories These are attract- 

 ive places for many species of our 

 woodland fauna and we are often sur- 

 prised and pleased with new ornitho- 

 logical discoveries brought to light 

 from the depths of their recesses. 



For several seasons previous to 1901, 

 our suspicions of the presence of a col- 

 ony of Black-crowned Night Herons 

 (Xycticorax nycticorax naevius,) were 

 based entirely upon a series of large 

 nests (of their age we could only con. 

 jecture,) overloading a number of wil- 

 low trees in one of these bottoms. 

 Several of these willow trees supported 

 as many as three of these huge basket 

 affairs upon their branches. In addi- 

 tion, each year, reports reach our ears 

 of the breeding of a colony of big white 

 birds in Bowses' Grove. These were 

 locally distinguished by the name of 

 "squaivks" and each season we tramp- 

 ed many a weary and unsuccessful 

 mile in search of the heronry. I might 

 attribute our continued lack of success 

 to the fact that our first discovery of 

 nests was noted in willow trees. I fear 

 in consequence, that much more atten- 



