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so regularly here. I have one record 

 of a nest with four eggs found March 

 31st, 1903. This is from Lorain 

 County, on the 41st parallel. 



Another rather early record this 

 year was a Hairy Woodpecker's nest 

 with young, on I\Iay 12th. 

 F. M. PHELPS, 



Elyria, Ohio. 



200,000 BIRDS KILLED 



Gulf Storm Overflows Famous Breed- 

 ing Grounds Off Coast. 



New Orleans. La., July 24. — About 

 200,000 birds on the breeding grounds 

 maintained by the game commission 

 on Battledor, Audubon, and Breton Is- 

 lands of the southwestern coast of 

 Louisiana, were killed in the storm. 

 Many of the birds were of rare varie- 

 ties. The islands were completely 

 overflown. — Press Dispatch. 



NISHNA LAKE, MISSOURI. 



On the 15th of May, my brother, 

 a friend, and myself went to Nishna 

 Lake, Missouri, on a recreation and 

 outing trip; however, I went solely 

 for the purpose of studying and col- 

 lecting; they went to fish. 



Here I found birds in abundance; 

 Cardinals, Crows, Blue Jays, and 

 Woodpeckers were nesting, while 

 Bank Swallows, Kingfishers, Prothon- 

 otary Warblers, Green Herons, and 

 Spotted Sandpipers had started to 

 build their nests. The following were 

 migrating: Black Terns, Franklin's 

 Gulls, Great Blue Heron, American Bit- 

 tern, and Myrtle Warblers. Besides 

 these, there were many of the com- 

 moner birds such as Red-wings, Crack- 

 les, Orioles, Downy, Hairy, Red-belli- 

 ed and Red-headed woodpeckers. Flick- 

 ers, Red tail, Sparrow, and Sharp- 

 shinned Hawks, Bobolinks, Whip-poor- 

 wills, Night Hawks, Catbirds, Nuth- 

 atches, Chickadees, Thrashers, Thrush- 

 es, Sparrows of many varieties, Tur- 



key Buzzards, Yellow and Prairie 

 Warblers, Quail, Mourning Doves, In- 

 digo Buntings, Yellow-breasted Chats, 

 Pied-billed Grebe, and American Coots. 

 JEROME BURNETT. 



RARE AUK IS NOT EXTINCT. 



Naturalists Find Bird Alive and Pros- 

 perous on Triangle Island, 

 Victoria, B. C, June 22.— A notable 

 ornithological discovery has been 

 made on Triangle Island, where War- 

 burton Pike and W. F. Burton, two 

 well known sportsmen, were encamp- 

 ed, according to advices received by 

 the Quadra. They have found some 

 rare birds, including the little auk, 

 supposed to have been extinct, and 

 have an egg of that bird. 



The above press dispatch is sent us 

 by an old and valued friend and a long 

 student in ornithology. It is entirely 

 misleading as the Little Auk has 

 never been supposed to be extinct, so 

 far as we know. It is a bird common 

 in its natural habitat. 



Chestnut Collared Longspun. 



This species (Calcarius ornatus) A. 

 O. U. No. 538 I discovered nesting at 

 Regina, Canada, June 4th, 1909, find- 

 ing three nests containing three eggs, 

 four eggs and five eggs, respectively. 

 The latter of which, though the larg- 

 est in number was the smallest in 

 size of the eggs, and was the most 

 beautifully marked. All of these 

 eggs I found in the same way — by 

 watching the bird. 



The country in this vicinity is roll- 

 ing, treeless, wild and prairie grass 

 covered. It is a typical "short grass" 

 country as the term is undei'stood in 

 Western Kansas and Eastern Colo- 

 rado. The birds I found plentiful 



