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Kuddy I )uck. — I-jrismat urn j<i ni<(ii-ri(isis. 

 Red-I)n'astt'd Meriifiinser,— JA' rf/dnarr x/rrafor. 

 Loon. — G'nri(( iiiiber. 



St'Mi Mi.Mod I'oiNT iTIk^ Saiid Spill. 1():(H) TO I'iiOO \. m. 

 Wcstt'vn Hlurbird. — .S'/'^//a hi< .rlrtnia ofcif/riifd/i-^. 

 Niittall Sparrow. — Xi>ii<>fric/iii( h iifophrj/s ni(f/((Hi. 

 Northwest Fliokt'r, ('o/a/)fr.s cafi r scdiiraf lor. 

 Sandwirli S])arr()W. — A)ii iiindfa//) us sa nd iri<-li( nxis ahindiiiiin. 

 R'wvj, l)illi'(i (iull, Liiriix (h /((ir(ir( iixis. 



Blaink Beach, 12 m. 

 California (Jull. Lariis fdlifornh-iis. 

 Northwest Coast Heron,- J/v/rv^ In rod his /mm in i. 



Bi.AixK-TjT>-nKX HoAi). 1:.'5() lo 4:00 e. m. 

 StellcrJay. ('//(/nocitfii sfrll< ri. 

 Oregon Kutifed Grouse, lioiiasa inidx llus suhiui. 

 Oreffon Chickadee, — Pa>iis fifri'-((/>i//i/s orcidr ntalis. 

 Pine Siskin. — iS'y"""-^' i>iniis. 

 Riil)y-en)wned Kinulet, /I't (/idtiti (■(//> iidida. 

 California Pygmy Owl. Ghiiicdlin m (Jhoiiki cidit'ornicinu. 

 Ciairdner Woodpecker, — /)ri/oh(itt s pvhi sr( us f/dirdiu ri. 



A SUMMER PORCH UST, AT HINSDALE, ILL. 



BY ESTHKK CRAnmiLK. 



It was almost discouraging to look forward to a summer 

 withotit bird tramps, but that was the outlook from the end 

 of June to the middle of August, 1904. But there is some- 

 thing to be seen and heard, even from one's own door, if eyes 

 and ears have been trained. The location was a few miles 

 west of Chicago, half a mile distant from Flag creek. To the 

 east, west and north, rolled the fertile prairies, while a wood 

 of small trees stretched to the south, bordering the creek until 

 it reached the Des Plaines river, four miles distant. 



A dense thicket, several rods in length, grew along the 

 roadside, furnishing food and shelter for not a few birds. 

 Song Sparrows, Chippies, Catbirds, Thrashers, Chewinks, 

 Cowbirds, and Indigo Buntings were always in evidence there. 

 Numbers of water birds were to be seen mornings and evenings, 

 going to and from their feeding grounds. 



Previous to this year the fields have been alive with 

 hundreds of Dickcissels. No nests were found this stmimer, 



