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visited: Dickcissel, 15. Meadovvlark, 15. Robin, i. Bobolink, 14. 

 Mourning Dove, 7. Bartramian Sandpiper, 11. Crow, 3. Bronzed 

 Grackle, 5. Prairie Horned Lark, 6. Black-crowned Night Heron, 5. 

 White-rumped Shrike, 4 (two of which young in care of parents). 

 Warbling Vireo, i. Red-headed Woodpecker, i. Flicker, i. Swift, i. 

 Red-winged Blackbird, at least 45. Barn Swallow, 20 Henslow's 

 Sparrow, 2. Grasshopper Sparrow, 5. Alder Flycatcher, nest and 4 

 eggs in clump of small basswoods growing on the top of a gravelly knoll 

 near a low meadow containing small bunches and single willows of such 

 species as S. ni^ra, a)7i\'gdaloides ^ longifolia and discolor. Both birds 

 were seen besides two others which were afterwards heard -in an osage- 

 hedge while on my way home, 4. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, i. Wood 

 Pewee, i. Yellow Warbler, i juvenile. Ivingbird, 4. Total, 173. 



July 2nd, I visited a portion of the Lisle woods not inspected on my 

 previous trip, some time being spent among the willow-thickets along 

 the creek. A heavy thunder shower prevented much work in the woods. 

 On starting out several Red-eyed Vireos, 4. Indigobirds, 3. Crested 

 Flycatchers, 2. Towhee, i. Wood Pewee, i. Scarlet Tanager, i. Gold- 

 finches, 5, were heard in our own woods. 



In Woods and fields along the way the following noticed : White- 

 rumped Shrike, I. Vesper Sparrow, i. Bluebird, 2 juveniles Henslow's 

 Sparrow, i. Black-crowned Night Heron, 2. Alder Flycatcher, 4. 



While lunching in a thicket of willows the following heard : Savanna 

 Sparrow, i. Song Sparrow, i. Kingfisher, 2. Maryland Yellow-throat, 

 I. Dickcissel, 2. Catbird, i. Meadowlark, i. Alder Flycatcher, i. 



Along the creek the following seen or heard : Savanna Sparrow, 8. 

 Flicker, 4. Song Sparrow, i. Prairie Horned Lark, 3. Black-crowned 

 Night Heron, 3. King Rail, i. Long-billed Marsh Wren, i. Short- 

 billed Marsh Wren, i. Henslow's Sparrow, 3. Maryland Yellow- 

 throat, 3. Yellow Warbler, 2. Barn Swallow, 5. Total, 73. 



In woods, many Red-eyed Vireos, (six at least). Crested Flycatcher, 

 I. Indigo, 3. Oven-bird, i. Field Sparrow, 4. Towhee, i. Red- 

 tailed Hawk, I. Returning home over same ground, no record kept of 

 birds heard or seen beyond an additional Kingfisher at the creek. 

 Total, 18. 



The notes for late May refer to a few records made here on Decoration 

 Day. Such for example as the Yellow-breasted Chat, i. Prairie Hen, 

 I. Bartramian Sandpiper, i. Black-crowned Night Heron. 2. Bittern, 

 I. Red-shouldered Hawk, i. Indigo, 6. Catbird, 4. Scarlet Tanager, 

 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 3. Baltimore Oriole, 4. Maryland Yellow- 



