84 Birds of Lakeside and Prairie 



oriole, scarlet tanager, cedarbird, cow-bird (parasite), yellow- 

 billed cuckoo, black-billed cuckoo, mourning dove, crow, 

 loggerhead shrike, towhee, goldfinch, ruby-throated humming- 

 bird, oven bird. 



It is probable that some of the hawks and owls nest within 

 the cemeteries' limits, though I know of no recorded instances. 

 The nests of the meadowlark and bobolink both have been 

 found on a patch of ground belonging to the Rose Hill ceme- 

 tery authorities and lying just outside the fence of the ceme- 

 tery proper. When it is taken into consideration that these 

 burial-grounds lie within the limits of a city of nearly two 

 million inhabitants, there will come a realization that there is 

 much wild life in the very heart of civilization. 



Although the journey is generally made the other way, it 

 may not be amiss to go from the cemetery to the church. I 

 have never found owls in the graveyard, but I have found 

 them in the sanctuary. During the winter of 1895 several 

 owls, which I believe were of the long-eared species, took up 

 a temporary residence in the steeple of Unity Church, Walton 

 Place and Dearborn Avenue, Chicago. The church steeple 

 for years had been the home of a flock of pigeons. When 

 the owls appeared the pigeons had to seek other quarters, 

 though the chances are that several members of the flock were 

 sacrificed to owlish appetites before the moving was accom- 

 plished. One evening during a heavy snow storm I saw two 

 of the owls sitting in a tree on Delaware Place and blinking at 

 a strong electric light which stood not ten feet away. During 

 the same winter the screech owls visited the city in numbers. 

 They were particularly common along Dearborn Avenue. 

 One of the little fellows took up his abode under the porch 

 of a residence and stayed there for ten days. It is a sorrow 



