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It is needless to say I kept, her in sight all the time, keeping the tree be- 

 tween us as much as possible, and jerking my head out of the way to avoid 

 her outreached claws. She made no attacks after the eggs were taken 

 from the nest. The male left the woods or at least kept out of sight while 

 the female was attacking me. Later he returned and the pair soared 

 screaming at a considerable height. The eggs were three in number, 

 incubation just begun, and as stated, were laid in the same nest occupied 

 in April 6, 1913. 



It may be added that I visited Mr. Sawyer, who owns the woods, ex- 

 plaining to him that the hawk would now be more wary, but even yet 

 might fall an easy prey to any gunner and asking him to do what he could 

 to prevent her being killed. Though apparently not very appreciative of 

 the traits I so much admired in the bud, and my reasons for the preserva- 

 tion of her life, he promised to do what he could to prevent her being killed. 



Other nests visited in 1914 were occupied in every case by wary and 

 cautious birds. The conditions which developed the audacious daring of 

 the one exception without at the same time costing her her life are not 

 easily understood. — E. B. Williamson, Bluffton, Ind. 



Richardson's Owl in Illinois. — Records of the occurrence of Richard- 

 son's Owl (Cryptoglaux funerea richardsoni) in Illinois, are so few that the 

 following hitherto unpublished note, unimpaired, I hope, by age, may be 

 of interest. 



During the last week of January, 1887, in a period of great cold and deep 

 snow, an owl of this species was caught by some school-boys in a farmer's 

 barn near Sycamore (50 mi. west of Chicago) and brought to me alive. 

 Identification was easy but I did not then appreciate the rarity o^ value of 

 the specimen; and small stuffed owls being in great demand just then as 

 parlor " what not " decorations, I sold this to a neighbor for the munificent 

 sum of $1.25, for that purpose. — L. E. Wyman, Museum of History, 

 Science and Art, Los Angeles, Calif. 



An albinistic Bobolink. — While walking over a piece of prairie, near 

 Stickney, southwest of Chicago, Mr. Kohmann, the taxidermist, and the 

 writer saw an extremely queer-looking Bobolink. It appeared to be all 

 white, but on closer inspection showed some checkering of black. This 

 impression was found to be true, when it was taken. The buff of the nape 

 is also white; some feathers on the crown and cheeks, on the sides of the 

 breast, on the back and in the wings are black, but not in symmetrical 

 arrangement, thus on one wing the fourth primary is the first black one, 

 whereas in the other the first primary is black, while the tail is all white 

 with the exception of the outermost section on one side. Altogether, it is 

 a unique specimen. — C. W. G. Eifrig, River Forest, III. 



Leconte's Sparrow in Wisconsin. — Kumlien and Hollister in 'The 

 Birds of Wisconsin' state concerning this species: "It is also rather re- 

 markable that the closest search has failed to produce a single specimen in 

 spring." On April 11, 1914, three were seen and one taken at Madison, 



