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rounding country on certain days. But they seem to be able to do so. 

 In addition to the Addison heronry, which ] reported several years ago, 

 I found another large and flourishing one at Orland, about twenty miles 

 southwest of the city. On May 19, 1917, there were from 150 to 200 nests 

 in it, all 30^40 feet up in oak trees; some contained young recently hatched, 

 others eggs on the point of hatching, or fresh. Two sets of five were 

 seen. This in spite of the fact that this spring was the coldest one known 

 in many years hereabouts there being frosts till the end of May, and 

 slight ones up to June 16. May 30, 191-4, 1 also saw a flock of eight at Elk 

 Grove, in a swampy wooded tract, which probably had their nests 

 near by. 



Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane. — A friend of mine at Crete, about 

 thirty miles south of here, who is familiar with this species from a twenty 

 years' residence in Texas, reported six flying over his village, September 11, 

 1915. Stoddard, who lived among them in Florida, saw three at Dune 

 Park, April 7, 1917. 



Steganopus tricolor. Wilson's Phalarope. — Mr. E. W. Nelson, 

 in his ' Birds of Northeastern Illinois,' 1876, says of the status of this 

 species for our area, " Very common summer resident in this vicinity. 

 Found in abundance about damp prairies and on grassy marshes." This 

 has changed for the worse. Its former haunts are now turned into fields 

 and factories. Personally I have seen it twice only, once at Addison, 

 May 12, 1910, and the other time at Hyde Lake, May 31, 1912. In the 

 still extensive marshes about this latter place a small company of them 

 still nests nearly every year. Nests with eggs have in the last years been 

 found by Stoddard, Abbott, and Mr. W. D. Richardson. 



Tringa canutus. Knot. — Probably less rare than supposed in 

 migration. Stoddard took a male in breeding plumage near Millers, Ind., 

 June 2, 1917, others September 2, 1916. 1 collected one out of a flock of 

 Sanderlings on the beach near Millers, September 25, 1916. 



Pisobia bairdi. Baird's Sandpiper. — A rare migrant. Stoddard 

 took one at Dune Park, Porter County, Indiana, August 23, 1916, and two 

 near Millers, September 2, 1916. 



Tryngites subruficollis. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. — Another rare 

 migrant. Stoddard took one at Millers, August 30, 1916. — Perhaps these 

 rare Sandpipers would turn out to be less rare, if one could patrol the beach 

 from Gary to Dune Park daily during migration. 



Bartramia longicauda. Upland Plover. — Early in May, 1917, 

 my son told me of a bird acting strangely near their baseball diamond, a few 

 rods from the house. 1 took it to be a Killdeer, and paid no attention to it. 

 On the 11th one of the students told me of having found a nest in the grass 

 near my house, containing four large eggs. On the 14th 1 got him to show 

 it to me, and imagine my surprise when 1 found it to be the nest of this 

 species. 1 had seen none of the birds there all spring, but here were the 

 eggs. Unfortunately a Crow had found them before we came, because 



