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success. A farmer informed us that a dead horse was not far off, which 

 had attracted them. Mr. Nelson notes them as a rare visitant in north- 

 eastern Illinois. 



Barn Owl. — Sept. 25, 1894, Mr. Edward J. Gekler of this city saw 

 some small boys carrying a dead Owl along the street. He purchased 

 it and kindly presented it to me for my collection. Mr. E. W. Nelson in 

 'Birds of Northeastern Illinois' says it is a very rare visitant and notes 

 the capture of two. 



American Magpie. — On the morning of Oct. 17, 1S92, Mr. Wallace 

 Craig observed a Magpie {Pica pica kudsonica) in a small grove not 

 far from the World's Fair. It was rather shy and was followed from 

 tree to tree by some Blue Jays and House Sparrows. It may have been 

 an escaped cage-bird, although Kennicott mentions them as formerly 

 occurring here. 



Harris's Sparrow. — Oct. 6, 1894,1 shota Harris's Sparrow (Z(?«oif;-/c///« 

 guerilla) about one half of a mile east of Riverdale, 111., on the Illinois 

 Central R. R. It was in a row of small willows with weeds growing 

 in between, and seemed to be with a loose flock of White-crowned 

 Sparrows. It was within the limits of Chicago, perhaps two hundred 

 feet from the city line. I can find no record of its occurrence in north- 

 eastern Illinois. 



Prothonotary Warbler. — As I was crossing the bridge over the Little 

 Calumet River, May 25, 1895, at Riverdale, 111., my attention was attracted 

 to some House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) on some piles in the river 

 which were perhaps fifteen feet off, as I had just seen a male Sparrow 

 drive away a small bright-colored bird, which I recognized readily as 

 a Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria ciirea). It alighted on a nearby 

 post hanging on the side, but soon flew back to the post from which it 

 had been driven and disappeared in a cavity in the post. It appeared 

 in a moment and was set upon by the Sparrow, but this time it turned 

 and put him to flight, chasing him under the bridge where I lost track 

 of them. Nelson in ' Birds of Northeastern Illinois' says it is a rare sum- 

 mer resident. 



This species is one of the most abundant summer residents along the 

 Kankakee River at Wilders, Indiana, about sixty-four miles from 

 Chicago. — James O. Dunn, Chicago, III. 



