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ley of Chicago, who shot it while hunting Jack Snipe on the marshes in the 

 vicinity of Hyde Lake, South Chicago, 111., Oct. 14. 1915. The specimen 

 is in the Harris Extension collection. 



Bubo virginianus virginianus. Great Horned Ow'l. — Woodruff 

 (Birds of the Chicago Area, 1907, p. 106) says of this species, " The Great 

 Horned Owl was a common resident many years ago, but now it is very 

 rare." At the present time, however, individuals may frequently l)e seen 

 in the more heavily wooded portions of the sand dune region, near Millers, 

 Ind., and three nests were found in the spring of 1914, a short distance east 

 of that village. One, located March 15 in an old Crow's nest about forty 

 feet up a small scrub pine, contained three slightly incubated eggs. March 

 17, two heavily incubated eggs were collected from a nest in a cavity in the 

 top of a very large dead pine stub, the female was shot as she left the nest. 

 The third, from which three downy young, ranging in age from about one to 

 five or six days old, and adult female were collected April 4, — was located 

 in a cavity in broken off top of large dead pine tree, about twenty feet from 

 the ground. A few miles east and outside the limits of the " Ai-ea," two 

 more nests were found; one in old Crow's nest a few feet up a very small 

 Scrub Pine sapling, with a two-thirds grown nestling, contained the remains 

 of a Bittern. The other, from which three young in downy stage were 

 secured April 4, 1915, contained the remains of a cottontail rabbit, and a 

 half eaten Meadow Lark. 



In all cases the parent birds were extremely wary, seldom even a glimpse 

 of the male being offered, and the same was true of the female, except while 

 incubating or brooding newly hatched young, at which times a very close 

 approach w^as allowed. A very noticeable increase in the number of 

 Ruffed Grouse seen lately in this region, may, in part, be due to the thin- 

 ning out of the Horned Owls. 



Hespesiphona vespertina vespertina. Evening Grosbeak. — First 

 noted this winter (1916) February 6, when a female was taken from a flock 

 of four, near Mineral Springs, Ind., from which date they wei'e noted 

 in increasing numbers in different parts of the dune regions. Six males 

 were secured from a flock of about seventy-five, just east of Gary, Ind., 

 March 30, and two females the same day from a flock of about forty, near 

 Millers. Last noted April l,.when a flock of eight was seen near Garj'. 



Dendroica discolor, Prairie Warbler. — A fine male of this species 

 was secured May 16, 1915, in the brush near Eggers, South Chicago, 111. — 

 H. L. Stoddard, A''. W. Harris Public School Extension of Fidd Museum, 

 Chicago, III. 



Notes from Leon Co., Florida. — Butorides virescens virescens. 



Little Green Heron. — An example of this species was seen Jan. 3 and 

 4, 1916, in the marshes bordering Lake lamonia. The only thing conspicu- 

 ous about it was its extreme shyness, a fruitless hour being spent in trying 

 to collect it. The Green Heron is considered rare in the United States in 

 winter according to the Check-List. Barring one record for the South 



