BLACK-THROATED BUNTING 



8, i89.4.. 

 May 7, 1895 

 May 12, 1896 



(Elmhurst) 



THE incessant chee-chee-chee-chee-chee 

 of this bird may get monotonous 

 when heard too often, but it is always a 

 delightful sound to me. Its reedy quality 

 attracts me ; and it always means long June 

 days and sunny prairies to me. It is essen- 

 tially a denizen of the meadows. Few 

 birds are more abundant or more promi- 

 nent than these buntings are here. They 

 mount on posts or tall grasses and shout 

 at you energetically as you drive by, not 

 in the least alarmed at your presence. In 

 Lake Forest they are not so abundant. I 

 only see a few birds out west. 



May 27, 1908. I saw two and heard 

 two more when going out to Libertyville 

 today. I have not seen or heard one since 

 1904. 



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