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I have received several encouraging letters from members of our asso- 

 ciation and feel contident of good results if we all work together. 

 Would be pleased to hear from my fellow members. 



Yours in the Migration Work, 



Carl Fritz Henning, ■ 

 9:23 Eighth Street. Chief of Migration Department. Eo()n<'. Iowa. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



The first blue birds arrived at Boone, Iowa. March .5th. They are wel- 

 come visitors at "Bird's Home." 



On the morning of March 2.5th. Mr. Wm. Bass of Boone county, sliot a 

 Swan on the Des Moines river near Centerville, Iowa. The Swan was 

 purchased by a Boone party and mounted by Carl J^itz Henning. 



Monday, March 38, was a good day for hunters. The day before liad 

 been a regular blizzard in this section, starting in with rain and sleet in 

 the morning, it soon turned to sleet, hail and snow, until by night the 

 ground' was covered several inches deep. Hundreds of Ducks. Brant. 

 Snow Geese and several flocks of Swans started south and many sought 

 shelter from the storm along the Des Moines river in the protected bot- 

 toms. A tine Greater Snow Goose with rusty tinge on liead. neck and 

 breast was collected by Frank Brown and kindly donated to the „C. F. H."' 

 collection. The Snow Goose was alone on the river and had apparently 

 been separated from his companions during the storm. Many Pintails, 

 Mallards, Widgeons and Gadwalls were taken at various points through- 

 out the county. 



April 3rd. Harry Myers. Boone. Iowa, colli'cted a tine set of Barred Owl 

 eggs. The eggs, two in number were placed in a hollow white oak. 35 

 feet up. Mr. Myers also succeeded in getting the owl. 



On the following day, April 4. Mr. Myers had another streak of luck 

 and after a hard climb of 65 feet he got up to a large nest of Red-tail 

 Hawk. Two beautifully marked eggs were the result of liis shinning tlie 

 basswood. 



Robins .arc buiUling at Birds hiune. Golden-winged Woodpeckers 

 courting. H. 



Our fellow member. Anuui R. Shear(>r. of the (ialveston Medical College, 

 writes under date of April 4tli that the whole body of warblers have ar- 

 rived in force at Galveston, Texas. The tirst Ruby-throated Humming- 

 bird arrived their March 25th, also Kingfishers, Herons, Sparrows, etc. 

 Mr. Shearer is the bosom friend of our Chief of the Migration Department 

 and has promised Mr. Henning migration notes from tlu' sunny south. 



Mr. A. P. Godley. of LeGrand. la., writes that on P^-b. 15th he identi- 

 fied a Wliistling Swan wliich liad been shot on the Iowa river that day. 

 He thinks it a very early date to find this species so far nortii. With this 

 exception and that of a Yellow-shaftcHl Flicker shot Feb. 30th. he had not 

 seen any migrants uj) to date — .Mar. 3nd. 



