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Black-crowned Night Herons formerly nested in this exact loca- 

 tion. 2. 



7. King Rail (Rallus elegans) , May 19th, 1914. Nest with set 

 of twelve eggs located in Skokie Marsh, five feet from a ditch of 

 running water, and a hundred feet from a public road. Other dates 

 May 23rd, 1914, eleven eggs; June 7th, twelve eggs; June 13th, 

 1915, two nests with eleven eggs each. 7. 



8. Virginia Rail (Rallus virginianus) , June 14th, 1914. The 

 only nest found was in a small slough in the middle of a field. 

 A small platform of reeds with two eggs. This bird and also Sora 

 is very common during migrations, but is rarely seen in the sum- 

 mer. 



9. Florida Gallinule (Gallinula galeata), July 2nd, 1915, a set 

 of nine eggs, just hatching, and on July 8th, a set of four eggs, 

 also hatching, were found at Butler's Lake. The females were 

 flushed from both nests, which were masses of floating reeds. 2. 



10. Coot (Fulica aviericana) , July 8th, 1915. Many Coots seen 

 on a small lake, but only one nest found. It was in a small open 

 area, among the reeds along the shore, and held three eggs. 



11. American Woodcock (PJiilohela minor), May 5th, 1914. 

 Nest In the woods at Ravinia about 100 feet from a house, and 

 seventy-five feet from an electric and a steam road. It was a slight 

 depression at the base of a small tree in a bed of moss, lined with 

 a few dead leaves. On May 6th, the nest was again visited — the 

 eggs had hatched and the young gone. The Woodcock seems to 

 be becoming more common in Lake County. 4. 



12. Prairie Hen {Tympanuchus a. americanus) , May 22nd, 1915. 

 While visiting on a farm in the prairie country, a farmer showed 

 us two nests of this rare bird containing 12 and 14 eggs respect- 

 ively. They were in a hay-field a half mile from his barn, and a 

 quarter mile apart. One bird fiushed readily, while the other could 

 almost be touched before leaving. The nest with 12 eggs was de- 

 stroyed, but the other hatched safely. 2. 



13. Mourning Dove {Zenaidura macroura carolinensis) , May 

 22nd, 1915. A nest composed of a few sticks and containing two 

 eggs was found on an island in the middle of Cedar Lake. 4. 



14. Marsh Hawk (Circus liudsonius) , May 18th, 1914. A set of 

 five eggs found in a patch of weeds on dry ground in Skokie Marsh. 

 Nest composed wholly of weed stems to form a pad about five 

 inches thick. The same pair, supposedly, nested here this year, 

 but the nest was flooded by a three days' raise of water. 



15. Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter coojieri). May 9th, 1915. A nest 

 was found on this date with one egg. On the seventeenth of May 

 it held four eggs, and on the next visit on June 17th, two of the 

 eggs were just hatching. The nest was about 45 feet up in a red 



