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I wish also to say that Grand Tra- 

 verse can boast of one of the best 

 game and river wardens in the coun- 

 try. Mr. Mark Craw by name, a true 

 sportsman and nature lover and who 

 has his work at heart for the benefit 

 of our fast diminishing wild life. I 

 only v\u.?h we had a great many more 

 men like him; men that are liked and 

 respected by their community and not 

 men that are disliked and v/hom peo- 

 ple try to double cross, the v^ay they 

 do the average warden. 



I could not spend the time in the 

 field I Vv^ould like to while there, a:. I 

 wa" visiting a sick sister, so my ob- 

 ■-"or.'ng was really limited to about 

 three days. 



FolloAving is a list of species found: 

 A.O.U. 



11 Red Throated loon. 



51 Herring gull (abundant). 



54 Ring-billed Gull (rare). 



6-1 Caspian Tern (rare winter). 



129 American Merganser (common). 



130 Red-breasted Merganser (rare). 

 148 American Scaup (fairly abund- 

 ant). 



153 Biiffle Head (fairly abundant). 

 151 American Golden Eye (abund- 

 ant). 

 300 Ruffed Grouse (abundant). 



393 Hairy Woodpecker. 



394 Dovi^ny Woodpecker. 



400 Artie Three-Toed Woodpecker 



(rare). 

 477 Blue Jay. 

 488 American Crow. 

 539 American Goldfinch (abundant). 

 534 Snowflake. 

 567 Slate Colored Junco. 



726 Brown Creeper. 



727 White Breasted Nuthatch 

 755 Black-capped Chickadee. 

 761 American Robin. 



Walter E, Hastings. 

 January 11, 1921, 



A Truck Trip 



December 4th, 1920, my son and I 

 left New York, with a ton truck, ar- 

 ' iving here (Casa Grande, Ariz.) In 

 thirty days. Traveling about thirty-five 

 miles west of Wichita, Kansas, we 

 left the timbered country, and the re- 

 maining distance was treeless, except- 

 hi two forest reserves. The hawks 

 in the treeless country seemed to be 

 ."earless of passing vehicles and re- 

 oained perched on fence posts or tele- 

 graph poles. W'e saw many dead ones 

 along the road, more of the Ferru- 

 gino^is Rough-leg, than of any other. 



All or nearly all, had been shot 

 vith a rifle by passing autoists. Near 

 the ruins in this valley I picked up 

 a fine male Audubon's Caracara. The 

 r.nlv one I have ever seen in this state. 

 V'aitefronted geese come into the 

 P-lfalfa fields here while they are be- 

 ing irrigated, and are not very vvild; 

 one flock of nine and another of 28 

 a few days ago. Yesterday m.y son 

 flushed a Western Horned Owl on a 

 steep hillside, one egg somewhat in- 

 n^;b:vted on the bare ground between 

 tv/o rocks, no nest whatever. The 

 nesting of many birds here is later 

 than those of last year, perhaps on ac- 

 count of our severe drought. 



D. D. Stone. 

 Oswego, N. Y., R. D. 3. 



CASSINA 



There is no bird publication that is 

 more welcome to our desk than Cas- 

 sina. The 1919 issue was issued in 

 October 1920, and arrived December 

 5th, so you see we are not the only 

 one that is occasionally late, and 

 when so stately and formal a serial as 

 Cassina comes along eleven months 



To the D. V. O. C. and its publica- 

 tion Cassina, we wish continued suc- 

 cess. R. M. B, 



