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zarrl. They were very plenty during the 

 fall but seem less numerous later in 

 the winter. With them were frequent- 

 ly seen several Black Vultures, easily 

 distinguished by their flight and mark- 

 ings. The Mocking bird has done 

 credit to his reputation, for fair weath- 

 er or foul— and it was mostly foul — he 

 has trilleo. and whistled all winter 

 long. The Tufted Tits were cheerful 

 little fellows that I met here for the 

 first time, and the Carolina Chickadees 

 seem no different from the ones we are 

 so familiar with at home. Once I saw 

 a House Wren and a pair of Carolina 

 Wrens have been in the door yard at 

 frequent intervals all winter. 



The Bobwhite is fairly common and 

 the Wild Turkey is found in the vicini- 

 ty. A fine gobbler was brought into 

 town late in January. The Sparrow 

 Hawk seems quite common but no 

 other species of hawk has been seen. 

 Meadow Larks are plenty and Cardi- 

 nals are often seen. 



Once I saw a Pileated Woodpecker. 

 but have seen none of the southern 

 woodpeckers which one would expect 

 to find here. The Blue Jay is often 

 seen and Crows were seen, at times, 

 all winter. The Carolina and Brown- 

 headed Nuthatches seem quite com- 

 mon, the former hardly recognizable, 

 they are so soiled and dirtied by the 

 smut of the charred pines. 



As before stated the lisl is small. Ii 

 is but fair, however, to remember that 

 my health would not permit extended 

 observations, and the winter here has 

 been one of unusual severity. It has 

 been cold and frozen most of the time, 

 the thermometer registering as low as 

 90 degrees in December, while in Feb- 

 ruary we had a foot of snow. 



The birds may well be excused for 

 not stopping to winter iu so uncon- 

 genial a climate. 



On the 19th of February a flock of 

 Robins returned and a few davs later 



the Myrtle Warblers were seen, so the 

 spring movement is commencing, and 

 soon the birds will be pushing north 

 in numbers. 



C. H. MORRELL. 

 March 1st, 1902. 



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We clip the following from the Bos- 

 ton Sunday Globe: 



BIRDS ON BONNETS. 

 Illinois Society Will Try to Stop the 



Fashion. — Chicago Milliners to be 

 Notified of Illegality in Trade. 

 Prosecutions Will Follow 

 if the Law is Not Com- 

 plied With. 



Chicago, March 8 — The Illinois Au- 

 dubon society is going to strike a blow 

 at the root of the fashion of wearing 

 sea gulls and terns for bonnet decora- 

 tions. The society has decided that 

 moral suasion with the women is not 

 effective, and that the people to get 

 after are the dealers. 



Every millinery house in Chicago, 

 wholesale and retail, is to be served 

 with a notice that the selling of skins 

 of gulls, terns and song birds is illegal 

 under the law of Illinois. The name of 

 each bird which it is forbidden to buy 

 or sell will be given, in order that 

 ignorance cannot be pleaded as an ex- 

 cuse for law violation. 



A committee chosen by the directors 

 of the society will visit the retail milli- 

 ners, and after an inspection of the 

 stocks will point out to responsible per- 

 sons the birds which it is unlawful for 

 them to sell. The committee will then 

 request that the prohibited birdskins 

 tie returned to the supply house from 

 which they were purchased. If the v 

 merchants agree to do this they will 

 avert prosecution. 



I This is a step that ought to be taken 

 in every State, where sufficient laws 

 have been enacted to help out the 

 societies interested in this work. It 

 has been my experience in this State 



