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it was the Wood Pewee nest but am 

 at a loss to understand why they 

 chose this site 



The nest contained one young and 

 four Cow Bird eggs. 



Theodore R. Green. 



Aledo, 111. 



ratio seemed to be about one to 

 twenty. 



NOTES FROM MARSHALL, TEXAS 



The Wood Ducks, which have for a 

 long time been very scarce, are be- 

 coming more plentiful. This is due to 

 the untiring labor of our Assistant 

 Game Warden, Mr. Bun Roe, who has 

 been very viligant and fearless in see- 

 ing that the National and State laws 

 were enforced in regard to their pres- 

 ervation. 



Meadow Larks 

 (Harrison County) 

 The once common Meadow Lark 

 seems to be rapidly decreasing. The 

 only excuse for this that I can see is 

 the young hunter, who usually takes 

 great pleasure in shooting these use- 

 ful birds, because they make such 

 good targets while on the wing. 



There is a law in this state protect- 

 ing these beneficial birds but it is not 

 properly enforced in this county. 



As a result of the dry spring that 

 we had this year the number of Bob- 

 White has increased very much in 

 this county. Large coveys of young 

 birds have been noticed this summer 

 all over the county. The other day I 

 flushed a covey of young birds that 

 had thirty birds in it. 



This summer and spring I have 

 been noticing the Ruby-Throated 

 Humming Birds very closely in the 

 hope to find their nests. Although 

 this was unsuccessful I made some in- 

 teresting observations of this bird; 

 one was the scarcity of male birds. 

 Only a very few of them were seen 

 throughout the entire summer, the 



I was told by a reliable farmer that 

 he found a number of nests of the 

 Killdeer in an open corn field. Al- 

 though this is in the range of the Kill- 

 deer he is a very rare nester here in 

 Harrison County. 



In November last 1 noticed a male 

 Yellow-headed Black Bird feeding in 

 a lot near here. He was alone and 

 stayed around for nearly a week and 

 then flew away with a drove of Red- 

 winged Black Birds and Grackles. 

 This is the first bird of this kind that 

 I have ever noticed in this county 

 and I think it very unusual. 



The Purple Martins arrived very 

 late this spring and they were not as 

 plentiful as they were last year. This 

 is probably due to the late spring that 

 we had this year which caused many 

 of them to nest farther northward. 



A great many Ruby-crowned King- 

 lets and Cedar Waxwings wintered in 

 the pine and cedar woods around here. 



The Wood Thrush which is one of 

 our most beautiful songsters were al- 

 most lacking this year. Very few 

 birds were seen and no nests were 

 seen. 



Pied-billed Grebes and Coots were 



plentiful this year, arriving in the fall 



about October 1st, and many of them 



wintering on our small artificial lakes. 



DeLoach Martin. 



Owls 



Anyone that has never found an 

 Owls nest has surely missed a goodly 

 portion of oology. Up to the year 

 1917, I had never found an Owl's nest, 

 and although I found three nests dur- 

 ing the 1917 season, I got nothing 

 more than some experience. 



On March 2nd, I left home about 



