THE OOLOOIST 



ground under a small oak tree. Going 

 over towards the tree to investigate 

 to see if 1 could find out what he was 

 doing there, I was more surprised to 

 fiush four more from the same spot. 

 The birds took wing and soon settled 

 on the limb of a large dead oak tree, 

 all in line with their backs to me, com- 

 ing closer one turned only his head 

 in my direction but soon seemed to 

 be excited for in a moment two 

 long ears came into view, then 

 as if ordered they all faced about and 

 showed their ears in succession and 

 bid me a fond farewell. 



These are the first notes of the mi- 

 gration of the Long Eared Owls I have 

 taken or heard of from this section 

 of the country. 



Geo. E, Maxon. 

 Ft. Worth, Texas. 



Mr. Maxon was recently instru- 

 mental in assisting in the seizure of 

 $500.00 worth of Aigrettes by the U. S. 

 Game Warden's at Ft. Worth. 



Editor. 



Some Notes on Winter Birds Around 



Ciiicago, Illinois. 



By Colin Campbell Sanborn. 



On November 30, 1919, Mr. H. L. 

 made a trip to Beach, 111., which is in 

 the extreme northeast corner of the 

 state, on Lake Michigan. The trip 

 was made to collect some winter birds 

 as Mr. Charles Douglas of Waukegan 

 had reported seeing large numbers of 

 Bohemian Waxwings and White- 

 winged Crossbills there. 



The day was stormy with a strong 

 north wind, but we found Bohemians 

 in large numbers and must have seen 

 about 1500 during the day. We ar- 

 rived there at 7 a. m. and until noon, 

 every few minutes flocks of fifty to 

 sixty birds passed over. The birds 

 were very nervous and kept flying 

 south, only two or three flocks stopped 

 to feed on the juniper berries, and 



then were very hard to approach. 

 Shooting seemed to bewilder them 

 and for some time they would only 

 fly a short distance when suddenly, 

 coming to their senses they would 

 rise and whirl away to the south. They 

 followed the lake in their flight and 

 none were seen more than a quarter 

 of a mile from the lake. 



A few American Crossbills were 

 seen, but no White-wings. Also the 

 remains of a Pigeon Hawk were found 

 and one Short-eared Owl was seen be- 

 sides the other common winter birds. 



In Highland Park, 111., a few miles 

 south of Beach, during the following 

 week a flock of about twenty Bohe- 

 mians stayed for three or four days 

 to feed on the berries of a mountain 

 ash tree, at which time they were very 

 tame, also numerous flocks have been 

 reported from Jackson Park in Chi- 

 cago. I have not heard of any in the 

 Sand Dunes in Indiana but believe 

 that they could be found there. The 

 only other record I have for the White- 

 winged Crossbills, is a pair taken by 

 Mr. L. L. Walters of the Field Museum, 

 in the Sand Dunes. 



There seems to be a large flight of 

 Bohemian Waxwings this year and 

 we would like to hear where other 

 readers have seen them, and when 

 they saw the last ones. Mr. Henry K. 

 Coale of Highland Park, 111., says that 

 these are the first ones he has seen 

 around Chicago since 1909. 



Colin Campbell Sanborn. 



A Beautiful Sight. 



On the evening of October thirty- 

 first, I decided to take a spin down 

 the lake. I motored south, then east 

 for eight miles, seeing but little bird 

 life. The wind was blowing from the 

 south and the waves were choppy. A 

 few clouds scattered through the sky. 

 Then as the sun began to get low and 

 go behind the clouds, I said I better 



