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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



Rail and the King Rail. The Yellow-headed Blackbird builds its nest of 

 reeds from the marsh. 



After the birds have left their nests we collect a few bird nests, and 

 describe them, and tell what kind of a bird builds them. 



The Story of a Robin. 



By Louis Dirden-GrofT (Fifth Grade). 



One day in early spring, as I was going fishing, I saw a small robin 



fly upon a sail-boat which belonged to one of the Allendale boys. The robin 



was young, so it could not 



take care of itself. It had 



something wrong with its 



foot, so I tried to catch it to 



see what was the matter, but 



it flew out into the swamp 



and was drowning, so I went 



after it. I waded in up to 



my knees to get it. When I 



got it, it was chirruping for 



want of food, so I took it 



down to the pond near the 



lake and dug a few worms 



for it. It was so wet that I 



took it to the school house, 



and put it by the radiator, 



which dried its feathers. 



Then I took it to a pear tree, 



where I put it on a limb and 



stood on the porch to watch 



what it would do. But the 



school bell rang and I went 



to study my lessons. At four 



o'clock I was let out of 



school, and I went to look 



to see what had happened 



and guess what had ! It was 



gone. But I was glad. 



Wild Geese and Ducks at Hinsdale 



Mrs. Carrie E. Raymond reports that within a short distance of Hins- 

 dale is quite a large swamp where only a few ducks have been seen in 

 former years. The hunters of this section have been obeying the Federal 

 Law and as a consequence the bird lovers have been having an unusual 

 opportunity to observe the ducks. As many as seven kinds have been there 

 at one time and there have been a goodly number of each kind — Mallards, 

 Pintails, Shovellers, Baldpates, Scaup-Ring-necks and Green-winged Teal. 



One White-fronted Goose was kind enough to allow close enough ap- 

 proach so that all his markings could be seen. 



Four Blue Geese spent several days in the corn fields near Hinsdale— 

 the first record for them in Du Page County. 



AN ALLENDALE BOY 



