50 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



Muddy. 



Birds reported April 5 as follows: Blackbirds; English Sparrows; Meadow- 

 larks; Juncos; Robins; Field Sparrows; White-crowned Sparrows; White-throated 

 Sparrows; Song Sparrows; Clay-colored Sparrows; Crows; Towhees; Vesper Spar- 

 rows ; Red-winged Blackbirds ; Red-headed Woodpecker ; Fox Sparrow ; Townshend 

 Sparrow; Tree Sparrow; Blue Jay; Sapsucker; Cardinal Grosbeak; Brown Thrasher; 

 "Jack Snipes" ; Bluebirds ; Flicker ; "Bob- White" ; Chickadees ; Tufted Titmouse ; 

 Mourning Dove; Sparrow Hawk; Chicken Hawk; Barred Owl; Screech Owl; Downy 

 Woodpecker ; Hairy Woodpecker ; Phoebe ; Chipping Sparrow ; House Wren ; Brown 

 Creeper; White-breasted Nuthatch; Golden-crowned Kinglet; Purple Finch; Shrike; 

 Mockingbird; Winter Wren; Carolina Wren; Marsh Wren. These are mostly birds 

 that remain with us during the winter. W. E. Jayner. 



Oregon. 



Oregon, on Rock River, in Ogle County. Bird Census, March 1-15. Taken in 

 Oregon and vicinity, with the assistance of other observers. 



Mrs. E. A. Laughlin, one mile north, west side : Barn Owl, 1 ; Winter Wren, 1 ; 

 Robin, 12. Elizabeth Laughlin: Downy Woodpecker, 1; Blue Jay, 5; Crow, 10; 

 Red-winged Blackbird, 3 ; Chipping Sparrow, 2 ; Chickadee, 6. Miss C. M. Barg : 

 Bluebirds, 6. 



Mrs. Mary B. Vanlnwegen, three miles north, west side: Bluebird, 2; Blue Jay, 2; 

 Crow, 3; duck, 9 (not identified), flying up the river; innumerable English Sparrows 

 seen day after day; Chickadee, 1; Bluebird, 3 flocks, 12 in all; several groups of 

 Robins, about 20. 



Mrs. J. L. Schaeffer, Sinnissippi Farm, home of Governor and Mrs. Lowden, four 

 miles south, east side, duck 10, on river (not identified). Usual observer is at 

 Springfield, so the great number and variety of birds at Sinnissippi Farm could not 

 be reported, but Mrs. Schaeffer had "beginner's luck," and found American Three-toed 

 Woodpecker, 1, March 10 (not listed by the Illinois Audubon Society); Blue Jay, 5; 

 Crow, 10; English Sparrow, 50; Field Sparrow, 1, March 10; Chickadee, 1; Robin, 3; 

 Bluebird, 1. 



Fred Maysillis, five miles south, west side: Meadow lark, 1. 



Dr. Pankhurst, Grand Detour, ten miles south, west side, March 6: Bluebird, 2; 

 Robin, 6 ; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 2 ; Cardinal, 2 ; hundreds of Mallards, Pintails 

 and Shelldrakes near the river. 



Conductor Huntley along or near right of way of the C. B. & Q. R. R. Branch 

 from Oregon to Forreston. Near Oregon : Prairie Chicken, 20. Scattered along as far 

 as Maryland Station, 12 miles northwest, 5 flocks of Quail (Bobwhite), about 15 

 in each flock. 



Mount Morris College; observers, five students, Merlin G. Miller, Chas. Seeley, 

 LeRoy Emmert, Paul Wingerd and Russell Dierdorf; Mount Morris seven miles 

 northwest. Localities, Mount Morris and vicinity; Pine Creek from the "Old Mill" 

 south three miles and the "White Pine Woods of Ogle County," five miles southwest, 

 and south of the main line of the C. B. & Q. R. R. to St. Paul, but nine miles directly 

 west of Oregon. Weather prevented observations on March 10, as planned, on account 

 of cold week, so census was taken March 17, as the students could use only Saturday. 

 However, census shows, in the main, the winter birds. Mount Morris : Horned Lark, 

 10; Bronzed Grackle, 200; Redpoll, 1. Mount Morris and Pine Creek, Robin, 11. 

 Mount Morris and Pine Woods, Blue Jay, 24. Pine Creek and Pine Woods, Crow. 157. 

 Pine Creek, Killdeer, 4; Downy Woodpecker 2; Tree Sparrow, 1. Pine Woods, Red- 

 headed Woodpecker, 3; Junco, 6; Cedar Waxwing 250; Chickadee, 48; Bluebird, 15. 

 Number in large flocks, notably Blackbirds, Crows, Waxwings, estimated. 3 Hawks 

 seen, but not identified. Total number of species identified, 14; number of individuals, 

 722. 



Mrs. Alec Smith, Liberty Hill (Oregon), north, west side: Cardinal, 2; Blue- 

 bird', 4; Junco, 20; Blue Jay, 3; English Sparrow, 40. 



Mrs. J. Swingley, on river, north, west side, flock of Geese at night on Margaret 

 Fuller Island; Tree Sparrow, 15; Robin, 2<\ Bluebird, 6; Blue Jay, 2; Cardinal, 1; 

 Crow, 5 ; Flicker, 1 . 



Miss Lillie Lindsay, near Fair Grounds, north, west side, Tufted Titmouse, 2 ; 

 Blue Jay, 25; Robin, 12; Cardinal, 1. 



P. E. Hastings, Oregon, north, west side, on river, Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Blue 

 Jay, 2 ; Chickadee, 1 ; Robin, 1. 



