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t*House Wren. N. C. S. 

 **Parkman's Wren. Apparently more 

 common than the preceding but 

 breeding status not fully deter- 

 mined. 

 Winter Wren. 



Short-billed Marsh Wren. N. C. S. 

 t**Long-billed Marsh Wren. N. C. S. 

 Prairie Long-billed Marsh Wren. N., 

 but breeding status not fully de- 

 termined. 



Creepers 



Brown Creeper. 

 N. C. S. 



A possible breeder. 



Nuthatches and Tits 



N. C. S. 



f**White-breasted Nuthatch. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch. N. C. 

 t**Tufted Titmouse. N. C. S. Uncom- 

 mon S. R. in N. 111. 

 fChickadee. N. C. 



♦♦Carolina Chickadees. Apparently 

 confined to S. 111. as a S. R. 

 Hudson i;i 11 Chickadee. 



Kinglets and Gnatcatchers 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. 

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet . 

 t**Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. N. C. S. 



Thrushes, Bluebirds, Etc. 

 Townsend's Solitaire. 

 f**Wood Thrush. N. C. S. 

 tWilson's Thrush. N. C. 

 Willow Thrush. The common form in 



Northeastern Illinois. 

 Gray-Cheeked Thrush. 

 Bicknell's Thrush. 

 Alaska Hermit Thrush. 

 Olive-backed Thrush. 

 Hermit Thrush. 

 tRobin. N. C. 

 **Southern Robin. S. 

 f**Bluebird. X. C. S. 



The Secretary Has the Last Word. 



The Secretary would like to call attention once more to the resources of 

 the Society which are always at the command of its members. While the 

 Society desires to be in touch with everyone who is interested in birds and 

 their conservation, it wishes especially to reach the teachers, since it is 

 largely through their influence that the ideas and ideals of the rising gen- 

 eration will be formed. We send to teachers on request a liberal supply of 

 literature on bird topics consisting of illustrated Educational Leaflets issued 

 by the National Association of Audubon Societies, and special leaflets 

 concerning the economic value of birds, methods of attracting and pro- 

 tecting birds and other similar topics. We also provide a complete list 

 of birds found in Illinois arranged as a migration record. Our traveling 

 libraries consisting of ten books on bird subjects are available for a 

 month's use by any teacher who will ask for them. 



Perhaps our most important educational aid is the illustrated lecture. 

 We have a number of sets of beautifully colored stereopticon slides of birds 

 and their nests. These slides are new and much superior to those we 

 loaned in former years, nearly all of them being made from photographs 

 of the living bird in its natural surroundings. Each set is accompanied by 

 a typewritten lecture. The lantern slide lectures are also available for 

 clubs, churches and other organizations. The use of libraries and lantern 

 slides is free, but the borrower pays express charges both ways. On occa- 

 sion, we are also able to furnish a lecturer who will give a bird talk with 

 the slides, for a very moderate recompense. It is hardly necessary to add 

 that such a talk is much more interesting and valuable than any type- 

 written lecture. 



It seems worth while to print below suggested collections of bird 



