26 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



Rare Birds in the Chicago Region 



During the last year or two some noteworthy additions to the list of 

 birds found in the Chicago area have been made, mostly by Mr. H. L. 

 Stoddard of Harris' Public School Extension of Field Museum, who 

 has turned his attention primarily to that most interesting part within 

 our area, the dune region in northwestern Indiana. The following 

 notes relate to the new list : 



Horned Grebe, seen on April 3rd and 15th, 1916, at Millers, Ind. 



A Long-Tailed Jaeger, a fine male, was seen Sept. 21, 1915, at Dune 

 Park, Ind. It turns out, on close observation, that Caspian and 

 Forster's Terns are common on Lake Michigan at certain times. 



A specimen of the Roseate Tern was seen between Millers and Dune 

 Park, Aug. 14, 1916. This seems to. be the first clear record for the 

 Great Lakes. 



On October 21st a flock of 40 Blue Geese and six Snow Geese 

 (species doubtful) was seen on the lake shore off Gary. 



From among the swamp birds three Sandhill Cranes were seen near 

 Dune Park, April 7, 1917. 



Among the many large and small flocks of shore birds that visit the 

 shores of Lake Michigan annually in Spring and Fall the following 

 varieties have lately been seen ; the Knot, Baird's Sandpiper, Buff- 

 breasted Sandpiper; the last once only, Aug. 30, 1916. Also the 

 formerly abundant Golden Plover has been seen in various plumages, 

 and the dapper little Piping Plover still nests in several places on 

 the beaches. 



The thunderous wing whirr of the Ruffed Grouse may still be 

 heard and the flying bird seen at certain places in the dunes, but 

 unfortunately its ancient enemy, the Great Horned Owl, is also to be 

 found right there, nesting not uncommonly. 



An immature specimen of the Bald Eagle was seen at Millers 

 Oct. 15, 1916. Perhaps it wanted to visit the former stronghold of 

 its ancestors, as this species nested here, years ago. The fierce northern 

 marauder, the Goshawk, was seen by Mr. Stoddard and the writer 

 at Mineral Springs, Feb. 17, 1917, carrying a cottontail in his talons. 



It has turned out that the rare northern winter visitor, the Evening 

 Grosbeak, about whose appearances so much is reported of late in 

 "Bird Lore," the seeing of which is considered such a rare treat and 

 privilege by most ornithologists, is a rather regular and almost common 

 winter resident in certain parts of the dunes region, where it has 

 been seen, sometimes in flocks of up to 75 individuals from November 

 to the end of March, and some were seen in Highland Park as late 

 as May 21, 1917; certainly a late date for these parts! 



Also that other more or less eccentric visitant from the north 

 country, the Redpoll, has been abundant the last winter or two in 

 the dunes, where even a small flock of the very rare Hoary Redpoll 

 was seen, Dec. 23, 1916. i 



On March 11, 1917, an Arctic Three-Toed Woodpecker was seen 

 at Millers. 



In some ancient lists of birds of the Chicago region the Swainson 

 Hawk is given as a possible nester here. This is as wide of the truth 



