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A Modern Version 



Whittier's barefoot boy possessed a 

 "knowledge never learned of schools." 



Flight of fowl and habitude 

 ( )f the tenants of the wood. 



The modern counterpart of this boy 

 fares forth in wading boots, armed with 

 a graflex camera. He makes careful 

 written notes of what he observes. He 

 writes an essay when he gets back to 

 school, illustrates it with his photo- 

 graphic prints, and gets credit on his 

 high-school course. He may, indeed, 

 win a cash prize for his effort. At 

 least that is what happened to the New 

 Trier High School boy shown in the 

 picture. The boy is John H. Sutter of 

 Winnetka. 



Arctic Three-toed Woodpeckers in the Chicago Area 



Last year we had the Bohemian Waxwings with us ; this season, the 

 much rarer Arctic Three-toed Woodpeckers are here. Although every few 

 years a wandering individual is reported this seems to be the first season 

 that they have appeared in any numbers. As they are very partial to pine 

 and tamarack they may be looked for in the Indiana Sard Dunes wi'.h the 

 greatest prospect of success. They were first noticed on October 3rd, when 

 a fine male was found industriously digging insect larvae out of a dying 

 scrub pine east of Dune Park. October 24th another was discovered west 

 of Dune Park and another October 21st at Mineral Springs. Two more 

 at least have been seen by others at the latter place. They have all been 

 males — the beautiful golden crown patch being one of their most striking 

 features. Mr. Colin Sanborn, however, reports a female from the ever- 

 green grove at Beach just north of Waukegan, Illinois. 



Their call, a rather loud, startling and rapidly repeated teck, teck, 

 teck, would attract attention whenever heard. As a rule they seem to be 

 silent, except for their persistent tapping as they strip the bark from some 

 badly infested dead or dying pine. These freshly stripped trees, noticeable 

 for a long distance in the woods, are one of the best indications of their 

 presence, none of our other wookpeckers removing the bark so thoroughly. 

 Three of the specimens observed were very tame, paying no attention to 

 me while another was rather nervous and shy. 



Although the number of stripped trees would indicate that there are 

 quite a few of these northern visitors in the Dunes, a person in quest of 

 them might have to cover many miles of country before seeing even one, as 

 they are far from common. 



H. L. Stoddard. 



