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Sparrow, Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Chickadee, Robin, and Bluebird. 

 Other birds heard calling were the Blue Jay, Crow, and Hairy Woodpecker. 



Quincy : Mr. T. E. Musselman sends the following records, under 

 date of March 4: 



Our all-winter inhabitants were Downy, Hairy, and Red-Bellied Wood- 

 peckers, Tufted Titmouse, Chickadee, Horned Lark, Blue Jay, Brown 

 Creeper, Redbirds (a hundred a day was not unusual in a country trip). 

 Long Island in the Mississippi sheltered Flickers, Red-Headed, and North- 

 ern Pileated woodpeckers, the first two in quantities. Quail, Juncos, Tree 

 and Song Sparrows, Carolina Wren, and Golden-crowned Kinglets (which 

 are uncommon during the winter time during most seasons), Sparrow, Red- 

 tailed and Marsh Hawks were common. Crows used Quincy as a crow 

 roost as usual, thousands coming in every night to roost. Mallards and 

 Golden-eyes were on the river all winter. Feb. 10th Robins and Bluebirds 

 arrived. Feb. 13th Meadowlark; Feb. 14th Killdeer; Feb. 15th Phoebe 

 and many flocks of Robins numbering fifty to a hundred in each flock were 

 flying over ; Feb. 26th Cedar Waxwings. I find the season from three 

 weeks to a month earlier than the average. 



Rockford : From Rockford Mr. Paul B. Riis writes as follows : 

 "The open winter no doubt has deprived this region of the several in- 

 teresting winter visitants, which of later years were wont to spend a few 

 short weeks with us. Thus the American Crossbill, Horned Lark, Snow- 

 bunting, Tree Sparrow, Purple Finch and Evening Grosbeak were not 

 recorded with the exception of the last three mentioned. The Red-Breasted 

 Nuthatch and Winter Wren, too, were little seen, and the Junco and Chick- 

 adee appeared less abundant. Naturally one would be led to believe that 

 a mild season would induce other species of short migratory habits to stay 

 on to fill the void. To the contrary, there are no reports of Song Sparrow, 

 Redwinged Blackbirds, Red-Headed Woodpeckers or Kingfishers but the 

 Blue Jays stayed behind in full force. There also appeared to be many 

 Prairie Horned Larks at all times. 



In the absence of the rarer winter visitants, one's attention centers 

 on such species as remain to us. Thus it has been noted (with satisfaction) 

 that the Cardinal is more generally distributed over our entire region, 

 (Winnebago County) than ever before. This bird is a comparative new- 

 comer here, dating its first appearance back less than a decade. The 

 Tufted Titmouse, a contemporaneous arrival of the Cardinal (with one 

 nesting record), has in the past been seen by a favored few. Reports this 

 winter show single birds in many parts of the city, in fact their unusual 

 prevalence has been a matter of considerable comment. The Red-bellied 

 Woodpecker also has been continuously recorded for the largest part of the 

 winter by one observer. Observations taken at all seasons excepting June, 

 July and August, its repeated recurrence in central localities and at one 

 time in September in company with two young birds, lead one to suspect 

 this species to be a permanent resident. Dr. Ruth Marshall reports for 

 February 7 several Evening Grosbeaks^ One bird lover, especially favored 

 by the gods, records from early December until a few days ago such reg- 

 ular boarders at the feeding station yard as a pair of Cardinals, a pair of 

 Golden-crowned Kinglets, one Tufted Titmouse, one Red-Bellied Wood- 



