6 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



of the League, had to be content with the passage of a joint res- 

 olution which consisted of four choice whereas-es and an urgent 

 message to the next legislature to do something about it. No ex- 

 cuse was offered for not doing something about it at the time. 

 The idea seemed to be the classic one of letting George do it. 

 None of the other measures advocated by the Sportsmen's 

 League got far enough along even to be referred to George, so 

 there will need to be some more conferences of wild life con- 

 servationists and some more efforts to elect legislators who have 

 vision and a love for the common weal. 



Records, Regular ana Periodic 



Most of us are quite familiar with the "periodic," but I pre- 

 sume that the periodic bird enthusiast is something that is more 

 uncommon. I can style myself such from the fact that I have fre- 

 quently kept a very complete record for several months at a 

 time and then made no records for a much longer length of time. 



From a survey of my notebook, I find that I have identified 

 approximately two hundred kinds of birds in northern Illinois, 

 mainly in Whiteside County. A few of the entries that I con- 

 sider to be worthy of note I will mention in the hope that some- 

 one may find them of interest also. 



I have always found the Woodpecker family full of surprises. 

 The record shows that in the year of 1907, the Red Head re- 

 mained near Morrison, 111., during the entire winter, as it did 

 also in 1916. The same winter, the Sapsucker was seen on the 

 tenth of January. The Flicker is frequently found in January 

 and February in this part of the state. 



Others that I have observed in winter include the Bronze 

 Grackle, Robin, Song Sparrow, and Golden Crowned Kinglet. 



The Blue Grosbeak and the Harris Sparrow both were seen 

 northeast of Morrison, 111., in the spring of 1909. The same 

 spring gave me my most interesting record. On May 8th, I 

 identified the Clarke Nutcracker. As far as I have been able to 

 ascertain, this is the only record of its appearance in this state. 



The analysis of dates when first seen reveals some curious in- 

 formation. May 8th leads by far as my "lucky" day. The tenth 

 is a close second, while the eighteenth is third. This is a sum- 

 mary of the records for fourteen years. The average of dates 

 also gives May 8th as the height of the migration of the Warb- 

 lers. 



I have offered the following dates of "First Seen" as an ex- 

 ample of the regularity with which some birds appear : 

 Year— 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1915 1916 1918 1919 



Baltimore 



Oriole— 5—2 5—1 5—8 5-11 5—6 5-11 5—8 5—2 5—1 5—5 5—5 5—8 



1920 1921 

 5—5 5—8 



H. A. Maxwell, DeKalb. 



