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repair, since it had been neglected for a number of years. It 

 required a large expenditure to put it in shape for use. The 

 annual report of the Treasurer shows that the Society's in- 

 come from all sources for the past year was $1,104.09, and that 

 its expenditures, chiefly for museum purposes, were $1,082.78. 



Audubon Day, or rather Bird Day, was recognized October 

 19, 20, and 21, when the citizens of Elgin who had specimens 

 suitable for the Museum were asked to leave them at an appoint- 

 ed place where a special committee was in charge to receive 

 them. A number of very fine specimens was brought in. Further- 

 more, movements of this sort tend to interest the public in the 

 birds and in what Audubon societies are striving to accomplish. 



Lake Forest 



Rev. George R. Roberts, Jr., writes as follows : 



In reply to the inquiry as to visitors to the bird shelf (which 

 is just outside my study window) I can report that the interest- 

 ing experience of this fall is the return of the Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatches. They have appeared almost regularly every other 

 year. This year (after seeing none last winter) two of them 

 came on September 30, and I can hardly look out of my window 

 but one or both of them are at my shelf — not at it long, for 

 they seldom eat from the shelf ; they invariably take a seed and 

 fly to a neighboring branch to "hatch" and eat it. I banded one 

 of them, which flew into a glass-enclosed porch. 



I have never seen so many Kinglets in my seven autumns 

 as this year between September 14 and October 16. Both vari- 

 eties were numerous, the Ruby-crowned as usual being the more 

 so. I had a Bewick's Wren in my back yard all summer up to 

 September fifteenth. So far as I could see there was only one of 

 them. A female Black -throated Blue Warbler was in my yard as 

 late as October 3, the White-throated Sparrows were here from 

 September 18 to October 24, the Juncos appeared on September 

 22, and the Chickadees blew in on October 22, my earliest rec- 

 ord for seven years. I might add that I seldom record the King- 

 lets so early as this year. 



On the afternoon of November 22 I saw a small flock of 

 Pine Grosbeaks feeding on the fruit of a highbush cranberry. 

 There were seven in the flock : three males and four females 

 and immature. They were as fearless as the books declare and 

 I not only approached to within four feet of them but stayed 

 watching them for at least ten minutes. I am told that it is 

 several years since any of these birds have been seen in this 

 vicinity. Since that time (I write under date of December 5) 

 the Pine Grosbeaks have not been seen though three of us have 

 been watching for them. A visit to the place where I saw them 

 on November 22nd revealed that the ground beneath the bushes 

 was covered with the skins of the berries out of which they 



