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to be erroneous. In Bird-Lore of 1912, there is an account of a 

 Starling seen November 30, 1911, in McLean County, Illinois. 

 It was observed at a feeding tray along with English Sparrows. 

 Considering the absence of trustworthy records at any point 

 west of Pennsylvania until several years later, one naturally 

 wonders whether the bird seen was actually a Starling; and, 

 even if it were, whether it might not have been one that had been 

 brought by someone from the East and had later gained its 

 freedom. 



From several well known ornithologists of Ohio and Mich- 

 igan of whom inquiry has been made, the writer has been unable 

 to learn of any well established records of the Starling west of 

 the one made by Professor Lynds Jones in May, 1921, near San- 

 duskv, Ohio, and mentioned in The Wilson Bulletin, 1921, page 

 102/ 



Frank Smith, University of Illinois 



ike Rock Island Arsenal Bird Preserve 



Miss Nellie E. Peetz writes from Rock Island: 

 It is with a great deal of pleasure that we are able to an- 

 nounce that the Rock Island Arsenal, an island in the Mississip- 

 pi River, situated opposite the cities of Rock Island and Moline, 

 Illinois, is now added to our list of bird preserves. 



The Island is about three miles in length and half a mile 

 wide, — in some parts densely wooded and covered with a thick 

 tangle of underbrush, — an ideal home for birds. And there 

 certainly can be no one spot of equal size, anywhere in the 

 country, where a greater number of species may be found du- 



