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Horned Lark, White-breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse, Black- 

 capped Chickadee, Robin, Bluebird, Herring Gull, Red-tailed 

 Hawk, Pin-tailed Duck, Mallard Duck and Green-winged Teal. 



River Forest 



Field notes from River Forest are contributed by Professor 

 G. W. C. Eifrig. 



The outstanding feature of the past winter for our north- 

 western suburb is the presence of that aristocratic erratic 

 northern visitant, the Bohemian Waxwing. December 29 I saw 

 a flock of about seventy-five flying over, uttering their "beady" 

 note, like the Cedarbird. They then scattered in small flocks 

 to look up the berries found so plentifully on hedges and plant- 

 ings around the homes and in some of the large, park-like gar- 

 dens of the village. Soon the berries of the high-bush cranberry 

 (Viburnum opulus) and the privet were cleaned up. Flocks of 

 ten or twelve were seen as late as Washington's Birthday and 

 on March twelfth. 



Some of our common birds seem to be getting used to our 

 present mild winters. Thus I saw the Meadowlark — ours are 

 mostly the small southern variety, the Florida Meadowlark 

 (Sturnella magna argutula) — on January third, seven of them ; 

 and again on the twenty-eighth ; and in February they were 

 frequently seen and heard- They were common by the first 

 week of the present month (March), a week or two before they 

 normally are. The same holds good for the Robin. The only 

 month in which I did not see any was January. The last one of 

 1921 I saw December 30, and they came in migratory flocks by 

 February twenty-second. That exceptionally mild Washington's 

 Birthday brought the contingent wintering right south of our 

 area here. Flocks of from fifteen to twenty-five were seen on 

 the twenty-third and soon after. The same day brought the 

 Bluebirds, two being seen; they may be called common since 

 March fourth, two weeks before their normal time to become so. 



The Killdeer is even a greater surprise, the first ones coming 

 here February 18, then on the twenty-second. They were com- 

 mon by March fourth, which is extremely unusual. 



The Bronzed Grackles and Redwings, however, seem to have 

 stuck more closely to their usual program. They did not turn up 

 here before the end of the first week of March. In fact, the 

 first Redwing, a lonely one, I saw on the twelfth, when also the 

 first Sparrow Hawk was seen. Of course Juncos, Fox Spar- 

 rows, and Tree Sparrows are here, but I have so far not seen 

 or heard a Song Sparrow. 



The Ring-tailed Pheasant is in our parts becoming as com- 

 mon as the Meadowlark. One day I saw about thirty. The 

 center of abundance for them is in "North Woods," a large 

 piece of park-like real estate, surrounded by a high fence, where 



