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for his dirty ill-kept appearance. His feathers at once cleared 

 up and the entire bird except the bill, legs and feet, is of ab- 

 solutely snowy whiteness. The eyes are a perfect bright pink, 

 rather large for a robin. The bill, a very light ivory, and the 

 feet and legs pinkish white with light yellow claws. Apparently 

 this bird is perfectly normal in every way and well satisfied 

 with his quarters. It is very tame, eats from the hand, will come 

 at call, and seldom, almost never, ventures out of the conserva- 

 tory, though large double doors continually open lead into the 

 dining room. He is very active in his movements, cheery in his 

 disposition. The first thing in the morning he greets the first 

 riser with a continuous and lengthy volume of robin conversa- 

 tion. He does not appear to be quite as. strong or vigorous as a 

 normally colored bird, otherwise I can see no difference what- 

 ever except his color. 



I have referred to this bird as "he", but I am not certain 

 whether Robin Snowball is he or she. 

 Lacon, November 27, 1922. 



R. M. Barnes 



Complimenting the Cneck List 



Miss Catharine Mitchell, Secretary of the Illinois Audubon 

 Society, has recently received a letter from the President of the 

 National Association of Audubon Societies from which the fol- 

 lowing paragraph is quoted: 



"Your Check List is excellently prepared and should be a 

 source of delight to the field bird students throughout the state 

 and elsewhere. I prophesy you will have to have another edition 

 prepared before a great while, for as soon as the publication be- 

 comes known undoubtedly there will be a great demand for it. 

 It is very much along the line of something I have had in mind 

 for a long time for the various states in the Union, and a year 

 ago at the annual meeting of our Board of Directors, the 

 minutes show that I spoke of the advisability of getting out 

 just such a publication if we could take care of the matter finan- 

 cially. You have forestalled this for Illinois in a most splendid 

 fashion. My heartiest congratulations. 



Yours sincerely, 



T. Gilbert Pearson, President 



