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THE WILSON BULLETIN— March, 1922 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher PoUoptila ccerulea ccerulea. 
Two nests found. Common in the woods. 
Wood Thrush Hylociclila musteUna. 
One nest found June 7, near river, in abandoned garden. 
Southern Robin Planesticus migratorius achrusterns. 
Only one seen, near a country school house. 
Bluebird Sialia sialis sialis. 
Several seen on different occasions. 
I BIRD BANDING AS AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO STUDY CHARACTER AND 
, DISPOSITION 
WM. I. LYON^ WAUKEGAN^ ILL. 
Birds and animals have as inncli character and disposition 
as people, and bird banding* offers an excellent chance to study 
individuality in birds when they are actually in your hands 
where yon may make a close-np examination and note tlieir 
actions. 
The Waukegan, 111., Bird Banding Station has studied the 
action of the birds handled for the last five years and have 
enjoyed watching some veiy interesting characters in the dif- 
ferent birds handled. 
The White-throated Sparrows arrived at onr station about 
October 4th, 1921, and kept coming until October 25th, when the 
last new bird was banded, and from then on only a few re- 
peating birds were trapped. These seemed to like onr restanrant 
and became regular boarders. Early in November we noticed 
that a certain five were always together in some of the traj)s at 
night. We handled them so often that it was noticeable that 
each had a different disposition. There was The Fighter, a 
female that always fought as long as it was held in the hand and 
when released it invariably would turn back and take one last 
peck at the fingers before flying. The next was The Squealer 
and it squealed continually thronghont the entire time it was 
held in the hand. Then there was The Quiet One; she was 
just as gentle and quiet and as good a little bird as could be. 
Sometimes she would take a little hold of your finger but never 
pinch. We were sure by her actions that she would be the 
kindest little bird-mother that ever lived and we could not re- 
sist stroking her little head before releasing her. The Kicker 
