Clerk of the Courts, 
Springfield, Sage. 
July Ist, 1897, 
Dear Sir:- 
A male mockingbird has, for the 
past few weeks stayed in one neighborhood 
in the suburb of Springfield. He is in 
full song, but no nest has been found, nor 
has a mate been seen. He has one habit 
that it occurred to me you might explain 
He persistently chases the robing that 
come near him. It has been suggested 
that this might be with loving intentions 
being without a mate and longing for one. 
To me, this does not seem probable. 
The only othér unusual occurrence of 
birds here this year that I know of, is 
the capture of a fish crow in the spring, 

