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Its gregarious habits, aggressiveness, and untidy housekeeping, to- 
gether with its unattractive song have already been charged against it. 
The findings of the Department of Agriculture after an exhaustive 
investigation of all the possible effects of the Starlings arrival, conclude 
that it is so far of beneficial value, except where great colonies have be- 
come a nuisance. That the Starling may soon become a pest is also sug- 
gested. 
The Starling has nested in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa, not yet in 
alarming numbers but enough to prove that it has come to stay. 
Two were trapped by William I. Lyon at Waukegan about Christmas 
1926. 
A nest was discovered about five miles west of Waukegan in 1927, and 
in 1928 11 nests were found within 10 miles of Waukegan. 
Of the late references available are: 
Farmers Bulletin No. 1571, and Circular No. 40, the latter by May 
Thacher Cooke, 1n which is listed the literature available on the Starling. 
Another bulletin, The European Starling in Indiana, by Amos W. 
Butler, of Indianapolis cites the records of the Starling in Indiana. 
Onin: 
A Central Illinois Night-Heronry 
In answer to a letter asking about the night heronry at Tuscola 
the following interesting account was received. 
Herondale Farm, Tuscola, Ill. 
Dear Sir: 
Your letter of January 18th at hand, and will be glad to give you in- 
formation in regard to the Colony of Night Herons which have been 
coming to my farm each spring. | 
The night herons have been coming to this farm for twenty years to 
my personal knowledge, and old residents say they have been here for 
forty years at least. 
They arrive every spring from the 8th to the 1§th of April, and I 
estimate there are about 150 1n the colony. 
We never hear any commotion in connection with their arrival, hae 
some morning we look out at the grove and find they have arrived during 
the night, appearing just as they did the autumn before when they left 
for the south. 
For three or four days after they arrive they seem to want to sit in the 
trees and rest, then they begin nesting. However, for the last three or 
four years they have seemed undecided whether they will stay at the old 
place, or go a few miles east to the river, but they have always decided 
to stay at the old home. 
