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June 7. Two Meadowlarks feeding fully grown young. DuPage County. Lobik. 
June 27. Adult cardinal feeding one cowbird and one cardinal. Whiteside County. 
H. Shaw. 
Cardinal: April 14-21. Building nest. Three eggs, May 1. One young dead and one 
alive, May 9. Feeding one young, May 22. Woodford County. Webster. 
April 15. One egg. April 24, one cowbird egg added. Nest abandoned. Richland 
County. V. Shaw. 
April 17. Nest discovered. Young hatched, April 30. Nest empty, May 15. Richland 
County. V. Shaw. 
April 25. Nest with one egg. Richland County. Scherer. 
April 30. One egg in deserted nest. Richland County. Scherer. 
June 5. Adult pair feeding sunflower seeds to fully grown young. DuPage County. 
Lobik. 
June 5. Four young in nest. One dead. Three left nest June 14. Woodford County. 
Webster. 
June 17. One young in nest. Lee County. Keegan. 
June 18. Nest completed. June 24, two young later destroyed. Woodford County. 
Webster. 
June 18. Nest with two eggs. Hockenyos Farm, Sangamon County. Hockenyos, Allyn, 
and Hodge. 
June 25. Adult feeding cowbird and two young cardinals. Observed regularly June 
29, July 10, and August 4. Woodford County. Webster. 
June 27. Feeding one young cardinal and one cowbird. Whiteside County. H. Shaw. 
August 12. Adult feeding one young. Whiteside County. H. Shaw. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak: May 10. Nesting. Sangamon County. Hopkins. 
June 2. Four young in nest. Lee County. Keegan. 
June 13. Four young in nest. Lee County. Keegan. 
July 28. Feeding. Whiteside County. H. Shaw. 
Eastern Towhee: June 3. One young out of nest. Lee County. Keegan. 
June 4. Nest with four eggs. Winnebago County. Prentice. 
Vesper Sparrow: April 16. Building nest. Ogle County. Keegan. 
Lark Sparrow: May 25. Nest with four young. Rock Island County. Petersen. 
Chipping Sparrow: June 27. Nest with two young. Whiteside County. Shaw. 
Field Sparrow: May 16. Nest with four eggs. Winnebago County. Prentice. 
June 21. Young left nest. Lee County. Keegan. 
Song Sparrow: May 5. Nest with six eggs in Juniper. Three hatched, May 14. Nest 
destroyed, May 18. DuPage County. Mostek. 
May 8. Nest in spreader near house. Nest abandoned after one cowbird egg ap- 
peared. Macon County. Irwin. 
June 2. Nest in Juniper with four naked, blind young. Young with pin feathers on 
SEND IN NESTING REPORTS NOW! 
YouR EDITOR NOTES with chagrin that the previous “Breeding Bird 
Census,” published in the December, 1958 Audubon Bulletin, was 
mistakenly titled, “The 1959 Breeding Bird Census.” It was, of 
course, a report on 1958 nesting, and we wonder why no one ever 
noticed the error until now. The report in this issue covers nesting 
during the 1959 season in Illinois, and Mr. Thompson is now collect- 
ing records for 1960. Much valuable data on unusual species and 
length of nesting is contained in the reports to date. It is felt that 
even better results would be obtained if the reports on nesting were 
published during the nesting season of the following year. This would 
remind members to conduct investigations and send in their findings 
while observations are still fresh in their minds. Hence the next 
“Nesting Report” will appear in the June, 1961 Audubon Bulletin, 
covering the 1960 season. All of you who have nesting records are 
urged to send your reports at once to Mr. Milton Thompson, Assistant 
Director, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois. 
