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ILLINOIS NESTING RECORDS FOR 1960 
By Mitton D. THOMPSON 
THE ACCOMPANYING NESTING records for the 1960 period are much reduced 
from last year, both in the number of observers and in the nests observed. 
I wish to urge each affiliated club to appoint a member whose responsi- 
bility it will be to remind and encourage fellow-members to record and re- 
port their observations on breeding birds. Collected over a period of time, 
this information will become valuable in establishing records of the time 
of nesting of the different species in the various parts of the state. From 
these records we may also learn of new species of birds not formerly re- 
corded for Illinois, this information to be included in the next issue of the 
“Distributional Checklist of Illinois Birds.” 
The Editor, Paul Lobik, has recommended that, in the future, these re- 
ports be published in the June issue so as to allow adequate time for the 
records to be gathered and transmitted to me at the Illinois State Museum 
where Miss Orvetta Robinson and I will organize and compile them for 
publication. 
If you are not already compiling reports for this summer, won’t you be- 
gin immediately? Send them in, showing for each nest observed: (1) spe- 
cies; (2) date; (8) status of nest, indicating clearly whether subsequent 
observations are for the same nest or for additional nests; (4) location, at 
least by county; (5) name of observer; and (6) local club affiliation, if any. 
For long lists you can further expedite our report if you will list the 
birds in A.O.U. Checklist order. We wish to thank the faithful observers 
who sent their records in last year and urge all of you to join them this year. 
Miss Robinson, who is joining as co-editor and compiler of this list, is the 
Librarian of the Illinois State Museum and Secretary of the Springfield 
Audubon Society. 
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Ill. 
CICONIIFORMES — Herons 
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 
May |, returned to Deer Grove Forest Preserve, Cook Co. Boughner. 
May 27, female on nest; June 8, female still on nest. Cook Co. Boughner. 
GALLIFORMES — Upland Game 
Ring-necked Pheasant 
July 10 & Aug. 26, hen with 7 young. McLean Co. Hopkins. 
CHARADRIIFORMES — Plovers and Sandpipers 
Upland Plover 
June 25, nest and 4 eggs. Springfield Municipal Airport, Sangamon Co. Thompson 
and Kasszynski. 
COLUMBIFORMES — Doves and Pigeons 
Mourning Dove 
April 19, incubating in nest in red cedar tree; April 23, 2 eggs in nest; May 18, 
nest empty. Olney, Richland Co. Scherer. 
April 19, making nest in multitlora rose; April 23, | egg in nest; May 14, 2 young 
in nest. Olney. Scherer. 
June 10, building in hackberry tree. Princeton, Bureau Co. Dykes. 
July 25, 2 young out of nest. Springfieid, Sangamon Co. Hopkins. 
