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Going down the list, I was particularly pleased to note that the Yellow- 
crowned Night Heron is now being reported from two counties in Illinois. 
The September 7th report of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo with one young by 
Mrs. Dyke from Bureau County is an unusually late report; and her re- 
port of the Sprague’s Pipit carrying food in Bureau County is, of course, 
not proof-positive of nesting; but it is so indicative of the possibility of 
this bird nesting in Illinois that I felt it important to include her comments 
to alert other observers. The three different reports from Mrs. Carroll of 
Chestnut-sided Warblers nesting in McHenry County are not a new record, 
but indicate that the bird is becoming well established in that portion of 
northern Illinois. 
Even though these reports are abbreviated for publication, the Museum 
does maintain the file of each year’s reports and is building up a represen- 
tative list of the current nesting habits of birds in Illinois. We hope that 
some of our readers and interested friends in other portions of the State 
not now being represented by this rather scattered sampling will start to 
make observations recording dates and location, at least as to county, 
and send them to the Museum by the end of the nesting season in September 
or October each year. Report sheets are available from the Museum on 
request. We will continue to compile the records as long as you will send 
them to us. 
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Ili. 
PODICIPEDIFORMES — Grebes 
PIED-BILLED GREBE 
Aug. 15, adults with young in grassy slough. Cook Co. Russell. 
PELECANIFORMES — Pelicans, Cormorants and allies 
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT 
June 24, nest with 2 young. Carroll Co. Petersen. 
CICONIIFORMES — Herons, Bitterns, Ibises, and allies 
COMMON EGRET 
Aug. 11, adult with 1 young. McHenry Co. Fiske. 
GREEN HERON 
Aug. 24, adult feeding 3 nearly grown up. McHenry Co. Fiske. 
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON 
July, birds on nest; Aug. 15, 2 well-grown young flying. Cook Co. Russell 
June 2, adult on nest; June 9, adult on nest; June 30, 2 young. Richland Co. 
Scherer. 
LEAST BITTERN 
June 17, 3 empty nests. Carroll Co. Keegan. 
Aug. 14, 2 young about 34 grown. Carroll Co. Williams. 
ANSERIFORMES — Swans, Geese and Ducks 
CANADA GOOSE 
April, birds on nests in protected large ponds near Barrington. Cook Co. 
Russell. 
MALLARD 
July 4, nest with 11 eggs in open field near stream; later nest destroyed 
by mower. Cook Co. Russell. ° 
BLUE-WINGED TEAL 
July 4, adult with 12 young crossing road. McHenry Co. Fiske. 
Aug. 2, cattail marsh, 4 young with adults. Cook Co. Russell. 
