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J. Cooper, President, one report; Mr. T. E. Musselman of Quincy, reports 
on bluebirds, quail and doves; Mr. William A. Sausaman, Springfield, re- 
ports on banding of two nests of doves; and Mr. Milton D. Thompson, 
Springfield, observations on 14 nests. 
I recognize the incompleteness of many of these reports and urge more 
careful recording of date and location next summer. We should have be- 
tween 100 and 200 nesting species for Illinois if our membership will just 
note and report what they see in their trips afield. The nesting species 
recorded and reported are as follows: 
Woop, Duck — one nest, seven young, Warrenville, no date or location 
given (G. E. Farmer). 
LITTLE GREEN HERON — one nest, one young, Warrenville, no date or 
location given (G. E. Farmer). 
RING-NECKED PHEASANT — two nests, 25 young, Warrenville, no indica- 
tion of number of young per nest, no date or location (G. E. Farmer). 
BOBWHITE — observed one hen with twelve 3-day chicks September 30, 
1957, Big Lake Hunting Club, three miles south of Quincy; observed one 
hen with nine 2-day old chicks October 10, captured in banding trap by 
T. E. Musselman, Quincy, Big Lake Hunting Club; observed one male with 
eight half-grown chicks just able to fly, October 11, Grove Lake, five miles 
northeast of Quincy (T. E. Musselman). 
MOURNING DovE — nest with young, September 1, Princeton; another 
nest with two eggs, September 7, Princeton (Mrs. Alfred Dyke); banded 
nest of two young doves, September 7 and again on September 11, Quincy 
(T. E. Musselman); two one-week old fledglings, June, Springfield; two one- 
week old fledglings, September 1, Springfield (William A. Sausaman); one 
young fledgling flushed from nest by fox squirrel April 10, second egg did 
not hatch, Springfield; adult feeding two young that had recently left nest, 
April 17, on the grounds of Judge Riess’ yard, Red Bud, Randolph County; 
two eggs in nest, three miles south of Athens, Menard County, June 22, 
ten feet from nest of blue grosbeak; adult feeding two young just out of 
nest, September 22, Springfield (Milton D. Thompson). 
RINGED TURTLE DovE — pair billing, cooing, and copulating, August 12, 
observed and photographed in oak trees on the grounds of the Langdon 
Robinson estate, Springfield, (Milton D. Thompson); others who observed 
and identified the birds were Mr. and Mrs. Langdon Robinson, Miss Sally 
Robinson, and Dr. Richard Allyn, all of Springfield, 
BARN OWL — nesting on farm north of West Chicago, no date (Mrs. 
Shirley R. Fulton, Glen Ellyn). 
CHIMNEY SWIFT — several reported nesting in West Chicago, no date or 
numbers given (Shirley R. Fulton, Benjamin Gault Bird Club). 
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD — in yard at 3301 Palmer Avenue, South- 
lawn, Springfield; the bird incubating eggs, July 29, later the resident re- 
ported only one young hatched (Milton D. Thompson); one nest, Morris 
Court, Warrenville, no location or date given (G. E. Farmer). 
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER — one nest, Morris Court, Warrenville, no 
date or location given (G. E. Farmer). 
