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BLUEBIRD — T. E. Musselman of Quincy reports on his continuing experi- 
ments on encouraging bluebirds with nesting boxes. “Bluebirds did well. I 
banded several hundred birds in my boxes, but hundreds more were fledged. 
They are back to about 70% of their normal abundance in this territory.” 
One nest, Morris Court, Warrenville, no date or location (G. E. Farmer). 
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE — two young out of nest and being fed by parents 
June 6, two miles south of Athens, Menard County (Milton D. Thompson 
and Dr. Richard Allyn of Springfield). 
YELLOW-THROAT — two nests, Warrenville, no date or location given (G. 
EK. Farmer). 
SCARLET TANAGER — one nest, Warrenville, no date or location given 
(G. E. Farmer). 
CARDINAL — five nests, Warrenville, no date or location given (G. E. 
Farmer); a nest being built in spruce tree on April 19, four eggs were later 
laid, three eggs hatched and young successfully left the nest (Milton D. 
Thompson, Springfield). 
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK — one nest, Warrenville, no date or location 
given (G. E. Farmer). 
BLUE GROSBEAK — pair produced a nest for the fourth consecutive year, 
three miles south of Athens in Menard County (Thompson, Allyn, and 
others); pair was present on June 6, declaring territorial rights and male 
driving off Indigo Bunting on June 16, nest almost completed but no eggs on 
June 22, later data not available. 
INDIGO BUNTING — one nest, Warrenville, no date or location given (G. 
E. Farmer). 
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH — one nest, Warrenville, no date or location given 
(G. E. Farmer). 
EASTERN TOWHEE 
(G. E. Farmer). 
SonGc SPARROW — one nest, Warrenville, no date or location given (G. E. 
Farmer); one nest in juniper hedge in Springfield, six eggs in nest on July 
13, six young on July 21, young out of nest and conspicuous in the neighbor- 
hood on July 29 (Milton D. Thompson, Springfield). 
Illinois State Museum, Springfield 
two nests, Warrenville, no date or location given 
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State to Get Wildlife Area 
SEN. EVERETT DIRKSEN of Illinois has announced that the state will soon 
receive 3,800 acres of Federal land near Kankakee for use as a wildlife 
preserve. Part of the Joliet Arsenal, the land will be transferred to the 
Illinois Conservation Department. The land is west of Highway 66 and is 
bounded on the north by the Des Plaines River and on the south and west 
by the Kankakee River. The width varies from one to two miles. The land 
adjoins the nearby State Public Hunting grounds. 
The transfer was proposed several years ago by Glenn Palmer, Conserva- 
tion Director. The land has not been used since the end of World War II. 
We would like to suggest to Mr. Palmer that this area would make an ex- 
cellent preserve for prairie chickens, if a colony could be transplanted there. 
