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found are Red-breasted Merganser, American Merganser, Old-squaw and 
Golden-eye. Dec. 2, 1930, I saw seven Old-squaw Ducks riding the 
breakers off the Highland Park shore together with what I think was a 
scoter. American White-winged and Surf Scoters have also been reported 
from this area, but I have not had the opportunity to see these 
hardy swimmers. “The Harlequin Duck has also been reported, but my 
many visits to the shore have not revealed it. In the Winter of 1929 a 
specimen of the American Scoter picked up on the shore near Fort Sher- 
idan was brought to me, but not in condition for preservation. 
Gulls have found the city refuse dumps, and many Herring Gulls 
with a few Ring-billed Gulls can be seen doing scavenger service there. 
Bonaparte Gulls are scarce in Winter, although they can be seen in num- 
bers in the Fall. The only species of geese in the area, the Canada 
Goose, has become uncommon in comparatively recent years because the 
farm lands where they used to feed have been subdivided. ‘The killing 
of six specimens at Wheeling in Cook County on Nov. 17, 1930, was 
considered quite unusual. In the Fall many Mallards, Pintails and Red- 
heads are shot in the lake region in this country, together with Coots and 
rails, but my impression is that none of these birds is as common as six 
or seven years ago. 
Of the birds of prey, the hawks are well represented here—the 
Marsh, Red-shouldered, Rough-legged, Red-tailed, Sparrow, Broad- 
winged, Sharp-shinned, Cooper's and Goshawk. I have found nests of 
all of these except the last three. “he Goshawk is probably only an irreg- 
ular Winter visitant. An interesting little pair of Sparrow Hawks tried 
to nest within fifty feet of our house in June, 1930, but I preferred to 
have song birds for neighbors and so, regretfully, I had to take the eggs. 
No other birds would have been found nesting in the neighborhood if 
the Sparrow Hawks had been left undisturbed. 
Owls are well represented here, the Screech, Long-eared and Short- 
eared being more or less common, with the Saw-whet occasionally identi- 
fied. “The Great Horned Owl is sometimes seen. In winter the Downy 
and Hairy Woodpeckers are common, the Red-head frequent and the 
Northern Flicker only casual. At times the Arctic Three-toed Wood- 
pecker has been reported. In this immediate area the only record of the 
Red-bellied Woodpecker is that of Colin Sanborn of the Field Museum, 
who reported it in the early Spring of 1929. 
In my notes for Feb. 18, 1929, is entered what I believe to be a 
“first seen record” for Lake County. Very early that morning I left 
home to look at some traps for small mammals I had set out in an old 
bog situated in a deeply wooded section north of Deerfield. At that early 
hour the Tree Sparrows and Juncos appeared as so many walnuts on the 
