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brush through which I was tramping, but when the sun came up 
over Lake Michigan and shone in the treetops it started the birds like 
a switch starts the wheels in a factory. Chickadees, Goldfinches and 
Blue Jays made themselves known. Soon I heard a new note, a very 
peculiar call and on investigating its origin I found a lone Starling perched 
high in an oak tree. It was my first Starling and probably one of the very 
first members of that tribe to reach Lake County. I am sure he scouted 
the way for his fellows, for in a few days dozens of these pests were seen 
in our area. On June 15 following, I found a nest containing five Star- 
ling eggs. During that Summer other nests were found in the vicinity. 
We now have to reckon with the Starling as a permanent addition to our 
bird life. 
The ‘Tufted Titmouse, which is more or less common not far south 
of our area, is comparatively rare here. I have only one record, that of 
a specimen on a feeding shelf at Highland Park in December, 1930. A 
number of northern visitors come into this county each year, but usually 
their identification is only by accident. “The list includes the American 
Crossbill, Evening Grosbeak, Snow Bunting, and Bohemian Waxwing, 
and the possibility of meeting these makes mid-Winter field trips attractive. 
I have never been able to find other than the Waxwings, but I live in 
hopes. During this present mild Winter one is able to include in one’s 
list a number of our Summer birds that usually leave for the South in 
severe weather. “Thus there are now here straggler Meadowlarks, Blue- 
birds, Catbirds, Brown Thrashers, Robins, Song Sparrows and Bronzed 
Grackles. I am hoping if severe weather finally comes there will be an 
advance warning. JAMES MOoNEY. 
Photograph by Alfred M. Bailey 
THE KILLDEER AND ITS YOUNG 
