42 THE AUDUBON BUIEDE TSN 
On June twenty-eighth he had the rare good fortune to see a mother 
Woodcock lead her babies across a side road west of Lake Forest just 
in front of his automobile. 
A perfect albino Robin was seen in and about Barrington during the 
summer, reported from rather distant points, so we are uncertain if there 
were more than the one. 
In our immediate vicinity Migrant Shrikes, Dickcissels, Vesper Spar- 
rows, and Bobolinks have fallen off in numbers, although we believe the 
last are increasing again. 
An automobile trip of seventy miles on October twelfth, and one of 
three hundred miles on the next day showed great numbers of Bluebirds 
scattered along the highway singly and in small groups but quite continu- 
ous. ‘Phis was on the way from north-eastern Iowa to Barrington, the 
weather cool and rainy the first day, and clear and mild the second. 
On October twenty-eighth a flight of ten Rough-legged Hawks was 
observed. 
On November second a flock of perhaps one hundred and fifty Lesser 
Snow Geese flew over in the forenoon. A much larger flock containing 
several hundred went over in the afternoon. Both flocks were flying in a 
rounded u rather than v formation with loose groups between the outer 
Jines. 
On November twelfth a Flicker was seen. 
Our club made its first Christmas bird census December twenty- 
seventh. ‘he list was disappointingly small, but, having made a begin- 
ning, we hope to give more time and cover more territory next time. Eight 
members spent the morning ‘in the fields and weods about Barrington. 
The birds seen were: Red-tailed Hawk, 2; Ring-necked Pheasant, 5; 
Herring Gull, 3; Screech Owl, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 5: Blue Jay, 6; 
Crow, 29; Chickadee, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; English Sparrow, 
25+; Tree Sparrow, 25+; one small hawk unidentified. Juncos were 
unaccountably missing, for they had been seen daily. 
RutTH Work. 
Prairie Horned Lark 
‘There are those who contend that the world grows worse because 
of the callous selfishness and hard-heartedness of its inhabitants, but the 
tollowing incident decidedly proves otherwise. 
On a Sunday morning, about the first of May, at a country club, 
one of those “Daybreak” golfers discovered a small round nest built in a 
depression in the center of the fairway, holding four tiny eggs. He care- 
fully stuck a shrub-branch in the ground nearby, to warn those following 
him. Word of the “find” was quickly circulated around the club and 
