TERESA UID BO NSBUECETIN 75 
Starling in Lake County 
On Christmas Day of 1925, two Starlings were trapped and banded 
at Waukegan, Illinois. These were the first of this species to be recorded 
in this district. In 1928 a nesting pair was observed in a site about five 
miles northwest of Waukegan. In 1929 fifteen nests were found and 
several moderate sized flocks were observed in the fall and winter. In 
1931 one more was trapped; in 1932 twenty-three were’ banded; and in 
1934 they were common and a pest with the cherries. The old birds 
brought the young to the trees, and twenty-eight young were trapped and 
banded, several more being killed. About the first of December, a flash- 
light raid was made on a blackbird roost in a swamp, which resulted in 
two Red-wings and two Starlings; two days later a flock of about two 
thousand were observed near this roost. Several were about my banding 
station during the last of December, but they were wary of traps. Six 
were trapped in January. 
Week Lyon: 
Fer Billy an Fer Me 
Dad, your gun is in its case, 
Your rod is on the wall— 
Daddy, when you shooted ducks 
Did you shoot ’em all; 
When you killed the deer and fox 
An’ cut the balsam tree, 
Couldn’t you a’ left a few 
Fet Billy an’ fer me? 
Dad, your factory on the creek— Daddy, wouldn’t you suppose 
Makes a lot o’ noise, That if you really tried 
Churnin’ up the water You could save a little woods 
Where you played when you was boys; An’ fields an’ countryside ? 
Daddy, when you built it there — Kind o’ keep. a’ savin’ up— 
Couldn’t you, maybe, You an’ Uncle Lee— 
Jest a’ saved a swimmin’ hole Just a little out-of-doors 
Fer Billy an’ fer me? Fer Billy an’ fer me? 
F,. W. LuENING. 
(A clipping from an unknown publication) 
