32 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 
quiet beauty of his lovely mate. Their first nest last year, built again 
in the white cedars, was begun April 13. May 9, young were in the 
nest. As usual, this pair built twice again in the immediate neighbor- 
hood, in June and in August. But the sum total of young for the sea- 
son is small, averaging two to each nesting. The last two of the 
season’s babies were still being fed at the shelf September eighth. 
We always count on having a pair of Wood Thrushes nest some- 
where near us, and were glad to see building operation begun in May. 
However, these birds must have been inexperienced youngsters, for 
their nest building efforts were complete failures. The first two un- 
completed attempts were on a trellis and on a roof bracket of a garage; 
the third nest in the fork of a small tree, was completed, but was so 
insecurely placed that it toppled over in the first storm. 
Unusual visitors to the feeding shelf included a Brown Thrasher, 
on Sept. 10; a Mourning Dove on April 16, not only feeding but 
“mourning” there; a Water-thrush on Sept. 26; a Scarlet Tanager 
June 1. Golden-crowned Kinglets were seen frequently this fall in 
the shrubbery, and remained late, the last ones being seen December 3. 
From two different places on Ridge Avenue in Evanston, where 
there are large gardens with abundant shrubbery, come reports of 
pheasants coming in from open fields to the west for food and shelter. 
And what is even more interesting, small coveys of Quail have been 
seen at the same places. 
BERTHA T. PATTEE. 
/ Dien by A. M. Bailey and F. R. Diguineee 
PRAIRIE SHARP-TAILED GROUSE 
