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area since 1924. A few more than 100 are known to nest every year. For 
these, the range of nesting dates—earliest, average, and latest during the 
season—is generally used. For the remainder, some of which may be regu- 
lar nesters, only the most recent date is cited. Additional nesting data are 
needed for birds in these groups. 
There are no published nesting dates known to the authors during the 
last 10 years for the following: green-winged teal, latest record 1938; marsh 
hawk, 739; Wilson’s snipe, 737; Wilson’s phalarope, ’37; Forster’s tern, 738; 
common tern, ’40; ruby-throated hummingbird, ’37; hairy woodpecker, 737; 
short-billed marsh wren, 737; warbling vireo, ’37; Nashville warbler, ’38 
(only record); cerulean warbler, ’38; rose-breasted grosbeak, 737; and 
Henslow’s sparrow, 739. 
The latest published breeding records for another group are from 12 to 
18 years old. These are as follows: shoveller, ’36; red-tailed hawk, 733; 
Florida gallinule, 732; black tern, 733; Carolina wren, ’35; blue-gray gnat- 
catcher, ’33; yellow-throated vireo, 35; mourning warbler, ’35 (only rec- 
ord); Savannah sparrow, 36; and Leconte’s sparrow, 732. 
The ruddy duck nested in the Chicago region in 1927; the prairie 
chicken was recorded as a breeder in 1925; and the saw-whet owl in 1982. 
Another group, of which the last published breeding record was before 
1924, includes the following: hooded merganser, 1909; ruffed grouse, 1920; 
least tern, 1882 (there certainly must be a later date); least flycatcher, 
1904 (also unbelievable) ; Bell’s vireo, 1906; black and white warbler, 1921; 
chestnut-sided warbler, 1874; Louisiana water-thrush, 1889; yellow-breasted 
chat, 1921 (aren’t there recent dates from the Indiana Dunes?) ; hooded 
warbler, 1917; Nelson’s sharp-tailed sparrow, 1907; lark sparrow, 1906; 
and Lincoln’s sparrow, 1896. 
There appears to be no evidence of the sharp-shinned hawk or of 
Bachman’s (Illinois pine woods) sparrow as a breeding bird. Neither do 
we know of records for the yellow rail or black rail, the duck hawk, 
herring or ring-billed gulls, the worm-eating, parula, pine, or Kentucky 
warblers. 
Anyone knowing of published accounts or having notes containing dates 
of observations later than the above listed is urged to send such information 
immediately to Mr. Edward R. Ford, Newaygo, Mich. 
Another category of treatment in the new list has to do with the acci- 
dental occurrence of species, generally some distance from their normal 
ranges. The passenger pigeon and Carolina parakeet are listed as extinct, 
with the Eskimo curlew as probably extinct. The whooping crane, trumpet- 
er swan, and wild turkey are considered as extinct in the Chicago region. 
All except the crane and parakeet are represented by local specimens. 
Several species were reported before 1900 but not since. Specimens were 
generally taken. These included: Pacific loon, 1876; Louisiana heron, 1876 
(“identified”) ; wood ibis, 1869; western red-tailed hawk, 1873; Harlan’s 
hawk, 1893; western pigeon hawk, 1890; black-necked stilt, 1847 (“small 
flock”) ; Atlantic kittiwake, 1884; least tern, 1882 (should this bird be con- 
sidered accidental?) ; Brunnich’s murre, 1896 (recorded); arctic horned 
