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sis). It was intermediate in size between the two. If the sex had been 
known, one of the following decisions could have been made (keep in 
mind that males are larger than females): (a) if a male, the bird was the 
Lesser sub-species and in all probability a wild bird. (b) if a female, the 
bird was the Greater sub-species and very likely an escapee. 
3. D. K. Wilcox of Galesburg, Ill, who donated the specimen to the 
Illinois State Museum, contacted R. E. Robinson of Astoria, Ill, who 
skinned the bird, to find out if perhaps he had sexed the bird. He had not. 
This is the end of the tale. 
— Charles T. Clark 
FIRST RECORD IN ILLINOIS 
OF AUDUBON WARBLER (Dendroica Auduboni-Townsend) 
On December 19, 1970, at Sanganois Conservation area (Cass County) in the 
Illinois River Valley, an Audubon’s Warbler was found in the Barkhausen 
Refuge. I sighted and identified the bird almost immediately as such by 
its yellow throat. When first sighted, the bird had its back to the observer 
and the yellow rump patch was evident—then the bird turned revealing 
its yellow throat. Other noticeable field marks were: brownish back with 
streaks, eye ring, yellow on sides, diffused breast band, and straight line 
between light and dark area of face (not facial insert as in the Myrtle 
Warbler). 
The bird stayed close to the surface of a stream, mainly on fallen 
logs near a small waterfall. The temperature was 30, but some water was 
not iced over. Five other reliable observers (William O’Brien, Patrick 
Ward, Emma Leonhard, Tom Crabtree, and Robert Randall) were present, 
and all saw the yellow throat. Patrick Ward filmed the bird with an 8 power 
movie camera, and the 30 feet of film contains three series where the 
yellow throat is evident. The bird was viewed mainly through 7 x 50 
binoculars; however, William O’Brien viewed the bird through 18 power 
binoculars. The warbler was observed for approximately fifteen minutes. 
Three of the people were familiar with this species from trips to the western 
United States; I had returned from a year and a half stay in southern 
California where Audubon’s Warblers are abundant in winter. 
Lately, there has been a trend to lump the Audubon’s and Myrtle 
Warblers as one species or semispecies under the name of Yellow-Rumped 
Warbler. Even if this happens, this sighting could stand as a subspecific 
record for the state. 
—H. David Bohlen 
Illinois State Museum 
Springfield, Illinois 
ONE DAY EAGLE COUNT: February 20 or 21, 1971 
Most of the Mississippi River from its source to below St. Louis, as well as 
most of the Illinois River, were covered. Kentucky again was covered by 
the Kentucky Ornithological Society. A few additional areas came in. St. 
Louis led again in the number of people taking part with about 200. A total 
