. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 43 Following is my list of birds "first seen" this fall: Night- hawk, August 22; Tennessee Warbler, September 3; Marsh, September 8; Red-tailed Hawk, September 9; Red-shouldered Hawk, September 16; White-throated Sparrow, September 17; Myrtle Warbler, September 18; Rusty Blackbird, September 18; Western Meadowlark, September 21; Winter Wren, September 24; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, September 28; Fox Sparrow, Octo- ber 1; Rough-legged Hawk, October 3; Brown Creeper, October 6; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, October 7; Slate-c
. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETY 43 Following is my list of birds "first seen" this fall: Night- hawk, August 22; Tennessee Warbler, September 3; Marsh, September 8; Red-tailed Hawk, September 9; Red-shouldered Hawk, September 16; White-throated Sparrow, September 17; Myrtle Warbler, September 18; Rusty Blackbird, September 18; Western Meadowlark, September 21; Winter Wren, September 24; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, September 28; Fox Sparrow, Octo- ber 1; Rough-legged Hawk, October 3; Brown Creeper, October 6; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, October 7; Slate-colored Junco, October 10; Hermit Thrush, October 15. I never saw so many Bluebirds migrating, as there are this fall. Every day during September and the first part of October they could be heard calling as they flew over. The Red-headed Woodpeckers left early and were nearly all gone by the first of September. Teals were reported to be numerous on the Missi- ssippi River about the middle of September. One party said there were thousands. The coldest weather we had this fall was on the morning of October 12th, when the thermometer regis- tered 32 degrees, and at the time of writing this, the leaves on the trees in the woods are nearly all green yet. J. J. Schafer River Forest A Tiny Patient September twenty-seventh a small lad rushed breathlessly into my room with a beating heart in a fluff of green feathers carefully treasured in his hand. "This humming bird flew against the electric wires in front of our house and hurt one of its wings! I was so glad he was not killed," he exclaimed. I took the tiny bird in my hand and directed the lad to pur- chase some sugar from the nearest grocery. When he returned I had placed the patient in a fish bowl on a bed of cotton, with a twig, in case it should be able to perch. It was pitiful to see the fright of the little thing. I quickly made a solution of sugar and water in a dainty white shell and dipped the slender bill into it.
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