. Bird lore . chedthem for some time. On April n, I againsaw three at the same place, the last recordof them that I know of. They were seenbetween these two dates several times byother members of the E. W. Nelson Society. ROBIN.—Frank C. (bites and WilliamGerberding, individually, saw a Robin in(iraceland Cemetery on January 1, and Isaw two at the same time on January 20. Song Sparrow.—On January 18, S. Pepoon and 1 saw three Song Spar-rows near Howmanville. Song Sparrowsnever wintered with us before, to ourknowledge. Prairie Hen.—April 12, Dr. II. S. 174 Bird - Lore Pepoon and I saw a f
. Bird lore . chedthem for some time. On April n, I againsaw three at the same place, the last recordof them that I know of. They were seenbetween these two dates several times byother members of the E. W. Nelson Society. ROBIN.—Frank C. (bites and WilliamGerberding, individually, saw a Robin in(iraceland Cemetery on January 1, and Isaw two at the same time on January 20. Song Sparrow.—On January 18, S. Pepoon and 1 saw three Song Spar-rows near Howmanville. Song Sparrowsnever wintered with us before, to ourknowledge. Prairie Hen.—April 12, Dr. II. S. 174 Bird - Lore Pepoon and I saw a flock of about twentywithin a mile of the city limits, where, Idare not say, for fear some gunner willget word of it. They seemed to be in awild state, but they may have been intro-duced, for all I know. Chickadees.—Chickadees have beenremarkably scarce here this year. Glen-coe, Millers (Ind.), Willow Springs andHalf Day have been the only places Ihave found them. — Newton L. Par-tridge, Chicago, A FLICKERS NEST SITE A Flickers Home Shooting on these premises is strictlyprohibited under penalty of the wise Demarest (N. J.) Flicker hasselected a home which is at this date (June8) occupied, and which bears the above legend in lieu of a name-plate on the seeming sagacity should be rewardedby success in the rearing of a large andhappy family.—B. S. Bowdish, Demar-est, N. J. Two Sparrow Episodes A friend in this town, who is a closeobserver of birds and is thoroughly re-liable, has just told me the followingincidents. A Robin was gathering angle-worms in the lawn, and had filled her billwith a fine bunch of them for her littleones in the nest near at hand. SeveralEnglish Sparrows were hopping aboutclose to her, evidently intent on the Robin lifted her head and wasgetting ready to fly, one Sparrow at herright, and another in front, were chirpingand threatening in a way to divert herattention; then, just at the right moment,a third Sparrow
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