20- Bird - Lore 



Finch, 9; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 20; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3. 

 Total, 7 species, 42 individuals. Purple Finches have been plentiful this winter. I 

 have not seen them wintering here before. — L. Henry Potter. 



Essex Junction, Vt. — Dec. 24; i to 5 p.m. Clear; one foot of snow; wind east; temp., 

 24°. Ruffed Grouse, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, i; Goldfinch, 6; 

 Pine Siskin, 10; Snow Bunting, 30; Chickadee, 2. Total, 8 species, 53 individuals. 

 There is a winter roost of hundreds of Crows in this vicinity. Have seen an unusual 

 number of Snow Buntings this winter. ^ — Carlton D. Howe. 



Tilton, N. H. — Dec. 25; 10 a.m. to 2.45 p.m. Cloudy; about three inches of snow on 

 ground; wind north, very light; temp., 18°. American Merganser, 19; Belted Kingfisher, 

 1; Canadian Ruffed Grouse, 3; Blue Jay, 9; Chickadee, 30. Total, 5 species, 62 indi- 

 viduals. As compared with last year, birds are rare and hard to find. — Edward H. 

 Perkins. 



Barnstable, Mass. (Sandy Neck). — Dec. 29; 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weather fine till 12 m. 

 then snow; wind light; temp., 30°. Horned Grebe, i; Loon, 5; Herring Gull, 30; Red- 

 breasted Merganser, i; Black Duck, i; American Golden-eye, 3; Old Squaw, 10; Horned 

 Lark, 6; Crow, 8; Meadowlark, 6; Ipswich Sparrow, 2; Seaside Sparrow, 2; Tree 

 Sparrow, 8; Myrtle Warbler, 2. Total, 14 species, 85 individuals. — Alfred C. Red- 

 field. 



Boston, Mass. (Arnold Arboretum and Jamaica Pond). — Dec. 26; 2 to 5 p.m. Forty- 

 mile snow-storm raging, snow 12 to 18 inches deep; wind northeast; temp., 27°. Mallard, 

 3; Black Duck, 54; Canvasback, i; Lesser Scaup Duck, 2 (females); American Coot, 16; 

 Bob-white, 12; Ruffed Grouse, i; Flicker, 3; Blue Jay, 8; Crow, 5; Pine Siskin, 32; 

 Junco, 2; Cedar Waxwing, 12; Chickadee, 8; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2; Robin, 2; 

 Ring-necked Pheasant, i. Total, 17 species, 164 individuals. — Harold A. Zimmerman. 



Boston, Mass. (Olmsted Park, Jamaica Pond and Arnold Arboretum). — Dec. 20; 

 9.15 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Fair; ground bare; wind northwest, light; temp., 22° to 35°. 

 Mallard, 2; Black Ducks, 150; Baldpate, 4; Canvasback, i (drake); Lesser Scaup Duck, 

 5; Ring-necked Duck, 3 (i drake); Ruddy Duck, 5; Coot (Fulica), 33; Ruffed Grouse, i; 

 Northern Flicker, 8; Blue Jay, 9; Crow, 14; White-throated Sparrow, 3; Junco, ii- 

 Song Sparrow, 3; Cedar Waxwing, 5; Mockingbird, i; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. 

 Total, 18 species, 260 individuals. — Horace W. Wright and E. C. Herrick. 



Boston, Mass. (Fenway, Jamaica Pond and Arnold Arboretum). ^Dec. 25; 10.15 

 A.M. to I P.M. Cloudy; ground bare; wind southwest, light; temp., 27°. Black and Red- 

 legged Black Ducks, 52; Baldpate, 4; Canvasback, i; Lesser Scaup Duck. 2; Coot, 

 (Fulica), 16; Bob-white, 16; Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 10; Blue Jay, 10; Crow, 24; 

 Goldfinch, 2; White-throated Sparrow, i; Tree Sparrow, i; Junco, 8; Song Sparrow, i; 

 Cedar Waxwing, 98; Northern Shrike, i; Brown Creeper, 3; White- breasted Nuthatch, 

 3; Chickadee, 9; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6; Robin, i. Total, 22 species, 260 individ- 

 uals. — R. M. Marble, Dr. Brainerd and Barron Brainerd. 



Boston to Gloucester, Mass. (by boat).^ — ^Dec. 27; 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Clear, moderate 

 swell from the east; wind northwest; temp., 28°. Holbcell's Grebe, 2; Horned Grebe, 17; 

 Black Guillemot, 2; Brunnich's ]SIurre, i; Dovekie, 7; Kittiwake, 208; Great Black- 

 backed Gull, 40; Herring Gull, 1,531; Red-breasted Merganser, 171; Old Squaw, 7; 

 Brant, i. Total, 11 species, 1,987 individuals. — NORFOLK Bird Club. 



Cambridge, Mass. (Fresh Pond and Marshes). — Dec. 25; 9.15 to 11.45 a.m. Fair, 

 becoming clouded; ground bare; wind northwest to southeast, light; temp., 22° to 34°. 

 Herring Gull, 65; American Merganser, 11; Black Duck, 23; Ring-necked Pheasant, 2; 

 Sparrow Hawk, i; Flicker, 11; Crow, 2; Meadow Lark, 34; Tree Sparrow, 60; Song 

 Sparrow, 32; Swamp Sparrow, 2; Chickadee, 4. Total, 12 species, 247 individuals. — 

 Horace W. Wright and E. E. Caduc. 



Ipswich, Mass. — Dec. 26; i to 4.15 p.m. Clear; ground covered with a foot of snow; 



