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•wind light; temp., 24°. Herring Gull, 35; Hawk, i; Shore Lark, 30; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 

 i; Crow, 100; Junco,2i ; Chickadee, 8. Total, 8 species, 197 individuals. — Francis C. 

 W.vnE, Henry Wilson and Harold Wilson. 



Ipswich, Mass. (Argilla Road, Beach and Dunes). — Dec. 24; 9.45 A..\r. lo 4.15 p.m. 

 Clear; ground bare; wind northwest, strong; temp., 25°. Holboell's Grebe, i; Horned 

 Grebe, 9; Red-throated Loon, 2; Great Black-backed Gull, 30; Herring Gull, 191; 

 Red-breasted Merganser, 325; Red-legged Black Duck, 5; Golden-eye, 31; Old Squaw, 

 27; White-winged Scoter, i; Surf Scoter, i; Rough-legged Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, 2; 

 Snowy Owl, i; Flicker, 6; Horned Lark, 28; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 820; Goldfinch, 2; 

 Snow Bunting, 121; Ipswich Sparrow, 4; Savanna Sparrow, i; Tree Sparrow, 24; Song 

 Sparrow, 2; Myrtle Warbler, 74; Brown Creeper, 2; Chickadee, 28. Total, 27 species, 

 2,040 individuals. — Barron Brainerd, R. M. Marble, J. L. Peters and Harold 

 Morse. 



Jamaica Plain, Mass. — Dec. 25; 11 a.m. to i p.m. Fair; ground bare; wind west, 

 light; temp., 30°. Mallard, 6; Black Duck, 18; American Widgeon, 3; Canvasback, i; 

 Lesser Scaup Duck, i; American Coot, 15; Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 5; Blue Jay, 

 6; Crow, 12; Goldfinch, 2; Tree Sparrow, 3; Junco, 4; Song Sparrow, i; Cedar Waxwing, 

 16; Brown Creeper, i; Chickadee, 9; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 18 species, 

 106 individuals. — ^H. L. Barrett and W. L. Carlton. 



Jamaica Pond. — Dec. 18; 9.25 to 10 a.m. Cohasset, 11.50 a.m. to 4.10 p.m. Clear; 

 wind northwest, strong; temp., 26°. Holbcell's Grebe, i; Loon, 6; Red-throated Loon, i; 

 Black Guillemot, 5; Great Black-backed Gull, 3; Herring Gull, 64; Red-breasted 

 Merganser, 14; Black and Red-legged Black Ducks, 234; Mallard, 3; Baldpate, 4; 

 Canvasback, i; Scaup Duck, i; Lesser Scaup Duck, 6; Ring-necked Duck, 3; Golden-eye, 

 18; Old Squaw, i; Eider Duck, 2; American Scoter, i; White-winged Scoter, 2; Ruddy 

 Duck, 11; Coot (Fulica), 32; Downy W'oodpecker, i; Flicker, 6; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 11; 

 Goldfinch, 3; Snow Bunting, i; Tree Sparrow, 3; Song Sparrow, 2; White-throated 

 Sparrow, 2; Myrtle Warbler, 20; Cedar Waxwing, 6; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; 

 Chickadee, 17; Robin, i. Total, 35 species, 489 individuals. — Barron Brainerd, J. L. 

 Peters and John B. Brainerd, Jr. 



Leominster, Mass. — Dec. 25; i to 3 p.m. Cloudy; fierce snow-storm raging; two feet 

 of snow on the ground; wind northeast, blowing a gale; temp., 36°. Blue Jay, 2; Nuthatch 

 2; Chickadee, 6. Total, 3 species, 10 individuals. — Edwin Russell Davis. 



Lynn to Little Nahant, Mass. — Dec. 27; 11.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Clear; snow on the 

 ground; wind west, very strong; temp., 25°. Brunnich's Murre, i; Great Black-backed 

 Gull, i; Herring Gull, 500; Red-breasted Merganser, i; Scaup Duck, 20; American 

 Golden-eye, 8; Bulfle-head, 12; Old Squaw, 50; White-winged Scoter, 20; Surf Scoter, 6; 

 Ruddy Duck, 4; Horned Lark, 30; .\merican Crow, 50; Savannah Sparrow, i; Tree 

 Sparrow, 4. Total, 15 species, 708 individuals. — Frank Conkling Seymour and 

 Samuel Dowse Robbins. 



Lynn, Swampscott and Nahant, Mass. — Dec. 28; 11 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Clear; ground 

 covered with a foot of snow, except on beaches, wind northwest, very light; temp., 22° lo 

 40°. Holboell's Grebe, 7; Horned Grebe, 2; Black Guillemot, 2; Black-backed Gull, 8; 

 Herring Gull, 2,197; Red-breasted Merganser, 21; Golden-eye, 669; BufBehead, 11; 

 Old Squaw, 238; White- winged Scoter, 138; Surf Scoter, 23; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Horned 

 Lark, 58; Crow, 16; Tree Sparrow, 2; Chickadee, i. Total, 16 species, 3,394 indivi- 

 duals. — J. L. Peters, Barron Brainerd and R. L. Creesy. 



Marshfield, Mass. — Dec. 25; 10.15 ^-^i- to 1.15 p.m. Partly cloudy; ground bare; 

 wind west to southeast, light; temp., about 28°. Herring Gull, 6; Downy Woodpecker, 3; 

 Flicker, 2; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 10; Meadowlark, i; Vesper (?) Sparrow, 5; Tree Sparrow, 

 40; Cedar Waxwing, 2; Shrike, i; Myrtle Warbler, 12; Chickadee, 4; Robin, 13. Total, 

 13 species, 102 individuals.^ — Mrs. George L. Mason and George .'\. Mason (age 12). 



