22 Bird - Lore 



Magnolia, Mass. — Dec. i8; 10.15 -^-^i- "^^ 2.15 p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind south- 

 west, light; temp., 32°. Holboell's Grebe, 2; Horned Grebe, 7; Red-throated Loon, i; 

 Iceland Gull, i; Herring Gull, 35; Red-breasted Merganser, 11; American Golden-eye, 

 5; Bufflehead, 8; Surf Scoter, 3; Northern Flicker, 3; American Crow, 20; Song Sparrow, 

 i; Northern Shrike, i; Myrtle Warbler, i; Carolina Wren, 2; Chickadee, 15. Total, 

 16 species, 116 individuals. — Edmund and Lidiax E. Bridge. 



Nahant, Mass. — Dec. 27; 11.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clear and bright, after heavy snow- 

 storm; wind northwest, light; temp., 23°. Brunnich's Murre, 2; Great Black-backed 

 Gull, 8; Herring Gull, 2,000; Red-breasted Merganser, 2: Black Duck, 8; Scaup Duck, 

 75; American Golden-eye, 2; Bufflehead, ss; Old Squaw, 70: American Scoter, i; White- 

 winged Scoter, 100; Surf Scoter, 3; Horned Lark, 50; .\merican Crow. 6; Lapland 

 Longspur, i; Savanna Sparrow, i. Total, 16 specfes, 2,362 individuals. — Mrs. Wil- 

 liam M. Levey and W. Charlesworth Levey. 



Nahant, Lynn Beach and Fisherman's Beach, Swampscott. — Dec. 23; 9.15 a.m. to 

 2.30 P.M. Fair; ground bare; wind northwest, fresh; temp., 24° to 39°. Holboell's Grebe, 

 3; Horned Grebe, 7; Loon, i; Kittiwake, 3; Great Black-backed Gull, 2; Iceland Gull, 

 i; Herring Gull, 1,200; Red-breasted Merganser, 2; Black Duck, 25; Golden-eye, 22; 

 Bufflehead, 40; Old Squaw, 13; White-winged Scoter, 56; Surf Scoter, 11; Horned Lark, 

 46; Crow, 38; Song Sparrow, i. Total, 17 species, 1,471 individuals. — Horace W. 

 Wright. 



Revere, Mass. (Salt marshes). — Dec. 25; 8 to 10 a.m. Clear weather; ground bare; 

 no wind; temp., 28°. Great Black-backed Gull, i; Herring Gull, 10; Sparrow Hawk, i; 

 Short-eared Owl, i; Flicker, 2; Crow, about 150; Meadowlark, 4; Song Sparrow, 2. 

 Total, 8 species, 171 individuals. — Horace O. Green. 



Rockport, Mass. — -Dec. 21; 11. 15 a.m. to 2.15 p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind north- 

 west, strong; temp., 36°. Loon, i; Red-throated Loon, i; Black Guillemot, 6; Black- 

 backed Gull, 3; Herring Gull, 250 (estimated); Red-breasted Merganser, 18; American 

 Golden-eye, 4; Purple Sandpiper, 30 (estimated); Flicker, 5; Crow, 6; Song Sparrow, 2; 

 Myrtle Warbler, 7. Total, 12 species, :iT,T, individuals. — E. D. Boardman and Lidian 

 E. Bridge. 



Spencer, Mass. — Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 12 m. Cloudy; ground bare, with patches of 

 snow, wind northwest, very light; temp., cold. Ruffed Grouse, 4; Downy Woodpecker, i; 

 Blue Jay, 10; Crow, 5; Tree Sparrow, 5; Chickadee, 9. Total, 6 species, 34 individuals. — 

 Harold H. Blaxchard. 



Squantum and Moon Island, Mass. — -Dec. 29; i to 3 p.m. Cloudy; over a foot of 

 snow; wind west, light; temp., 20°. Holboell's Grebe, i; Kumlien's Gull, i; Great 

 Black-backed Gull, i; Herring Gull, 337; American Merganser, 3; Red-breasted Mer- 

 ganser, 4; Scaup Duck, 35; Golden-eye. 237; Old Squaw, i; Flicker, 4; Horned Lark, i; 

 Crow, 37; Meadowlark, 12; Tree Sparrow, 25. Total, 14 species, 699 individuals. — 

 J. L. Peters. 



The Kumlien's Gull was feeding and approached within five yards, making identifi- 

 cation as positive as possible without a gun.^J. L. Peters and Barron Brainerd. 



Stoughton, Mass. — ^Dec. 23; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Clear; ground practically bare; wind 

 west, strong; temp., 32°. Ruffed Grouse, 4; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 

 2; Goldfinch, 20; Tree Sparrow, 2; Junco, 20; Shrike (doubtless Northern), i; Myrtle 

 Warbler, 3; Chickadee, 18; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3. Total, 11 species, 75 individ- 

 uals. — Sidney F. Blake. 



West Roxbury, Mass. — Dec. 21; 10 a.m. to i p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind west, 

 brisk; temp., 24°. Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 3; Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 14; Goldfinch, 

 1; Cedarbird, 40; Northern Shrike, i; Myrtle Warbler, 4; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; 

 Chickadee, 18; Golden-crowned Kinglet, i. Total, 11 species, 88 individuals. — Charles 

 E. Heil. 



