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o'clock. Ground snow-covered; wind south, very light; temp., 20°. Bob-white, 15; 

 Ruffed Grouse, 2; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 

 i; Red-headed Woodpecker, (identity positive), 5; Horned Lark, 3; Prairie Horned 

 Lark, 2; Blue Jav, 22; Crow, 17; Pine Siskin, 3; Tree Sparrow, about 60; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 2. Total, 14 species, 137 individuals.— Douglas Mabbott. 

 Elkhorn, Wis. — Dec. 26; 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. Cloudy; ground covered with twenty 

 inches of snow; light wind, west to southwest; temp., 8°. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Crow, 

 86; Tree Sparrow, i; Northern Shrike, i; Total, 4 species, 90 individuals. — Sarah 

 Francis, Helen ^Lartin and Josephine Maloney. 



Lodi, Wis. — Dec. 28; 9 a.m. to i p.m. Most at a lunch counter. Cloudy; no wind; 

 eighteen inches of snow on ground; temp., zero to 10°. Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy 

 Woodpecker, 3; Blue Jay, 5; White-breasted Nuthatch, 5; Chickadee, 6. Total, 5 species, 

 21 individuals. — Mrs. ^L \'. N. and Grace Richmond. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — Dec. 27; 8.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Clear; fourteen inches of snow; 

 wind west, light; temp., 5°. Herring Gull, 34; American Merganser, i; American 

 Golden-eye, female 296, male, 46; Old Squaw, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Wood- 

 pecker, 2; Crow, i; Redpoll, (.4. linaria), i; Goldfinch, 63; Northern Shrike, i. Total, 

 10 species, 447 individuals. — L N. Mitchell and W. H. Cheever. 



Mayville, Wis. — Dec. 25; 10 a.m. to 12 m. Partly cloudy; snow flurries; twelve to 

 fifteen inches of snow on ground; wind northwest, light; temp., 15°. Blue Jay, i; Chicka- 

 dee, i; White-breasted Nuthatch; i; Downy Woodpecker, i. Total, 4 species, 4 indi- 

 viduals. — E. .\. Ross. 



Menomonie, Wis. — Dec. 28. Cloudy; ground covered with snow, snowing a little; 

 wind northwest. Blue Jay, Hairy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Chickadee. 

 Total, 4 species, 9 individuals. — Mrs. C. T. Niles. 



Superior, Wis. — Dec. 24; 3 to 5 p.m. Light snow falling; three inches of snow on 

 ground; wind west; temp., 24°. Black-capped Chickadee, 5. Total, i species, 5 indi- 

 viduals. — .\. L. Rhodes. 



Wauwatosa, Wis. — Dec. 27; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clear; deep snow; wind west, light; 

 temp., 4° at starting, 20° on return. Herring Gull, 11; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Prairie 

 Horned Lark, 4; Blue Jay, 18; Crow, 17; Goldfinch, 29; Pine Siskin, 21; Loggerhead 

 Shrike, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, i. Total, 10 species, 103 indi- 

 viduals. — Esther Tennyson. 



Desplains River, from Franklin Park to Desplains, 111. — Dec. 24; 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

 Cloudy all morning, with heavy snow setting in at noon; two to six inches of snow on the 

 ground; ice in river two and five-tenth inches thick; wind northwest to south, light; 

 temp., 18° to 26°. Herring Gull, 3; Red-tailed Hawk, i; Belted Kingfisher, i; Hairy 

 Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, i; Prairie Horned Lark, 4; Blue Jay, 37; 

 Crow, 27; Redpoll, 18; Goldfinch, 2; Lapland Longspur, 22; Tree Sparrow, 55; Towhee, 

 i; Northern Shrike, i; Brown Creeper, 2. Total, 16 species, 178 individuals. — Frank 

 C. Gates. 



Milford, 111. — Dec. 26; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Clear; ten inches snow; wind west, light; 

 temp., 5° to 15°. Herring Gull (?), 12; Bob-white, 11; Cooper's Hawk, i; Red-tailed 

 Hawk, i; Barred Owl, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 8; Red-bellied 

 Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 6; Blue Jay, 7; Crow, 14; Purple Finch, 4; Redpoll, 20; Ameri- 

 can Goldfinch, 25; Tree Sparrow, 22; Slate-colored Junco, 20; Song Sparrow, 18; Car- 

 dinal, 7; Northern Shrike, i; Carolina Wren, i; Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 5; Tufted Titmouse, 40; Black-capped Chickadee, 23. Total, 24 species, 

 254 individuals. — H. C. Henderson. 



Moline, 111. (Arsenal Island).— Dec. 24; 10 a.m. to i p.m. Snowing; ground covered 

 with several inches of snow; wind light, southeast; temp., 32°. Bob-white, 75; Rough- 

 legged Hawk, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 



