34 Bird - Lore 



i; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 8; Tree Sparrow, i; Junco, 70; Cardinal, 4; Brown Creeper, i; 

 Nuthatch, 5; Tufted Titmouse, i; Chickadee, 50. — Total, 14 species, 225 individuals. — 

 Mrs. E. J. Sloan. 



Rantoul, 111. — 8 a.m. to 12 m. Cloudy; snow-storm; ground covered with one foot 

 of snow; wind northwest, very high; temp., 18°. Mourning Dove, 2; Cooper's Hawk, i; 

 Rough-legged Hawk, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 7; Crow, 6; White- 

 crowned Sparrow, 3; Tree Sparrow, 50; Junco, 14; Song Sparrow, 2; Cardinal, 10. 

 Total, 12 species, 100 individuals. — George E. Ekblaw and W. Elmer Ekblaw. 



Sorento, 111. — Dec. 26; 10 to 11 .a.m. Clear; ground covered thickly with snow; 

 wind west, light; temp., 16°. Bob-white, 12; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 

 i; White-crowned Sparrow, 2; Tree Sparrow, 4; Chipping Sparrow, 20; Junco, 200; 

 Cardinal, 8; Mockingbird, i. Total, 10 species, 251 individuals. — George E. Hill. 



Minnehaha Falls to Fort Snelling and Mendota, Minn. — Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to i p..m. 

 Cloudy and snowing; becoming clearer at noon; ten to fourteen inches of snow; strong, 

 northwest wind; temp., 18°. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Crow, i; Blue Jay, 5; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 5; Chickadee, 7. Total, 5 species, 20 individuals. — Charles Phil- 

 lips. 



Redwing, Minn. — Dec. 24; 12.30 to 3.30 p.m. Snow flurries; wind light. Downy 

 Woodpecker, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, S; Nuthatch, 4; Chickadee, 3. Total, 5 

 species, 17 individuals. — Xels Borgex. 



Fargo, N. D. (Narrow strip of woods along Red River). — Dec. 26; 10 a.m. to 12.30 

 P.M. Cloudy; several inches of snow; wind north, very light; temp., 10°. Blue Jay, 3; 

 Brown Creeper, 4; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2. Total, 3 species, 9 individuals. — 

 O. A. Stevens. 



Sioux Falls, S. D. — Dec. 23; 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Dark, cloudy day; ground all 

 snow covered; light, southerly wind; temp., 13°. Prairie Chicken, 75; Ring-necked 

 Pheasant, i; Rough-legged Hawk, i; Short-eared Owl, 7; Screech Owl, i; Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, i; Crow, 7; Blue Jay, 2; Northern Shrike, i; 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 6. Total, 13 species, 105 individuals. — Adri.\n 

 Larson. 



Marion, Iowa. — Dec. 26; 10 a.m to i p.m. Cloudy; one foot of snow; light west wind; 

 temp., 3°. Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Red-headed Woodpecker, 14; Blue Jay, 10; Crow, 4; 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, 3. Total, 5 species, 3^ individuals.— Herbert Carlton 

 Granger. 



Mt. Vernon, la. — ^Dec. 25; Calls at my lunch-counter from 10.35 to 11.35 -^-^i- 

 Downy Woodpecker, 2 times; Blue Jay, 12 times; English Sparrow, 17 times, Junco, 

 69 times; Purple Finch, 43 times; White-breasted Nuthatch, 4 times; Chickadee, 216 

 times. Total, 7 species, 363 calls. — Nettie I. Fairbanks. 



Sioux City, Iowa. — Dec. 27; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mostly cloudy; si.\ inches snow; 

 wind west, light; temp., 15°. Snowy Owl, i; Flicker, 6; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 13; Tree 

 Sparrow, 200; Slate-colored Junco, 7; Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; 

 Chickadee, 19. Total, 9 species, 251 individuals.— Guy C. Rich, E. E. St.^cey, Walter 

 Bennett, Manley B. Townsend, Members Ornithological section .\cademy Science 

 and Letters. 



Wall Lake, Iowa. — Dec. 25; 8 to 9.30 a.m.; 2 to 4.30 p.m. Clear; six inches snow; 

 brisk, northwest wind; temp., 10°. Prairie Chicken, 4, (one frightened from burrow in 

 snowbank); Short-eared Owl, 2 (perched in trees because all weeds and grass drifted full 

 of snow); Screech Owl, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 3; Longspur, 50 

 (species ?). Total, 7 species, 62 individuals. — John A. Spurrell. 



Omaha, Neb. — Dec. 24; 2 to 5 p.m. Clear; about eighteen inches of snow; temp., 

 about zero. Mallard, 175: Teal, 175; Coot, 130; Downy Woodpecker, i; Crows in flocks; 

 Junco, 5; Chickadee, 24. Total, 7 species. — Bourdette Kirkendall. 



