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us from accepting more than one Census by the same ])ers(jn from the same 

 locality. 



Ottawa, Ontario. ^Dcc. 27; i to 4.30 p.m. Cloudy and damp; foot of snow on 

 ground; wind south, light; temp., 40°. Downy Woodpecker, i; Crow, i; Blue Jay, 2; 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 6. Total, 5 species, 13 individuals. Snow- 

 flakes and a Meadowlark were seen a few days ago. — G. E. Hartwick. 



Reaboro, Ontario. — Dec. 26; 2 to 4 p.m. About thirteen inches of snow; temp., 

 about 30°; wind west, light. Ruffed Grouse, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 4. Total, 4 species, 9 individuals. A Screech Owl was seen 

 on Christmas. The Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay and Snowflake are all here this 

 winter. — E. Wellington Calvert. 



Orangeville, Ontario.— Dec. 19; 7.50 a.m. to 5.05 p.m. Snowing most of day; about 

 fifteen inches of snow; wind west, very strong; temp., 22°. American Goshawk, i; 

 Downy Woodpecker, 5; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 4; Chickadee, 

 18; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2; Total, 6 species, 31 individuals. — Alvin J. ScOTT 

 and E. W. Calvert. 



Millbrook, Ontario. — Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Snowing, a foot of snow on ground; 

 wind south; temj)., 30°. Ruffed Grouse, 2; Blue Jays, 5; Chickadees, 16; White-bellied 

 Nuthatch, 2. Total, 4 species, 25 individuals, — Sam. Hunter. 



Wilton, N. H. — Dec. 25; 9 to 11 a.m. and 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. Fair in a.m.; cloudy 

 in p.m.; snow four inches with crust; light, southeast wind; temp., 38° to 40°. Downy 

 Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 5; Tree Sparrow, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Red- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 15. Total, 6 species, 29 individuals. A very decided 

 scarcity of all kinds of birds has been noticed in this vicinity since last summer.— 

 James A. Wing and George G. Blanchard. 



Cornish, N. H.— Dec. 25; 9 to 11.25 a.m.; 3.40 to 4.45 p.m. Sunshine in A.M.; 

 ground covered with several inches of snow; light breeze; temp., 34°. Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, i; Chickadee, 24; While-breasted Nuthatch, 5. Total, 

 4 species, 32 individuals. — Ethel R. B.a.rton. 



Fitchburg, Mass. — Dec. 28; 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Clear, four to six inches ice 

 and snow; occasional bare ground; wind west, light; temp., 34°. Ruffed Grouse, i; 

 Golden-crested Kinglet, 8; Chickadee, 20. Total, 3 species, 29 individuals.— Alvin 

 G. Whitney, F. N. Dillon and G. F. Habbard. 



Swampscott Shore and Marblehead Neck, Mass.— Dec. 26; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fair; 

 wind west, fresh; ground bare; temp., 41° to 45°. Holboell's Grebe, 3; Horned Grebe, 

 11; Loon, 4; Red-throated Loon, i; Black Guillemot, 4; Great Black-backed Gull, i; 

 Herring Gull, 44; Red-breasted Merganser, 25; .\merican Golden-eye, 43; Bufflehead, 

 i; Old Squaw, 17; White-winged Scoter, i; Surf Scoter, 5; Northern Flicker, 7; Amer- 

 ican Crow, 2; Snowflake, 2; Tree Sparrow, i; Myrtle Warbler, i; Chickadee, 11. Total, 

 19 species, 184 individuals. — Gordon B. Wellman and Horace W. Wright. 



Ipswich, Mass. — Dec. 25; 11 a.m. to 12 m. Clear, ground bare; temp., 50°. Her- 

 ring Gull, 80; Crow, 16; Sparrow, 3; Flicker, i. Total, 4 species, 100 individuals. — 

 Jesse H. Wade and Francis C. Wade. 



Ipswich, Mass.— Castle Hill to Big Dune, return through the Dunes. Dec. 21; 

 10.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Clear; snow on ground, heavy in Dunes; wind west, light; 

 temp., 40°. Loon, 2; Kittiwake, 45; Great Black-backed Gull, 4; Herring Gull, 86; 

 Red-breasted Merganser, 400; American Golden-eye, 77; Surf Scoter, 8; Horned 

 Lark, 19; Crow, 154; Snowflake, 105; Lapland Longspur, 2; Ipswich Sparrow, i; 

 Tree Sparrow, 65; Junco, i; Myrtle Warbler, 33; Chickadee, 20. Total, 16 species, 

 1,022 individuals. — Edmund and Lidian E. Bridge. 



Nahant, Mass.— Dec. 26; 11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind west, 



