Eighth Christmas Bird Census 25 



Duck, 68; American Golden-eye, ,-;S; American Coot, 2; Red-Uiiled Haw!':, i; Flicker, 

 3; Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 9; Goldfinch, i; Song Sparrow, 4; Junco, i; Brown Creeper, i; 

 Chickadee, 3. Total, 14 species, 586 individuals. — J. Kittredge and R. M. Marble. 

 Belmont, Mass. — Dec. 25; 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Clear; light west breeze; patches 

 of snow on the ground; temp., 40°. Red-shouldered Hawk, 1; Crow, i; Downy Wood- 

 pecker, 2; Blue Jay, 4; heard a flock of Chickadees; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 8. Total, 

 6 species, over if) individuals. — Samuel Dowse Robbins and Chandler Robbins 

 Hunt. 



Belmont, Waverley, Waltham and Lexington (Waverley Oaks Reservation and 

 Rocked Meadow), Mass. — Dec. 26; 10 .\.m. to 12.30 p.m. Clear; light west breeze; patches 

 of snow on the ground; temp., about 40°. Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 

 i; Northern Flicker, i; Crow, 4; Tree Sparrow, 8; Chickadee, 12. Total, 6 species, 

 26 individuals. — Samuel Dowse Robbins. 



Belmont and Arlington Heights, Mass. — Dec. 27; 9.45 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Clear; 

 light south breeze; patches of snow on the ground; temp., 38° to 50°. Crow, 6; Downy 

 Woodpecker, 2; Goldfinch, i; Chickadee, 14; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 10, besides 

 a flock heard. Total, 5 species, over t,t, individuals. — Samuel D. Robbins. 



Arlington Heights and Belmont, Mass. — Dec. 28; 9 a. m. to 1.30 p.m. Fair; wind 

 southwest, fresh; ground bare; temp., 45° to 56°. Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; Northern 

 Flicker, 3; American Crow, 10; Tree Sparrow, i; Junco, 2; Northern Shrike, 1; Brown 

 Creeper, i; Chickadee, 17; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 13. Total, 9 species, 49 indivi- 

 duals. — Gordon B. Wellman and Horace W. Wright. 



Boston, Mass. (The Arnold Arboretum, Olmsted and Riverway Parks, the Fens, 

 and Charles River, from the Harvard Bridge). — Dec. 23; 9 to 10.30 a.m. Cloudy, fol- 

 lowed by copious rain; wind southeast, light; three inches of snow on the ground; temp., 

 42° to 54°. Dec. 24; 9.45 A.M. to 2.30 p. m. Fair; wind west, fresh; ground bare; temp., 

 45° to 47°. Great Black-backed Gull, 2; Herring Gull, 135; Black Duck and Red- 

 legged Black Duck, 64; American Golden-eye, 40; American Coot, 2; Ruffed Grouse, 

 i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Northern Flicker, 19; Blue Jay, 20; American Crow, 31; 

 American Goldfinch, 2; White-throated Sparrow, 3; Tree Sparrow, 15; Junco, 6; Song 

 gparrow, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 18; Golden-crowned Kinglet, iS. 

 Total, 19 species, 381 individuals. — Horace W. Wright. 



Cambridge, Mass.(Fresh Pond Reservation and Pout Pond Swamp). — Dec. 25; 10 

 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Fair; wind southwest, light; ground bare; temp., 34° to 44°. Great 

 Black-backed Gull, 3; Herring Gull, 650; American Merganser, 25; Black Duck, and 

 Red-legged Black Duck, 48; American Coot, i; Ring-necked Pheasant, i; American 

 Sparrow Hawk, 2; Downy Woodpecker, i; Northern Flicker, 5; Blue Jay, i; American 

 Crow, 6; Red-winged Blackbird, i; American Goldfinch, 14; Tree Sparrow, 2; Song 

 Sparrow, 6; Brown Creeper, i; Chickadee, 5. Total, 18 species, 772 individuals. — 

 Horace W. Wright. 



Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Pond, The Fenway, Charles River Basin. — Dec. 28; 

 10.30 A.M. to I P. M. Weather fine; ground bare; wind southwest; temp., 50°. Great 

 Black-backed Gull, 2; Herring Gull, 100; Black Duck, 50; Golden-eye 10; American 

 Coot, 3; Flicker, 3; Crow, 50; Blue Jay, 10; Red-poll, 8; Goldfinch, 2; White-throated 

 Sparrow, i; Northern Shrike, 2; Brown Creeper, 12; White-breasted Nuthatch, 6; 

 Chickadee, 50; Golden-crowned Knight, 20; Total, 16 species, 329 individuals. — 

 Dan Abercrombie, Barron Brainerd and John B. Brainerd. 



Needham, Mass. — -Dec. 21; 8 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Clear; ground covered with snow; 



wind west, light; temp., 31°. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Crow, 8; Goldfinch, 19; Tree 



Sparrow, 26; Junco, 7; Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 29; 



Golden-crowned Kinglet, 8. Total, 9 species, 102 individuals. — Charles E. Heil. 



West Roxbury, Mass.— Dec. 24; 9 a.m. to 12 m. Fair, becoming cloudy; ground 



