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Warren, 111. Dec jo; (; a.m. lu i i>..m. Clear; .^n.uiid hart'; wind soutliwest, lif,'ht; 

 tcnip., 4S°. Di.suimc walked live inili-s. Canada C..insc, S; i'rairii- ih-n, \ \: Mourn- 

 ing Dove, 1; Red-tailed Hawk, ,^; ked-.slu)uldered Hawk, i; R..UKli-leKj^ed Hawk, 3; 

 Sparrow Ihnvk, 2; Screeeh Owl, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 3; 

 Horned I^ark (Prairie), 5; Blue Jay, 15; Crow, 128; Red-winged Blackbird, i; Tree 

 Sparrow, 30; Brown Creeper, 2; White-bellied Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 14. Total, 

 iS species, 230 individuals.— H. S. Pepoon. 



Jackson Park, Chicago, 111.— Dec. 25; 7 .\.m. to 2 i'.m. Clear to cloudy; ground 

 covered with snow; wind west to northwest; twenty to twenty-five miles an hour; temp., 

 35° to 40°. Herring tiull, 50; Ring-billed Gull, 30; Bonaparte's Gull, i; American 

 Merganser, 2; Red-breasted Merganser, i; Downy Woodpecker, 4; Blue Jay, 2; Total, 

 7 species, 90 individuals. — Edward E. Armstrong and Carl C. Lawson. 



Stickney, Chicago, 111. — Dec. 25; 12 m. to 3 p.m. Cloudy; ground covered with 

 snow; wind northwest, twenty miles an hour; temp., 40°. Ring-billed Gull, 8; Crow, 

 3; Lapland Longspur, 2. Total, 3 species, 13 individuals. — J. L. DeVine. 



Moline, 111. — Dec. 27; 10 a.m. to 12 m., on Arsenal Island in Mississippi River. 

 Partly clear; ground bare; wind southwest, light, temp., 52°. Bob-white, 20; Hairy 

 Woodpecker, 5; Downy Woodpecker, 7; Red-bellied Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 3; 

 Crow, 2; Tree Sparrow, 8; Cardinal, 3; Junco, flock of 30; White-breasted Nuthatch, 

 7; Chickadee, 9. Total, 11 species, 95 individuals. — Mrs. E. H. Putnam and Grace 

 Putnam. 



Grinnell, Iowa. — Dec. 22; 2 to 5 p.m. Cloudy; misty; little snow on ground; wind 

 northeast, light; temp., 23°. Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Flicker, 

 i; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 5; Junco, 2; Tree Sparrow, 40; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 7. Total, 10 species, 64 individuals. — W. C. Staat. 



Cedar Rapids, Iowa. — Dec. 29; 11 a.m. to 12.20 p.m. Pasture land, meadow, mixed 

 woods and cemetery; cloudy; one inch of snow on ground; wind southeast, strong; 

 temp., 32°; began to snow at 11.25. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Red-shafted Flicker, i; 

 Blue Jay, 4; Crow, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2. Total, 5 species, 10 individuals. — 

 Glkx M. Hathorn. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — Dec. 22; 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Cloudy; snow and rain, ground 

 covered; wind southwest, light; temp., 32° to 30°. Herring Gull, 7; Blue Jay, 2. Toial, 

 2 species, 9 individuals. Dec. 27; 8.45 to 10.45 a.m. Cloudy; light fog; ground covered; 

 wind southwest, light; temp., 47°. Herring Gull, 61; Lesser Scaup, 227; Barrow's 

 Golden-eye, 26; Bufflehead, 7; Downy Woodpecker, i. Total, 5 species, 322 indivi- 

 duals. — -I. N. Mitchell. 



Madison, Wis.— Dec. 27; 11 a.m. to 12 m. Day clear; slight covering of snow, 

 wind northwest, light; temp., 46°. Herring Gull, i; Blue Jay, 4; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 7; Brown Creeper, 2; Chickadee, 2. Total, 5 species, 16 individuals. — R. H. 

 Denxiston. 



Kilbourn, Wis. — Dec. 24 to 26; clear; ground mostly bare; wind southwest; temp., 

 36°. 'Hoot' Owl, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Juncos, 50; Blue Jay, 3; Goldfinch, 7; 

 Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 6. Total, 7 species, 70 individuals.— Chester W. Smith. 



Elkhorn, Wis. — Dec. 26; 9.30 a.m. to 12 m. Clear, clouding before 12 m.; ground 

 covered with snow; wind southeast, strong; temp., 30°. Dec. 27; 9.30 a.m. to 12 m. 

 Thawing, ground nearly bare; wind southwest, strong; temp., 40°. Canada Goose, 

 32; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 17; Crow, 17; Song Sparrow, i; Tree Sparrow, 

 2; Brown Creeper, 2: White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Red-breasted Nuthatch, i; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 10 species, 76 individuals.— CoRA Henderson, Mabel 

 F. Beckwith and Sarah Francis. 



Sheboygan Falls, Wis.— Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 12 .m. Ground covered with about one 

 inch of snow; wind west, strong; partly cloudy, toward end of trip it started to snow; 



