38 Bird -Lore 



temp., 30°. Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 5; Blue Jay, 6; Crow, 200; 

 Red-poll, 6; Snowflake, 12; Junco, 8; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 3; 

 •Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3. Total, 10 species, 245 individuals. — James Sanford. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Dec. 24; 7.30 a.m. to 12 m. Light snow; weather cloudy; 

 wind southeast; temp., 9° to 30°. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 5; Tree Sparrow, 

 40; Goldlinch, 2; Nuthatch, 8. Total, 5 species, 57 individuals. — Harriet Orni- 

 thological Society. 



Zumbra Heights to Excelsior, Minn. Eight miles forest and country roads. — 

 Dec. 25; 10 A.M. to I P.M. Clear; two inches snow; light, northwest wind; temp., 8° 

 above zero. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Brown Creeper, 4; White-breasted Nuthatch, i. 

 Total, 3 species, 7 individuals. — E. F. Pabody, Jr. 



Red Wing, Minn. — Dec. 25; 8.15 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Cloudy most of the morning; 

 ground lightly covered with snow; wind northwest, very strong, almost a gale at times; 

 temp., 18°. Hairy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 2; Goldfinch, i; Purple Finch, 15; Chick- 

 adee, 12; White-breasted Nuthatch, 4; Robin, i. Total, 7 species, 36 individuals. — 

 Nels. Borgen, Futhjof Wage and Charles Phillips. 



Sioux Falls, S. D. — Dec. 29; 1.30 to 5.30 p.m. Cloudy, snowing all day; ground 

 ■covered with about half a foot of snow in evening; wind northeast, medium. Prairie 

 Chicken, 2; Long-eared Owl, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Tree Sparrow, 20. Total, 

 4 species, 24 individuals. — Adrian Larson. 



Littleton, Colo. — -Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Clear; ground partly covered with 

 snow, melting; wind northeast, light; temp., 26° at time of starting, 56° when returned. 

 Blue-winged Teal, i; American Coot, i; Ring-necked Pheasant, 5; Ferruginous Rough- 

 legged Hawk, 3; Red-shafted Flicker, 10; Desert Horned Lark, 100; Black-billed 

 Magpie, 50; Long-crested Jay, 10; Red-winged Blackbird, 20; Western Meadowlark, 

 i; Purple Finch, 50; House Finch, 10; Pine Finch, 10; Western Tree Sparrow, 100; 

 Slate-colored Junco, 10; Pink-sided Junco, 40; Mountain Song Sparrow, 60; Long- 

 billed Marsh Wren, 2; Long-tailed Chickadee, 10. Total, 19 species, 493 individuals. 

 — Geo. Richards. 



Edmonton, Alta, Canada. — Dec. 23; 10 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. Clear; four inches 

 snow during previous night; wind south; two to three miles; temp., 30°. Canadian 

 Ruffed Grouse, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Western Horned 

 Owl, i; Pine Grosbeaks, 2; Chickadee, 8. Total, 6 species, 16 individuals. — ^J. A. 

 Fife and Jno. M. Schreck. 



Stoney Plain, Alberta. — Dec. 17; 8 a.m. to i p.m. Clear; about two inches of snow; 

 light, south wind; temp., 0°. Snowflake, 200; Raven, 2; Rough-legged Hawk, i; Pine 

 Grosbeak, 10; Canada Jay, 4; Chickadee, 10. Total, 6 species, 227 individuals. — 

 Sidney S. S. Stansell. 



Seattle to Bremerton, Wash, (eighteen miles by steamer and return.) — Dec. 26; 

 ■9 A.M. to s P.M. Morning cloudy, afternoon clearing; light wind from southwest; temp., 

 at 8 A.M. 38°. Holboell's Grebe, 7; Horned Grebe, 31; Pacific Loon, 3; Marbled Mur- 

 relet, 40; Pigeon Guillemot, 100; California Murre, i; Glaucous-winged Gull, 4,500; 

 Herring Gull, 200; Short-billed Gull, 1,200; Bonaparte's Gull, 2; American Merganser, 

 60; Red-breasted Merganser, 30; Hooded Merganser, 2; American Wirgeon (?), 40; 

 Lesser Scaup Duck, 8; BuSlehead, i; White-winged Scoter, 400; Surf Scoter, 50; Ruddy 

 Duck, i; Kingfisher, i; Harris' Woodpecker, i; Northwest Crow, 88; Pine Siskin, 

 •60; Oregon Junco, 31; Rusty Song Sparrow, 26; Yakutat (?) Fox Sparrow, i; Oregon 

 Towhee, 9; Cedar Waxwing, i; Seattle Wren, 2; Western Winter Wren, 9; Chestnut- 

 backed Chickadee, 22; Western Golden-crowned Kinglet, 17; Western Robin, 3; Varied 

 Thrush, i. Total, 35 species, 7,000 individuals. — W. Leon Dawson. 



Annandale (near Los Angeles), Cal. — Dec. 25; 9 to 10.20 a.m. and 3.30 to 5 p.m. 

 Clear; wind westerly, very light; temp., 68°. Around ranch house. Valley Partridge, 



