22 Bird - Lore 



Marshfield, Mass. — Dec. 25; 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Fair; ground bare; wind 

 northwest, light; temp., 38 to 50°. Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, i; Crow, 24; Song 

 Sparrow, i; Myrtle Warbler, 12; Chickadee, 20. Total, 6 species, 59 individuals. — Mrs. 

 George L. M.\son. 



Needham, Mass. — Dec. 23; 10 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Partly cloudy; ground bare; 

 wind northwest, brisk; temp., 45°. Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 7; 

 Crow, 13; Meadowlark, 30; Purple Finch, 20; Tree Sparrow, 12; Brown Creeper, 2; 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 7; Golden-crowned Kinglet. Total, 11 species, 

 97 individuals. — Charles E. Heil. 



Boston, Mass. (Newtonville to Arnold Aboretum and Jamaica Pond). — Dec. 24; 

 8 A.M. to 3 P.M., 3.30 to 4.30 P.M. Clear in morning, clouding over later; ground bare; 

 temp, about 45°. Herring Gull 20; Black and Red-legged Black Duck 150; Baldpate 

 i; Lesser Scaup 5; Golden-eye 5; Pheasant 2; Red-shouldered Hawk (?) i; Barred 

 Owl i; Downy Woodpecker i; Flicker 4; Blue Jay 6; Crow 30; Purple Finch 4; Goldfinch 

 3; Pine Siskin 40; White-throated Sparrow 3; Tree Sparrow 30; Slate-colored Junco 

 60; Song Sparrow 6; Palm Warbler i; Brown Creeper i; White-breasted Nuthatch 2; 

 Chickadee 25; Golden-crowned Kinglet 30; Robin 8. Total 25 species about about 430 

 individuals. — H. L. Barrett, H. D. Mitchell, J. A. Hagar and Joseph C. Hagar. 



Rockport, Mass. — Dec. 21; 11.30 a.m. to 2.15 p.m. Partly cloudy; ground bare with 

 light patches of snow; wind northeast, light; temp., 32°. Holbcell's Grebe, 2; Loon, 4; 

 Red-throated Loon, i; Black Guillemot, 7; Dovekie, i; Great Black-backed Gull, i; 

 Herring Gull, 150; Red-breasted Merganser, 33; White- winged Scoter, 9; Flicker, 2; 

 Horned Lark, 3; Crow, 9; Ipswich Sparrow, i; Tree Sparrow, 15; Song Sparrow, 5; 

 Myrtle Warbler, 2. Total, 16 species, 245 individuals. — E. D. Boardman and Lidian 

 E. Bridge. 



West Medford, Mass. (including west side of Middlesex Fells, and South Basin). ^ 

 Dec. 24; 9 A.M. to 12 M. Cloudy; ground bare; wind southwest, light; temp., 40°. Her- 

 ring Gull, 16; Merganser, 17; Black Duck, 200; Lesser Scaup, i; Ring-necked Pheasant, 

 4; Crow, 8; Blue Jay, 2; Purple Finch, i; Tree Sparrow, i; Chickadee, 6; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 5. Total, 12 species, 261 individuals. Sharp-shinned Hawk, i, seen 

 in P.M. — Edmund and Lidian E. Bridge. 



Glocester, R. L — Dec. 25; 8.45 to 10.15 a.m. Clear; ground bare; wind northwest, 

 very light; temp., 32°. Blue Jay, 2; Chickadee, 5. Total, 2 species, 7 individuals. — 

 J. Irving Hill. 



Manville, R. I. — Dec. 26; 9.30 a.m. to 12 m. Hazy; ground bare; no wind; temp., 34°. 

 Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 5; Crow, 4; Purple Finch (a large flock), 

 100; Tree Sparrow, 12; Song Sparrow, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 6. 

 Total, 9 species, 131 individuals. — Anna P. C. Mowry. 



Point Judith, R. I. — Dec. 25; Clear; warm; wind southwest, light. Herring Gull, 

 2,000; Red-breasted Merganser, 3; Black Duck, 10; Greater Scaup, 50; Golden-eye, 200; 

 White-winged Coot, 100; Marsh Owl, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 4; Shore Lark, 

 20; Crow, 4; Meadowlark, 50; Field Sparrow, 5; Song Sparrow, i; Fox Sparrow, 2; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 2. Total, 17 species, 2,419 individuals. — Israel 

 R. Sheldon. 



Providence, R. I. (Blackstone Park). — Dec. 20; 12.45 to i-45 pm- Clear; ground 

 bare; wind south. Herring Gull, 30; Flicker, 4; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, i; Junco, 3; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 3; Golden-crowned Kinglet. 2. Total, 8 species, 48 

 individuals. — Charles H. Abbott. 



Providence, R. I. — Dec. 24; 11 a.m. to i p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind southwest; 

 temp., 44°. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 3; Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 2; Goldfinch, 3; 

 Snow Bunting, 25; Myrtle Warbler, i; Brown Creeper, 2; Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 2. 

 Total, ID species, 47 individuals. — Edward D. Keith. 



