The Christmas Bird Census 25 



BOSTON, MASS. (ARNOLD ARBORETUM) 



December 23, 9.15 to 3.15. Cloudy; wind, southwest, light; temp., 34^^ to 38°. 



Bob White, 33; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 3; Blue 

 Jay, 19; Crow, 15; Goldfinch, 2; White-throated Sparrow, 2; Tree Sparrow, 14; 

 Jiinco, 17; Song Sparrow, 8; Northern Shrike, i; Myrtle Warbler, 2; Brown Creeper, 

 3; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5; Chickadee, 4. Total, 16 species, 130 individuals. (On 

 December 9, a female Red-winged Blackbird was seen upon the snow among tall grasses 

 bordering a water-coutse feeding upon the seeds.) — Hor.ace W. Wright. 



CAMBRIDGE. ARLINGTON, AND BELMONT, MASS. 



December 26, 8.45 to 4.45. Clear; wind, westerly, very light; temp., 35°. 



Herring Gull, 450 (Fresh Pond, Cambridge, 300; still coming in at 9.30 .a. m. ) ; 

 Ruffed Grouse, i; Marsh Hawk, i; small Hawk (probably Sparrow Hawk), i; Downy 

 Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 6; Blue Jay, 4-5; Crow, 18-20; Purple Finch, i; Goldfinch, 

 3-4; Tree Sparrow, 20-25; Junco, 19; Song Sparrow, 10-12; Winter Wren, i; Brown 

 Creeper, 3; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 20; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 13. 

 Total, 17 species, 563 individuals. 



On December 17 one of us saw a Hermit Thrush in the Harvard Botanical Gardens, 

 Cambridge, and on December 18, 4 Red-winged Blackbirds, 14 Meadowlarks, and i 

 Rusty Blackbird in the marshes around Fresh Pond, Cambridge. — Howard M. Turner 

 and Richard T. Eustis. 



FRESH POND MARSHES, WREN ORCHARD, BELMONT SPRINGS, AND 

 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, MASS. 



December 26, 8.15 to 3.45. 



Black-back Gull, i; Herring Gull, 150; Downy Woodpecker. 2; Flicker, 6; Blue 

 Jay, 5; Crow, 19; Cowbird, or Red-winged Blackbird, 2; Purple Finch, 2; Gold- 

 finch, 74; Tree Sparrow, 58; Junco, 47; Song Sparrow, 17; Swamp Sparrow, 2; Long- 

 billed Marsh Wren, i; Brown Creeper, 3; Clii(,^kadee, 12; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6; 

 Robin, 32. Total, 19 species, 441 indivitluals. — Arthur C. Comev. 



WORCESTER. MASS. 



Timt;, 10 A M. to 3 1'. M. Cloudy, drizzling rain part the time; wind, almost none, 

 northeast; temp., 34°. 



Ruffed Cirouse. 3; Blue Jay, 15; Crow, 6; Goldfinch, i; Tree Sparrow, about 50; 

 Junco, about 25 ; Brown Creeper, 2; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3; t'hickadee, 17; CJolden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 5. lOtal. 10 species, about 127 individuals. — W. P. Parker. 



PR()\ IDI.NCE. RHODE ISLAND 



December 26. 11 A. M. to 2 I'. M. Clear, later overcast; winil. west, light; temp.. 



42°- 



Flicker, 1; Crow, 1; Blue Jay, 4; (Joldfinch, 3; Free Sparrow, 201040; Junco, 12 



to 20; Song Sparrow, i; Chickadee, 4; Bluebird, 4 (one singing); Swamp Sparrow. 5; 



Ce lariiird. 1. Total. 11 species, about S4 indi\ iihials. — Anna E. Cobb. 



