34 Bird - Lore 



Dove, i; Turkey Vulture, 37; Sparrow Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Sapsucker, i; 

 Pileated Woodpecker, i; Red-headed Woodpecker, 2; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 2; Phoebe, 

 3; Florida Blue Jaj', 22; Florida Crow, 4; Vesper Sparrow, i; Chipping Sparrow, 3 (134, 

 the 25th); Song Sparrow, i; Cardinal, 9; Black and White Warbler, i;Ovenbird, i; Mock- 

 ingbird, 10; Carolina Wren, i; House Wren, i; Winter Wren, 2; Tufted Titmouse, i. 

 Total, 22 species, 106 individuals. — Mr. and Mrs. I. U. Mitchell and F.R.Osborne. 

 Palma Sola, Fla. (to Passage Key Reservation and return). — Dec. 26; all day. 

 Clear; wind west, light; temp. 55° in a.m. to 74° in p.m. Holbcell's Grebe, 35; Loon, 24; 

 Herring Gull, i; Laughing Gull, 135; Royal Tern, 125; Cabot's Tern, 20; Black Skim- 

 mer, 20; Florida Cormorant, 250; Brown Pelican, 200; Red-breasted Merganser, 20; 

 Blue-winged Teal, 18; White Ibis, 3; Great Blue Heron, 50; Ward's Heron, 150; Louisiana 

 Heron, 40; Little Blue Heron, 30; Green Heron, 2; Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 15; 

 Least Sandpiper, 10; Semipalmated Sandpiper, 10; Sanderling, 50; Willet, 12; Black- 

 bellied Plover, 25; Killdeer, 5; Bob-while, 20; Mourning Dove, i; Ground Dove, 35; 

 Turkey Vulture, 3; Cooper's Hawk, i; Bald Eagle, i; Duck Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; 

 Florida Screech Owl, 2; Great Horned Owl, 2; Belted Kingfisher, 4; Red-cockaded Wood- 

 pecker, 5; Southern Flicker, 6; Phoebe, 2; Florida Blue Jay, 2; Florida Jay, 4; Florida 

 Red-wing, 10; Savannah Sparrow, 12; Grasshopper Sparrow, i; White-eyed To whee, 25; 

 Cardinal, 2; Loggerhead Shrike, 3; Palm Warbler, 75; Florida Yellow-throat, 2; Mock- 

 ingbird, 20; Catbird, i; Carolina Wren, i; Bluebird, 10. Total, 51 species, 1,502 indi- 

 viduals. On December 23 about 20,000 Red-breasted Mergansers were seen on Tampa 

 Bay. — Carlos Earle. 



Punta Rassa, Fla. — Dec. 25; 9.15 to 11. 15 a.m. Clear; wind light, northeast; 

 temp. 64°. Laughing Gull, i; Common Tern, 2; Florida Cormorant, 6; Brown Pelican, 

 300; Semipalmated Plover, 45; Ground Dove, i; Turkey Vulture, 9; Little Sparrow 

 Hawk, i; Osprey, 2; Belted Kingfisher, 4; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 2; FHcker, 3; 

 Phoebe, i; Savannah Sparrow, 6; White-eyed To whee, 3; Loggerhead Shrike, 4; Palm 

 Warbler, 4; Yellow Palm Warbler, 8; Mockingbird, 9; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, i; Blue- 

 gray Gnatcatcher, 2. Total, 21 species, 414 individuals. — T. S. Palmer. 



Falfurrias, Texas. — Dec. 25; 10 a.m. to i p.m. Slightly cloudy; wind northeast, 

 light; temp. 44°; distance covered, 3 miles. Sandhill Crane, 2; Western Mourning Dove, 

 4; Turkey Vulture, 2; Marsh Hawk, 2; Cooper's Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Harris's 

 Hawk, i; Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 7; Northern Flicker, i; Red-shafted Flicker, i; 

 Phoebe, i; Western Meadowlark, 125; Western Vesper Sparrow, 18; Savannah and West- 

 ern Savannah Sparrows (both forms occurring commonly), 160; Western Grasshopper 

 Sparrow, 20; Western Lark Sparrow, i; Western Field Sparrow, i; Black-throated 

 Sparrow, 4; Lincoln's Sparrow, 7; Texas Sparrow, i; Gray-tailed Cardinal, 11; Texas 

 Pyrrhuloxia, i; Lark Bunting, 10; White-rumped Shrike, 3; Small White-eyed Vireo, 

 i; Sennett's Thrasher, 3; Curve-billed Thrasher, 2; Texas Wren, 3; House Wren, i; 

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 6; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, i. Total, 32 species, 408 individuals. 

 On the day preceding a number of Audubon's Orioles were seen in the same locality, 

 four at one time in a single huisache tree. — Austin Paul Smith. 



Oak Vale, Miss. — 9 a.m. to 12 m. Clear; ground bare; wind northwest, 

 light; temp. 43°. Mourning Dove, 30; Sparrow Hawk, i; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2; 

 Flicker, i; Phcebe, 3; Blue Jay, 13; Chipping Sparrow, 2; Field Sparrow, 25; Junco, 

 18; Towhee, 2; Cardinal, 6; Mockingbird, i; Brown Thrasher, 4; Wren, sp., i; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 6. Total, 16 species, 117 individuals. — D. D. Fos- 

 tersberry. 



Concordia, Mo. — i to 2.30 p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind southwest, light; 

 temp. 36°. Bob-white, 11; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Red-headed Woodpecker, 2; 

 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 6; Prairie Horned Lark, 60; Blue Jay, 10; Crow, 

 7; Goldfinch, 3; Tree Sparrow, 45; Junco, 59; Cardinal. 5; Brown Creeper, 3; White- 



