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row, 2; Slate-colored Junco, 2; Black-capped Chickadee, 21. Total, 12 species, 181 indi- 

 viduals. — Manley B. Townsend. 



Bennington, Vt. — Dec. 27; 10.30 a.m. to noon. (Two-mile auto drive into mountains 

 and a walk of yi mile at end of drive and auto back.) Clear with low-lying clouds at 

 horizon; ground bare in lowlands, Kin. snow in mountains; no wind; temp. 30°; 

 observers together. Hairy Woodpecker, i; American Crow, 2; Blue Jay, 6; Starling, 3; 

 Snow Bunting, 14; Northern Shrike, i; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; 

 Chickadee, 5. Total, 9 species, 35 individuals. — Dr. and Mrs. Lucretius H. Ross. 



Devereux to Marblehead Neck, Mass. (and return). — ^Dec, 26; 12 to 4 p.m. Light 

 snowstorm; wind west, light; ground bare; temp. 34°. Holboell's Grebe, i; Horned Grebe, 

 9; Black-backed Gull, 5; Herring Gull, 50; Double-crested Cormorant, 4; American 

 Merganser, 10; Red-breasted Merganser, 15; American Golden-eye, 12; Old-squaw, 23; 

 Ruffed Grouse, i; Ring-necked Pheasant, i; American Crow, 7; Song Sparrow, i; 

 Chickadee, 2. Total, 14 species, 141 individuals. — Alice O. Jump and Lidian E. 

 Bridge. 



Wyoming through Middlesex Fells to West Medford, Mass. — Dec. 22; 8 a.m. to 

 I P.M. Cloudy; ground bare; wind, snow light; temp. 34°. Herring Gulls, 75; Black 

 Duck, 250; Ring-necked Pheasant, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, i; 

 Blue Jay, 10; American Crow, 21; Starling, 30; Goldfinch, 7; Pine Siskin, 15; Song 

 Sparrow, i ; Northern Shrike, i (with Junco in claws) ; White-bellied Nuthatch, i ; 

 Black-capped Chickadee, 27. Total, 14 species, 443 individuals. — Edmuxd and Lidian 

 E. Bridge. 



Middlesex Fells, and Pine Banks, Maiden, Mass. — Dec. 27; 9.10 a.m. to 12.45 ^-^i- 

 Fair to cloudy; ground covered by flurry of snow; wind west, light; temp. 21° at start, 

 27° at return. Movements made by automobile to cover the Fells. Observers together. 

 Herring Gull, 2; Merganser, 15 (3 females); Black Duck, 75 (Red-legged); Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, i; Downy. Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 5; American Crow, 2; Pine Grosbeak, 17; 

 Goldfinch, 20; Pine Siskin, 10; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 5; Black- 

 capped Chickadee, 20. Total, 13 species, 175 individuals. — Helen H. Wellman and 

 Gordon Boit Wellman. 



Weston, Mass. — Dec. 22; 7.35 to 10.15 a.m; 1.45 to 3.45 p.m. Cloudy, followed by 

 light rain; wind light, south and southwest. Ground bare; temp. 38° to 50°. Ruffed 

 Grouse, i; Ring-necked Pheasant, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 2; 

 Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 2; American Crow, 17; Pine Grosbeak, 5 (have seen these several 

 times); Goldfinch, 15; Pine Siskin, 4 (first seen Dec. 13); Tree Sparrow, 12; Junco, 25; 

 Brown Creeper, i; Red-breasted Nuthatch, i (positive identification); Black-capped 

 Chickadee, 12. Total, 15 species, loi individuals. — Warren F. Eaton. 



Leominster, Mass. (Leominster and vicinity). — Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to 4.45 p.m. Cloudy; 

 110 snow, 110 wind; temp. 35"; warm; ponds open. Herring (kill, 25; Sheldrake, i; 

 Pheasant, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 2; .Vmcrican Crow, 

 5; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 3;. Total, 9 species, 43 individuals. (Si.x 

 Evening Grosbeaks (males) arrived here Dec. 10, and have been seen nearly every day 

 since, but I was unable to locate them Dec. 25.) — Edwin Russell Davis. 



Holyoke, Mass. (vicinity of Mt. Tom Range). — Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sky 

 overcast; intermittent mist and rain; ground bare of snow; little or no wind from the 

 northwest; temp. 35° at start, 42° at return. Seven to eight miles on foot, observers 

 together. Ring-necked Pheasant, i; Ruffed Grouse, 4 (one flock); .American Cioshawk, i; 

 Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 4; .American Crow, 15; Starl- 

 ing, 85 (one flock); Pine Grosbeak, 5 (one flock); Goldfinch, 25 (one flock); Tree Sparrow, 

 \2 (one flock); Brown C'rceper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 14; Robin, i. 

 Total, 15 s|)e(ies, 171 individuals. Observed recently a Herring Gull and Northern 

 Shrike. The Pine (irosbeaks have been observed this fall half a dozen times in this 



