28 Bird - Lore 



xicinil}-; llicy arc Lii)i)ait'ntly wintering; here. Kvening (irosbcuks were reported in 

 November from Portland, Conn., and (Jreenlicld, Mass. — Alden Healey, John L. 

 B.VGc, and A.\kon C. Bagg. 



Southampton, Mass. — Dec. 24; Four hours. Cloudy; ground bare; no wind; temp. 

 4<S°. RulTed Grouse, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, i; 

 Flicker, i heard; Blue Jay, 7; American Crow, 3; Pine Grosbeak, 12; Tree Sparrow, q; 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Black-capped Chickadee, 9. Total, 10 species, 47 indi- 

 viduals. Hairy Woodpeckers have been seen within a month. The Hairy and .\rctic 

 Three-toed Woodpeckers were both found in a strip of young pine killed by forest fire 

 last spring. No possible doubt of Three-toed, as it has been seen several times and 

 the glossy black back, with yellow spot on head, with white line, were seen each time 

 with the naked eye. — Maude A. and Bessie M. Graves. 



Dighton, Mass. — Dec. 25; 7.30 to 11.30 a.m. Cloudy; ground bare, wind northwest, 

 very light; temp. 34°. Herring Gull, 30; Black Duck, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 

 2; Blue Jay, 5; American Crow, 35; Starling, 13; Meadowlark, 4; Goldfinch, 350 (very 

 musical; feeding in a weedy field); Tree Sparrow, 30; Song Sparrow, 6; Myrtle Warbler, 

 15; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 8. Total, 15 species, 

 502 individuals. — Charles L. Phillips. 



New Bedford, Mass.- — Dec. 28; 10.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clear during forenoon; cloudy 

 with occasional clearing during afternoon; ground bare; wind northeast, light; temp. 32° 

 to 40°. About six miles on foot. Hawk, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 8; Flicker, 8; Horned 

 Lark. 53; Crow, i;^; Blue Jay, 4; Starling, 6; Meadowlark, 11; Goldfinch, 22; Tree 

 Sparrow, 50; Song Sparrow, 21; Brown Creeper, 7; Chickadee, 19; Robin, 8. Total, 

 J4 species, 232 individuals. — Edith F. Walker. 



Mattapoisett, Mass. — Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to 12 m. Mist and fog; ground bare; temp. 42° 

 to 44°; calm to light west wind. Four miles on foot. Holboell's Grebe, i; Loon, 4; 

 Black-backed Gull, 2; Herring Gull, 3; Merganser, 11; Wood Duck, i; Golden-eye 

 Duck, 10; Old-squaw, 17; Scoter, 2; White- winged Scoter, 8; Flicker, 2; Blue Jay, 5; 

 American Crow, 3; Starling, 16; Meadowlark, i; Goldfinch, 39; Tree Sparrow, 16; 

 Junco, 19; Song Sparrow, 6; Myrtle Warbler, 55; Brown Creeper, 2; Chickadee. 36; 

 Robin, 6. Total, 23 species, 265 individuals. — J. E. Norton Shaw. 



Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Mass. — Dec. 26; 8.30 to 11.30 a.m. A few birds seen 

 in the afternoon. Cloudy; ground bare; no frost in ground; wind west, light; temp. 37°, 

 falling a few degrees; about 11 a.m. it began to hail, turning to rain and later to 

 snow. Three miles on foot. Loon, i; Herring Gull, 7; Golden-eye Duck, 9; Kingfisher, 

 i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 2; Horned Larks, 45; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 14; Gold- 

 finch, 21; Tree Sparrow, 9; Junco, 9; Song Sparrow, 5; Myrtle Warbler, 11; Pine 

 Warbler, 3; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 7. Total, 17 species, about 150 

 individuals.. Three large flocks of Geese, were reported to me as flying over in the 

 early morning and about 100 Mergansers in a pond. The Kingfisher was by a pond 

 and flew off, sounding his rattle. There is a Mockingbird wintering here, apparently 

 the same one that was here the last two years. Dec. 20, I saw a flock of 21 Snow- 

 Buntings. — MONA WORDEX. 



Warwick, R. L — Dec. 25; 9.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Cloudy; ground bare; wind light, 

 southwest; temp. 40° at start, 45° at return. Eight miles on foot. Herring Gull, 58; 

 Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Flicker, 8; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 7; Crow, 13; 

 Starling, 600; Meadowlark, 10; Goldfinch, 51; Tree Sparrow, 14; Junco, 46; Song Sparrow 

 8 (one singing); White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 28; Robin, 11. Total, 15 

 species, 857 individuals. — Harry S. Hathaway. 



Kingston and coast from Narragansett Pier to Point Judith, R. I. — Dec. 24; 7 a.m. 

 to 4.30 i>.M. 0\ercast in forenoon, rain in afternoon; groimd bare; wind east, strong; 

 teni]). 36° at start. 47° at return. Holbtell's Grebe, i; Loon, i; Herring Gull, 11; Ameri- 



