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Saw- whet Owl, x; Screech Owl, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 3 ; Downy Woodpecker, 9; Flicker, 

 4; Blue Jay, 6; American Crow, 75; Fish Crow, i; Starling, 150; Meadowlark, 25; Rusty 

 Blackbird, 3 (flock); Crackle (?), i; Purple Finch, 16; Goldfinch, 13; White-throated 

 Sparrow, 10; Tree Sparrow, 170; Field Sparrow, 8; Junco, 70; Song Sparrow, 30; Swamp 

 Sparrow, 3; Cardinal, 5; Winter Wren, 4; Brown Creeper, 6; White-breasted Nuthatch, 

 4; Tufted Titmouse, 10; Black-capped Chickadee, 10; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6; 

 Bluebird, i. Total (positively identified), 31 species, 665 individuals. — -W. DeW. 

 Miller. 



Beaver, Pa. (Beaver's Hollow, Dutch Ridge Road and Gypsy Glen. Distance, 13 

 miles). — Dec. 27; 10.15 a.m. to 1.25 p.m. Twoinchesof snow; wind west, light, then south- 

 west by south, moderately strong, then south, light; temp. 29° at start, 31° at finish. 

 Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 6; Tree Sparrow, 46; Slate-colored Junco, 

 134; Song Sparrow, 50; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Black-capped 

 Chickadee, 12. Total, 9 species, 253 individuals. — W. R. Boulton, Jr. 



Doylestown, Pa. — Dec. 25; 10 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Fair; ground snow-covered; wind 

 southwest; temp. 40°. Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 

 i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Blue Jay, 5; Crow, 7; Starling, 10; Meadowlark, 3; Purple 

 Finch, 3; Tree Sparrow, 8; Junco, 42; Song Sparrow, 4; Cardinal, 2; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 3; Tufted Titmouse, 5; Black-capped Chickadee, 16; Robin, i; Bluebird, 2. 

 Total, 18 species, 117 individuals. — Doylestown Nature Club, per Miss Elizabeth 

 Cox. 



Fort Washington and Whitemarsh, Pa. — Dec. 26; 1.30 to 4 p.m. Clear; ground 

 snow-covered; wind northwest, strong; temp. 38°. Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Sparrow 

 Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; FUcker, i; Crow, 13; StarHng, 6; Purple Finch, 10; 

 Tree Sparrow, 4; Junco, 25; Song Sparrow, 2; Cardinal, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2. 

 Two unidentified hawks. Total, 12 species, 67 individuals. — George Lear. 



Lititz, Pa. (Valley of the Hammer Creek, northern Lancaster Co.). — ^Dec. 26; 

 8.30 A.M. to 5 P.M. Clear; ground covered with drifting snow; northwest gale; temp. 27°. 

 Bob-white, 6; Rufl'ed Grouse, 2; ^Mourning Dove, i; Turkey Vulture, 35; Marsh Hawk, 

 I (my first winter record for Lancaster Co.); Red-tailed Hawk, i; Red-shouldered Hawk, 

 i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, i; Blue 

 Jay, 2; Crow, 1,200; Starling, 9; ^Meadowlark, 5; Purple Crackle, i; Tree Sparrow, 38; 

 Junco, 52; Song Sparrow, 16; Cardinal, i; Northern(?) Shrike, i; Winter Wren, i; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 2; Black-capped Chickadee, 2; Bluebird, 6. Total, 25 species, 1,388 

 individuals. — Herbert H. Beck and Abraham Beck ^Miller. 



Malvern, Pa. (across Chester Valley, along north hill, back across valley). — Dec. 27; 

 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Clear; about 2 in. of snow; wind west and southwest, light; temp. 25°. 

 Cooper's Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, i; American Crow, 563; Starling, 6; 

 Purple Crackle, i; Tree Sparrow, 52; Junco, 158; Song Sparrow, 11; Cardinal, 2; Winter 

 Wren, i; Chickadee, 6; Bluebird, 2. Total, 13 species, 806 individuals. — Lawrence S. 

 Gross. 



McKeesport, Pa.^Dec. 26; 8.45 a.m. to 5.15 p.m. Partly cloudy; light fall of 

 snow; wind northwest to southwest, moderate; temp. 25° to 32°. Distance, 20 miles. 

 Ruffed Grouse, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Flicker, 2; Goldfinch, 

 13; Tree Sparrow, 20; Junco, 29; Song Sparrow, 9; Fox Sparrow, i (my first so late in 

 December; carefully identified at 20 ft.) ; Cardinal, 10; CaroHna Wren, i ; Brown Creeper, 

 i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Tufted Titmouse, 5; Chickadee, 27; Bluebird (in flock), 

 8. Total, 16 species, 134 individuals. — Thos. L. McConnell. 



Philadelphia, Pa. (Wynnefield to vicinity of Woodside Park and Chamounix).— 

 Dec. 27; I to 4 P.M. Partly cloudy; i in. of snow; wind southwest, Ught; temp. 42°. 

 Herring Gull, i; Goldeneye(?) Duck, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; 

 Crow, 12; Starling, 4; White-throated Sparrow, 17; Tree Sparrow, 10; Junco, 18; Song 



