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i; Great Black-backed Gull, i; Herring Gull, 500; American Scaup Duck, 2 ; Ameri- 

 can Golden-eye, 17; Old Squaw, 41; White-winged Scoter, 10; Horned Lark, 10; 

 American Crow, 39; Pine Siskin, 24; Snowflake, 15; Song Sparrow, 2; Chickadee, 4. 

 Total, 14 species, 667 individuals. -Miss E. D. Boardman, Mrs. Lidian E. Bridge. 



Squantum and Moon Island, Mass. — December 28; time, 9.45 A.M. to 3.00 P.M. 

 Cloudy to fair, snow flurries; snow two inches; wind southwest, light; temp., 32° to 36°. 

 Great Black-backed Gull, 40; Herring Gull, 700; Red-breasted Merganser, 4; Ameri- 

 can Scaup Duck, 200; American Golden-eye, 125 ; Old Squaw, 8; American Sparrow 

 Hawk, i; Short-eared Owl, 3; Northern Downy Woodpecker, i; Northern Flicker, 7; 

 Horned Lark, 2; American Crow, 70; American Crossbill, i; Redpoll, 4; Pine Siskin, 

 2; Snowflake, 2; Tree Sparrow, 8; Slate-colored Junco, 2; Song Sparrow, 12; Northern 

 Shrike, i; Chickadee, 7; Robin, 3. Total, 22 species, 1,202 individuals. — Horace W. 

 Wright, Maurice C. Blake and Francis G. Blake. 



Bolton, Mass. — Time, 10.30 A.M. to i P.M. Walk of one and one-half miles; 

 snow-storm, ground covered; wind light, west of north ; temp., 22°. Blue Jay, i; Pine 

 Grosbeak, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, i ; Chickadee, 6. Total, 4 species, 11 individ- 

 uals. — Agnes M. Learned. 



Bolton, Mass.— December 26 ; time, all day; seen from windows. Sunny; five inches 

 of snow; wind light, west of north ; temp., 30°. Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 3; 

 Amarican Crow, 5 ; Pine Grosbeak, 7 ; American Goldfinch, 2 ; White-breasted Nuthatch, 

 I ; Chickadee, 7. Total, 7 species, 26 individuals.— H. L., M. F., and A. M. Learned. 



Belmont, Mass. — Time, 2.45 to 5.30 p.m. Snowing, ground covered with snow; 

 wind northwest, strong; temp., 26° to 18°. Downy Woodpecker, i; Crow, 6; heard a 

 flock of Canadian Pine Grosbeaks and a flock of White-winged Crossbills ; American 

 Goldfinch, 4; Redpoll, 15 ; Junco, 2 ; Brown Creeper, i ; Chickadee, 3; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 3. Total, 10 species, over 35 individuals.— Arthur W. Fletcher and Sam- 

 uel D. Robbins. 



Belmont, Mass.— December 24 ; time, 7 to 9 a.m. Cloudy; wind not noticeable; 

 ground covered with snow; temp., 20°. Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; 

 Northern Flicker, i; Canadian Pine Grosbeak, 15; Pine Siskin, 3; Junco, 2; Crow, 3; 

 Chickadee, 5. Total, 8 species, 31 individuals. — Adele Fitzpatrick and Samuel D. 

 Robbins. 



Belmont, Mass.- December 25 ; time, 2.15 104.45 P-^'- Snow flurries, ground cov- 

 ered with snow; wind strong, northwest; temp., 26° to 24°. Northern Flicker, i; Blue 

 Jay, 3; American Crow, i; Screech Owl, i; Canadian Pine Grosbeak, 70; American 

 Goldfinch, 2; Junco, 2; Chickadee, 9; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 9. Total, 9 species, 97 

 individuals. — Adele Fitzpatrick and Samuel Robbins. 



Belmont, Mass.— December 26; time, 9.30 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. Clear ; ground cover- 

 ed with snow; wind northwest, light; temp., 30°. Blue Jay, i; Crow, 2; Canadian Pine 

 Grosbeak, 5; White-winged Crossbill, 4; Redpoll, 4; American Goldfinch, 4; Slate- 

 coiored Junco, 22; Song Sparrow, 2; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, i 

 (heard); Chickadee, 8 ; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5. Total, 12 species, 59 individuals.— 

 Arthur W. Fletcher and Samuel D. Robbins. 



Milton Hill, Mass.— December 27; time, 5.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fair to overcast; 

 south breeze, cool; snow on ground. Great Black-backed Gull, 7; American Herring 

 Gull, 100; Red-breasted Merganser, 15; Scaup Duck, 3 (large flocks of i,ooo-|- off shore, 

 probably these birds); American Golden-eye, 500; Old Squaw, 40; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; 

 Flicker, i; Horned Lark, 10; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 1,000; Goldfinch, 20; Snowflake, 3; 

 Slate-colored Junco, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 10; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 3. Total, 17 species, 2,719 individuals ( numbers approximate). — Beatrice 

 Cobb and Stanley Cobb. 



Needfiam, Mass. — December 19; time, 9 a.m. to i p.m. Clear; ground nearly 



