38 Bird -Lore 



Houston, Texas. — Dec. 26; 10.15 a..\i. to 2.45 p.m. Clear; ground bare, soft and 

 muddy; wind north, light; temp. 45°. Killdeer, 16; Bob-white, 2; Western Mourning 

 Dove, 14; Turkey Vulture, i; Black Vulture, 3; Marsh Hawk, 2; Texas Red-shouldered 

 Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 3; Southern Hairy Woodpecker, i; Southern Downy Wood- 

 pecker, 2; Sapsucker, i; Red-headed Woodpecker, i; Red-bellied Woodpecker, i; 

 Northern Flicker, 7; Phoebe, 2; Florida Blue Jay, 13; Southern Crow, 2; Cowbird, i; 

 Red-winged Blackbird, 3; Meadowlark, 18; Brewer's Blackbird, 25; Goldfinch, 3; 

 White-throated Sparrow, 2; Louisiana Cardinal, 5; Tree Swallow, 58; Cedar Waxwing, 

 4; White-rumped Shrike, 7; Myrtle Warbler, 27; Pine Warbler, 36; Pipit, 47; Mocking- 

 bird, 8; Brown Thrasher, i; Carolina Wren, 3; Tufted Titmouse, 7; Carolina Chickadee, 

 3; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 13; Hermit Thrush, 2; Robin, i; Bluebird, 18. Total, 39 

 species, 365 individuals. — George Finlay Simmons. 



Marshall, Texas. — Dec. 25; 2.30 to 4 p.m. Cloudy; drizzling rain during middle of 

 day; ground bare; wind north, light; temp. 41°. Black Vulture, i; Red-shouldered 

 Hawk, i; White-throated Sparrow, 6; Chipping Sparrow, 59; Slate-colored Junco, 3; 

 Cardinal, i; Myrtle Warbler, 5; Mockingbird, 2; House Wren, 3; Brown Creeper, i; 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Tufted Titmouse, 5; Plumbeous Chickadee, i; Black- 

 capped Chickadee, 5; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 15. Total, 15 species, ioq individuals. — 

 Earl Moffat. 



Taylor, Texas. — Dec. 26; 9 a.m. to 12 m. Cloudy and threatening; ground bare; 

 wind north, 5 miles an hour; temp. 32° to 35°. Woodcock, i; Killdeer, 2; Mourning 

 Dove, 25; Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Burrowing Owl, i; Red-bellied 

 Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 2; Phoebe, i; Horned Lark, 6; Crow, 2; Western Meadowlark 

 (there is a possibility that some were of the eastern species), 45; Grasshopper Sparrow, 

 2; Song Sparrow, 12; Cardinal, 7; White-rumped Shrike, i; Sprague's Pipit, 

 10; Mockingbird, 7; Carolina Wren, 2; House Wren, i; Tufted Titmouse, 2; 

 Plumbeous Chickadee, 4; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 4; Robin, 3; Bluebird, 3. Total, 25 

 species, 147 individuals. — H. Tullsen. 



Coolidge, Kan. (Riverside Farm). — Dec. 26; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clear; ground partly 

 covered by a light snow; wind northwest, 5 miles per hour; temp. 20°. Bob-white, 115; 

 Marsh Hawk, 2; Swainson's Hawk, i; Bald Eagle, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Long-eared 

 Owl, 2; Short-eared Owl, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Red-shafted Flicker, 12; Horned 

 Lark, 450; Magpie, 12; Red-winged Blackbird, 275; Arkansas Goldfinch, 6; Tree Spar- 

 row, 35; Slate-colored Junco, 80; Song Sparrow, 26; Towhee, i; White-rumped Shrike, 

 i; Robin, i. Total, 19 species, 1,024 individuals. — Raymond T. Shanstrom. 



Wichita, Kan. — Dec. 26; 1.30 to 4.30 p.m. Overcast; about i in. of snow; wind 

 southeast, strong; temp. 40°. Bob- white, 8; Marsh Hawk, i; Southern Downy Wood- 

 pecker, 2; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, i; Flicker, 3; Prairie Horned Lark, 75; Crow, 2; 

 Meadowlark, 20; Harris's Sparrow, 35; Tree Sparrow, 8; Slate-colored Junco, 27; 

 Montana Junco. t; Song Sparrow. 4; Towhee, 4; Cardinal, 3; White-rumped Shrike, i; 

 Mockingbird, 2; Brown Creeper, 3; Chickadee, 2; Townsend's Solitaire, i; Bluebird, 2. 

 Total, 21 species, 205 individuals.— Fairmount College Audubon Society. 



Concordia, Mo. — Dec. 25; i to 3 p.m. Cloudy; 4 in. of snow; wind east; temp. 22°. 

 Red-tailed Hawk, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Red-bellied Wood- 

 pecker, i; Flicker, 6; Elue Jay, 9; Goldfinch, 2; Tree Sparrow, 42; Slate-colored 

 Junco, 65; Song Sparrow, 2; Cardinal, 15; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Tufted 

 Titmouse, 5; Chickadee, 11. Total, 14 species, 164 individuals. — Dr. Ferdinand 

 Schreiman. 



Joplin, Mo. (2 miles east). — Dec. 25; 10 a.m. to 12 m. Cloudy; ground covered with 

 ire; wind 35 miles; temp. 16°. Red-tailed Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy 

 Woodpecker, 7; Red-bellied Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 24; Blue Jay, 13; Crow, 37; Gold- 

 finch, 20; Tree Sparrow, 50; Junco, 800; Fox Sparrow, 2; Cardinal, 24; Black-capped 



