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Dec. 20th, 1908. Saw 10 Crows, i Fox Sparrow, 3 Tree Spar- 

 rows, 6 Juncos. 



Dec. 2ist. Saw 11 Juncos. These birds were feeding on meal. 

 They have been feeding there three days and more are coming every 

 day. A great many Herring Gulls were in the harbor this morning. 

 Redpolls are very plentiful; saw as many as a dozen flocks, from 4 

 to 50 in a flock, 5 Tree vSparrows, i Vesper Sparrow, 2 Chicka- 

 dees, I Song Sparrow. The reason that these song birds are here 

 is due to so much open weather. I never saw so many at this time 

 of the year since I can remember. It is not an unusual thing to see 

 Juncos, Song Sparrows and Tree Sparrows here in winter, but it is 

 very unusual to see them in flocks. 



Dec. 22nd. Early this morning I saw 4 Juncos under the win- 

 dow eating meal I put there the day before. Next I saw one of the 

 rarest birds that com*e to the island, the Bohemian Waxwing. 

 Three specimens have been seen here this winter, and I have two of 

 them in my collection. This is the second record of this bird being 

 taken on the island. The first was taken by my father, John R, 

 Moses. I don't know the exact date, but it was about fifteen years 

 ago. To-day I saw 19 White-winged Crossbills, i Chickadee, 3 

 Golden-crowned Kinglets and 2 Robins. I was out on the Bank to 

 see the Kittiwakes flying to their feeding ground, off North Head. 

 Any day at this time of the year, when the wind is north or north- 

 west, you can go out here and see Kittiwakes, Razor-billed Auks 

 and Dovekies going in flocks of from 3 to 100. To-day, with the 

 wind northwest, and on the ebb-tide in the morning, there was not 

 one moment that some of these birds were not in sight. I saw nine 

 flocks of Razor-billed Auks, at least 150 birds in all. I also saw a 

 great many Dovekies, 2 Holboell's Grebes and i Black Guillemot. 

 I also saw a Hermit Thrush in company with a Robin. This bird 

 surely had forgotten himself. I was positive of his identity, for the 

 day was cold and the bird was so stupid that I could get within two 

 or three yards of him. I also saw about a dozen Redpolls. 



Dec. 23rd. Very few birds seen to-day, as it was stormy. 1 1 



