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Blue Jays, 3 ; Crows, 28 ; White-breasted Nuthatch, i ; small Spar- 

 row-like bird, unidentified; English Sparrows, 18 ; Goshawk, i ; 

 Flicker, i ; Gulls, many didn't count; Ducks, many not counted or 

 identified; Myrtle Warblers, 7; Chickadees, 17. 



Dec. 28th, fair and mild. Whistlers, 7; White-winged Scoters 

 and Old Squaws, 85 ; lyoons, 2 ; Herring Gulls, 108 ; Black-backed 

 Gulls, 9; Mergansers, 11 ; Song Sparrow, i; Tree Sparrows, 15; 

 Chickadees, 3 ; Brown Creeper, i ; Blue Jay, i ; Partridge, i ; 

 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 8 ; Crows, many not counted ; Gold- 

 finches, 17; Pine Siskins, 11. 



Dec, 29th, fair and warm. American Goldfinches, 23 ; Robins, 

 2 ; Myrtle Warblers, 13 ; Downy Woodpecker, i ; Tree Sparrows, 

 5 ; Golden-crowned Kinglets, 7 ; Shrike, i ; Robin, i ; Chickadees, 

 2 ; Partridges, 2 ; Blue Jays, 3 ; Sparrow Hawk, i ; Herring Gulls, 

 80; Black-backed Gulls, 9 ; Kittiwakes, 15 ; Crows, 18 ; Loons, 2 ; 

 Old Squaws, 23 ; many Ducks not near enough to identify. 



Dec. 30th, heavy rain storm. Gulls, seen from window, 85 ; 

 Crows, 17; White-breasted Nuthatch, I ; Chickadee, i ; Song Spar- 

 row, I. 



Dec. 31st. Gulls, 58 ; Crows, 27 ; Tree Sparrows, 12 ; Ameri- 

 can Goldfinches, 33 ; Downy Woodpecker, i. 



N. W. IvERMOND. 



Observations at Warren, Maine: 



Birds seem to be unusually scarce. I spent a good part of the 

 29th out looking for them for your bird census, with this result : 

 Crows, quite plenty ; Blue Jay, i ; Herring Gulls, 2 over Georges 

 River ; Saw-whet Owl, i ; Downy Woodpecker, i ; Black-capped 

 Chickadees, a few; Ruffed Grouse, 2. 



J. Merton Swain. 



List of birds observed by J. Merton Swain in different Maine 

 counties. 



I went to Boston and did not return till Monday, Dec. 30th, so 

 my opportunity to assist on the bird census was rather slim. Dur- 



