Bulletin Xo. 24. 5 



seventeen individuals this winter, in a wood just out of Oberlin. It is 

 altogether inexplicable why they should have chosen this particular 

 season in which to brave the climate, for the winter came on with early 

 and unmistakable warning. 



The following birds comprise the day's horizon — twenty-two species in 



Bob- whites. 



Sparrow Hawk. 



Pigeon Hawk. 



Barred Owl. 



Hairy Woodpeckers. 



Downy Woodpeckers. 



Red -headed Woodpeckers. 



Red-bellied Woodpeckers. 



Flickers. 



Crows, 3. 



Blue Jays, 20. 



Bald Eagles. 

 Horned Larks, 6. 

 Goldfinches. 

 Song Sparrows. 

 Tree Sparrows. 

 Tufted Titmice. 

 White-breasted Nuthatches. 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Chickadees. 

 Brown Creepers. 

 Bluebird. 

 W. L. Dawson, Oberliyi, Ohio. 



DECEMBER HORIZONS. 



GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS. 



Northern Shrike. — Not infrequently seen during the month. 



Tree Sparrow, — Not uncommon in the woods. 



Downy Woodpecker. — Met with in woods. 



Hairy Woodpecker. — Met with in woods. 



American Rough-legged Hawk.— Seen several times soaring overhead. 



White-breasted Nuthatch. — Not uncommon. 



American Crow. — December 11. 108 Crows in two battalions of about 

 fifty birds each going north-west at 3:15 p. m. This latter, however, is 

 an every day occurrence during the winter roosting season of the Crow 

 In the early forenoon they pass over the village in a south-easterly 

 direction, but in smaller companies, of from four to six individuals and 

 upwards, and even single birds. There is said to be a small roost east 

 of Elgin, fifteen miles north-west from here. 



Blue Jay. — Always in evidence. 



Horned Lark. — Occasionally seen in the fields. 



