No. 123.] REPORT OF STATE ORNITHOLOGIST. 109 



Plymouth County. 



Suffolk County. 



Boston, 



Boston, 

 Jamaica Plain, 



Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory, Berkeley, corner of Boyl- 

 ston Street. 



Boston Normal School, ' 



Children's Museum, Olmstead 

 Park, Forest Hills Street and 

 Peter Parley Road. 



Public: 9 to 4.30 on week days; 

 Sunday, 1 to 4.30. 



Students only. 



Public: weekdays, 9 to 5; Sundays, 

 1.30 to 5; closed Thanksgiving 

 and Christmas. 



Worcester County. 



Fitchburg, 



Lancaster, 

 Leominster, 

 Lunenbtirg, 

 Worcester, 



Worcester, 

 Worcester, 



Public Library Museum, 



Private collection of John E. 



Thayer, Thayer Station. 

 Public Library, .... 



Private collection of Clayton E. 



Stone, High School Building. 

 Green Hill Park (collection of 



birds of Worcester County). 



Worcester Natural History Mu- 

 seum, 12 State Street. 

 State Normal School, ' 



Public: 9 to 5 week days; 1.30 to 

 5 Sundays; closed Fourth of 

 July, Thanksgiving and Christ- 

 mas. 



Public: Monday, Wednesday and 

 Saturday, 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. 



Public: 9 to 9 week days; 1 to 9 

 Sundays and holidays. 



Public: can be seen at any time. 



Public: 2 to 5 every day from May 

 to October; rest of year by ap- 

 pointment. 



PubUc: 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 every 

 week day; not open Sunday. 



Students only. 



1 The collections in the State normal schools are small and are maintained for the use of the 

 pupils and teachers. In some cases other students may have access to them by special arrange- 

 ment with the principal. 



An Inquiry regarding the Decrease of Upland Game 



Birds. 

 Again as in 1907 there has come about an exceeding scarcity 

 of game birds, due mainly, it is believed, to two bad breeding 

 seasons, and also to an increase of their natural enemies, 

 especially during the winters of 1916-17 and 1917-18. Gos- 

 hawks, horned ow^ls and snowy owls probably were driven 

 south in great numbers by a scarcity of rabbits that prevailed 

 in the Hudson Bay region during the two winters in question. 

 They came here hungry and decimated our diminishing stock 

 of bobwhites and grouse. Many grouse were reported killed 

 by foxes during the winter. An inquiry was instituted regard- 



