﻿16 Bird -Lore 



Bufflehead, 8. Total, 5 species, 122 individuals. Back Bay Fens: Black Duck, 5; 

 Red-legged Black Duck, 73; Mallard, 1; Flicker, 6; American Crow, 1; Tree Sparrow, 

 2; Song Sparrow, 5; Chickadee, 3; Robin, 1. Total, 9 species, 97 individuals. Jamaica 

 Pond: Black Duck, 38; Redhead, 1 drake; Flicker 3; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 3. Total, 5 

 species, 47 individuals. Note: December 27. Mocking Bird, 1. Fresh Pond: Herring 

 Gull, 2; American Merganser, 2; Red-legged Black Duck, 90; Canvasback, 1 drake. 

 Total, 4 species, 95 individuals. — Horace W. Wright and Gordon B. Wellman. 



Lynn Beach and Nahant, Mass. — December 26 ; time, 9.45 A. m. to 4.15 p. m Clear ; 

 bare ground; wind west, light; temp , 32 . Horned Grebe, 1; Loon, 2; Red-throated 

 Loon, 1; Great Black-backed Gull, 24; Herring Gull, 1,200; Red-breasted Merganser, 

 30; American Golden-eye, 24; Bufflehead, 8; Old Squaw, 18; White-winged Scoter, 

 16; Surf Scoter, 3; Shore Lark, n ; American Crow, 104; Song Sparrow, 2. Total, 14 

 species, 1,444 individuals. — Gordon B. Wellman and Horace W. Wright. 



Ipswich Beach (and road to it), Mass. — December 21; time, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

 Rather strong west wind ; little snow on ground ; fair; temp., 45 . Red-throated Loon, 1 ; 

 Kittiwake, 1 ; Black-backed Gull, 18 ; Herring Gull, 350 ; Red-breasted Merganser, 400; 

 Black Duck, 6; White-winged Scoter, 8; Sparrow Hawk, 1 ; Downy Woodpecker, 1; 

 Shore Lark, 9; Crow, 118; Meadowlark, 1; Chickadee, 18. Total, 13 species, 880 

 individuals. — C. Bosson. 



Squantum and Moon Island, Mass. — December 28; time, 9 A. M. to 12 M. Clear; 

 ground bare; wind west, light; temp., 37 to 53 . Great Black-backed Gull, 2; Herring 

 Gull, 175; Red-breasted Merganser, 8 ; American Scaup Duck, 200; American Golden-eye, 

 225; Bufflehead, 22; Old Squaw, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 1; Flicker, 1; American Crow, 1; 

 Snow Bunting, 60. Total, n species, 697 individuals. —Sargent H. Wellman, Horace . 

 W. Wright and Gordon B. Wellman. 



Taunton, Mass. — December 26; time, 9.15 a. m. to 2.40 p. m. Clear; ground bare; 

 wind southwest, strong; temp., 26 . Ruffed Grouse, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 

 6; Blue Jay, 15; Crow, 30; Meadowlark, 3 ; Tree Sparrow, 42;Junco, 97; Song Sparrow, 

 3; Myrtle Warbler, 1; Chickadee, 17; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3; Robin, 1. Total, 

 13 species, 222 individuals. December 16, we saw a Vesper Sparrow. Two Robins were 

 seen Christmas Day. — Edith M. Hodgman and Lucy B. Bliss. 



Providence, R. I. — December 27; time, 12 M. to 2.30 p. m. Partly overcast; ground 

 bare; wind west, light; temp., 40 . American Crow, 9 ; Junco, 40; Chickadee, 5 ; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 8 Total, 4 species, 62 individuals — Anna E. Cobb. 



Woonsocket, R. I.— December 24; time, 10 A. m. to 11.30 a. m. Clear; ground 

 bare; wind northwest, very strong; temp., 32 to 34 . Blue Jay, 3 ; Song Sparrow, 1; 

 Goldfinch, Hock of 30 ; Brown Creeper, 2. Total. 4 species, 36 individuals. — Clarence 

 M. Arnold. 



Woonsocket, R. I. — December 26; time, 1.45 P. m. to 3.30 p. M. Clear; ground 

 bare; wind southwest, light; temp., 34 to 30 . Five miles, along roads and through 

 fields and woods. Saw only 1 bird, a Crow. — C. M. Arnold and A. Feely. 



Glocester, R. I. — Time, 10.30 a. m. to 2.1s p. m. Clear ; patches of snow on ground ; 

 wind southwest, light; temp., 25 . Ruffed Grouse, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Blue 

 Jay, 5; American Crow, 7; Tree Sparrow, 12; Junco, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; 

 Chickadee, 5. Total, 8 species, 40 individuals. — J. Irving Hill. 



New London, Conn. — December 26; time, 11. 15 A. M. to 1.15 P. M., 3 P. m. to 4 

 p. m. Clear; ground bare ; wind west, light, strong in p. m.; temp., 33 to 38 . Herring 

 Gull, 41 ; Sparrow Hawk, 1 ; Crow, 3; Goldfinch, 18; Junco, 21 ; Song Sparrow 1 ; 

 Northern Shrike, 1; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 9; Brown Creeper, 4. 

 Total, 10 species, 100 individuals. — Frances M. Graves. 



New Haven, Conn. — Time, 9.15 A. M. to 11.45 A - M - Bright sunshine; wind, very 

 Jight, southwest; temp., 33 . Herring Gull, 14; Red-tailed Hawk, 2; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 



