Bird -Lore's Fourteenth Christmas Census 27 



Starlings have been really prevalent in the Philadelphia and Boston regions, and 

 one flock has reached Bennington, Vermont. Santa Barbara, California, with 

 a hst of 96 species, takes the lead as in previous years. 



This year, it was deemed desirable to exclude a number of the lists submitted 

 usually because — considering the locality — the time spent afield, or the number 

 of birds seen, showed the list to be not at all fairly representative of the Christ- 

 mas time bird-life of the region. 



As usual, some observers paid so little attention to the request as to arrange- 

 ment that their lists had to be entirely rewritten. In the absence of a specific 

 date it is assumed that the census was made on Christmas Day. — C. H. R. 



Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. — Dec. 23; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clear; overcast in late p.m.; 

 ground bare; wind variable, very light; temp, at sunrise, 19°. Old-squaw, i; Ruffed 

 Grouse, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Northern Raven, 4; Crow, 

 46; Junco, 8; Song Sparrow, 4; Myrtle Warbler, 10; Chickadee, 15; Acadian Chickadee, 

 4; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5. Total, 12 species, 103 individuals. — Harrison F. Lewis 

 and E. Chesley Allen. 



Amprior, Ont. — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cloudy; ten inches of snow; wind east, light; temp. 

 27° to 31°. American Goldeneye, i (female); Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Wood- 

 pecker, 2; Blue Jay, i; American Crow, i; Evening Grosbeaks, heard; Purple Finch, 

 i; Redpoll, 6; American Goldfinch, 18; Snow Bunting, 20; Brown Creeper, 2; Black- 

 capped Chickadee, 19. Total, 12 species, 72 individuals. — Liguori Gormley and 

 Charles Macnamara. 



London, Ont. (vicinity of). — Dec. 20; 2.30 to 5.30 p.m. Sky overcast, light rather 

 bad; ground barely covered with snow; wind, light, southwest; temp. 34°. Herring Gull, 

 i; Scaup, sp. (female), i; Ruffed Grouse, i; Cooper's Hawk, i; Kingfisher, i; Blue Jay, 

 i; Crow, 19; Redpoll, 3; Junco, 20; Brown Creeper, 5; White-breasted Nuthatch, 5; 

 Chickadee, 28; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 4. Total, 13 species, 90 individuals. Other 

 species seen recently: Bronzed Crackle, Pine Grosbeak, American Crossbill, Snow 

 Bunting (1,000), Cardinal (pair), Northern Shrike, Robin. — C. G. Watson, J. A. 

 Cameron, M. Dale, and J. F. Calvert. 



Millbrook, Ont. — Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. Six inches of snow on ground; wind 

 northeast; temp. 32°. Great Blue Heron, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 

 i; Blue Jay, 3; Chickadee, 6; Robin, 5. Total, 6 species, 17 individuals. A flock of Wild 

 Geese seen flying South ten days ago, many northern lakes being still open. — Sam Hunter. 



Port Dover, Ont. — Dec. 26; 10 a.m. to 12.45 P-M- Cloudy; ground covered with 

 three or four inches of snow; wind north to northeast, fresh; temp. 23°. Downy Wood- 

 pecker, i; American Crow, 7; Bronzed Grackle, i; Pine Siskin, flock of 125; Junco, 23; 

 Song Sparrow, i (heard); Winter Wren, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 11; 

 (iolden-crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 10 species, about 174 individuals. — Arthur W. 

 Preston. 



Norway, Maine. — Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to 12 m. Overcast; twelve inches of snow; wind 

 east, light; temp. 32°. Woodpecker, i (heard); Blue Jay, 10; Evening Grosbeak, 14 

 (5 males, 9 females, at South Paris; this flock has been seen several times about the 

 sumacs just preceding the 2Sth); Pine Grosbeaks, 16; Hoary Redpoll, 2; Redpoll, 100; 

 Greater Redpoll, i; Goldfinch, i; Tree Sparrow, 6; Northern Shrike, i; Red-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 20; Acadian Chickadee, 2. (Have seen this bird only once 

 before this year, and then only one; have seen these two several times this fall and can 

 always distinguish their note from that of the common Chickadee.) Total, 14 species, 

 277 individuals. — Freelanp Howe, Jr, 



