Bird -Lore's Fourteenth Christmas Census 29 



6.50 to 10.20 A.M. Overcast; ground bare; wind southeast, strong; temp. 40° to 30°. 

 Point of Pines to Nahant, Mass. — 11.40 a.m. to 3.40 p.m. Same conditions. Great Black- 

 backed Gull, 50; Herring Gull, 2,000; Red-breasted Merganser, 10; Black Duck, 80; 

 American Goldeneye, 25; Old-squaw, 5; Ring-necked Pheasant, 3; Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, i; Northern Flicker, 10; Horned Lark, 30; Blue Jay, 

 i; Crow, 20; Tree Sparrow, 3; Goldfinch, 2; Northern Shrike, i; Black-capped 

 Chickadee, 2; Acadian Chickadee, i; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 9. Total, 19 species, 

 2,255 individuals. — Myles P. Baker and Henry M. Spelman, Jr. (Morning trip 

 taken with Howard M. Forbes.) 



Cohasset, Mass. (BlackRock Station to Sandy Cove). — Dec. 25; 10 a.m. to 12.15 

 P.M. Cloudy; ground bare; wind northeast, light; temp. 40°. Loon, i; Herring Gull, 75; 

 Old-squaw, i; American Scoter, 7; White-winged Scoter, 5; Brant, 30; Ring-necked 

 Pheasant, i; Flicker, 5; Crow, 8; Purple Finch, 20; Tree Sparrow, 4; Cedar Wax- 

 wing 8; Myrtle Warbler, 6; Brown Creeper, i; Chickadee, 25. Total, 15 species, 197 

 individuals. — Edmund and Lidian E. Bridge. 



Dighton, Mass. — Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to 12 m. Cloudy; ground bare; wind northeast, 

 light; temp. 40°. Black Duck, 2; a V of 17 Canada Geese honking due south; Wood- 

 cock, i; Ruffed Grouse, 2; Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 6; Crow, 40; 

 Goldfinch, 25; White-throated Sparrow, 18; Tree Sparrow, 8; Junco, 25; Song Sparrow, 

 10; Myrtle Warbler, 30; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 30; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 4. Total, 17 species, 221 individuals. The Geese were observed at Bourne, 

 Mass., Christmas Eve, by C. L. P. — F. Seymour Hersey and Charles L. Phillips. 

 (We covered nearly the same ground, keeping well together, while making above list.) 



East Carver, Mass. — Dec. 25; 7 to 10 a.m. Cloudy; ground bare; wind northwest, 

 medium; temp. 45°. Canada Goose, 52; Bob-white, 6; Ruffed Grouse, 2; Screech Owl, 

 i; Kingfisher, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 2; Blue Jay, 15; Crow, 23; Purple 

 Finch, i; American Crossbill, 18; American Goldfinch, 12; Tree Sparrow, 5; Junco, 12; 

 Song Sparrow, i; Fox Sparrow, i; Myrtle Warbler, 45; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 50; 

 Chickadee, 15; Brown Creeper, 3; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 18; Robin, 5. Total, 22 

 species, 289 individuals. — Lester E. Pratt. 



Ipswich, Mass. (Castle Hill, beach and dunes). — Dec. 27; 9.45 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. 

 Clear; ground lightly covered with snow; wind northeast, strong; temp. 26°. Horned 

 Grebe, i; Loon, i; Dovekie, ?; Kittiwake, 5; Black-backed Gull, 4; Herring Gull, 30; 

 Red-breasted Merganser, 12; Black Duck, 1,000; American Golden-eye, 3; Old-squaw, 2; 

 Canada Goose, 7; Brant, 25; Pheasant, 3; Rough-legged Hawk, i; Northern Flicker, 3; 

 Horned Lark, 12; American Crow, 100; Meadowlark, i; American Crossbill, i; Redpoll, 

 i; Snow Bunting, 80; Lapland Longspur, i; Ipswich Sparrow,3; Tree Sparrow, 24; Junco, 

 8; Song Sparrow, i; Northern Shrike, i; Myrtle Warbler, 24; Chickadee, 18; Acadian 

 Chickadee, 3; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 31 species, 1,369 individuals. — 

 Annie W. Cobb, Alice O. Jump and Lidian E. Bridge. 



Leominster, Mass. — Dec. 25; 7.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Cloudy; ground bare, with 

 patches of snow; no wind; temp. 38°. Herring Gull, 2; Pigeon Hawk, 2; Blue Jay, 2; 

 Crow, 150; Redpoll, 25; Goldfinch, 125; Tree Sparrow, 10; Northern Shrike, i; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 5. Total, 10 species, 323 individuals. — Edwin Rus- 

 sell Davis. 



Pittsfield, Mass. — Dec. 20; 10.25 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Clear; ground partly covered 

 with snow; ponds frozen over; wind southwest, very light; temp. 28°. Black Duck, 16; 

 Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 2; Starling, 11; White-winged Crossbill, i; 

 Redpoll, 114; Tree Sparrow, 3; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chick- 

 adee, 14. Total, II species, 166 individuals. On Dec. 6 before the ponds froze over I 

 noted Holboell's Grebe, 2; Merganser, 10; Black Duck, i6; Canvasback, 6; Scaup, 24; 

 Goldeneye, 5; Bufflehead, i. — Barron Brainerd. 



