30 Bird - Lore 



Randolph, Mass. — Dec. 23; 9 a.m. to 12.15 P-m. Cloudy; ground bare; wind 

 southeast, light; temp. 40°. Canada Goose (?), 50; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 7; Pine Gros- 

 beak, 8; Tree Sparrow, 8, Northern Shrike, i; Chickadee, 10. Two Myrtle Warblers 

 were seen later in the day. Total, 7 species, 87 individuals. — Howard K. Rowe. 



SheflSeld, Mass. — Dec. 26; 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Two inches of snow on the 

 ground and snowing steadily all morning; wind northeast shifting to northwest; temp. 

 32°. Ruffed Grouse, i; American Crow, i; Blue Jay, i; Pine Grosbeak, 25 (i mature 

 male); Tree Sparrow, 25; Chickadee, 15. Total, 6 species, about 68 individuals. — Hamil- 

 ton Gibson, Paul van Dyke and Tertius van Dyke. 



West Medford, Mass. (through Middlesex Fells to Melrose). — Dec. 21; 8.30 to 

 11.45 A.M. Clear; ground bare; wind light, southwest; temp. 45°. Herring Gull, 3; 

 American Merganser, 75; Black Duck and Red-legged Black Duck, 500; Ring-necked 

 Pheasant, 2; Sparrow Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Northern Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 8; 

 Crow, 15; American Crossbill, i; Redpoll, 8; Goldfinch, 2; Tree Sparrow, i; Song Spar- 

 row, 2; Brown Creeper, 2; Red-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 14; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 3. Total, 17 species, 652 individuals. — Lidian E. Bridge. 



Glocester, R. I. — 8 a.m. to 12 m. Cloudy; ground bare; wind north, light; temp. 32°. 

 Flicker, i; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 2; Tree Sparrow, i; Chickadee, 4. Total, 5 species, 9 

 individuals. — J. Irving Hill. 



Providence, R. I. — Dec. 21; 11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Clear; ground bare; temp. 46°. 

 Hairy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, i; White-throated Sparrow, i; Junco, i; 

 Song Sparrow, 4; Winter Wren, i; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; 

 Chickadee, 6. Total, 10 species, 23 individuals. — Edward D. Keitly. 



Warwick, R. I. — Dec. 25; 9.20 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Cloudy; ground bare; wind light, 

 northeast; temp. 40°. Herring Gull, 19; Scaup, 356; Flicker, 17; Blue Jay, 7; American 

 Crow, 27; Starling, 200; Meadowlark, 9; Purple Finch, 7; Pine Siskin, 31; Tree Sparrow, 

 107; Song Sparrow, i; Myrtle Warbler, 295; Chickadee, 48; Acadian Chickadee, i 

 (second record for Rhode Island). Total, 14 species, 1,125 individuals. — Harry S. 

 Hathaway. 



Woonsocket, R. I. — Dec. 25; 8.30 to 11 a.m. Cloudy; ground bare; wind north to 

 east, very light; temp. 30° to 34°. Blue Jay, 15; Crow, 16; Tree Sparrow, 2; Goldfinch, 5; 

 Chickadee, 7; Golden-crowned Kinglet, i. Total, 6 species, 46 individuals. — Clarence 

 M. Arnold. 



Bristol, Conn. — Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to 4.10 p.m. Overcast; hazy; later entirely clouded; 

 dark day; rain at 5.30; dead calm; ground bare; temp. ^^°; 39° at return. Birds unusually 

 quiet. Black Duck, 35; Canada Goose, 3; Ruflfed Grouse, 5; Hairy Woodpecker, i; 

 Downy Woodpecker, 3 ; Blue Jay, 45 ; Crow, 9 ; Starling, 33 ; Tree Sparrow, 1 8 ; Junco, 2 ; Song 

 Sparrow, i; Northern Shrike, 2; Winter Wren, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chicka- 

 dee, 5. Total, 15 species, 165 individuals. — Royal W. Ford and Frank Bruen. 



Glastonbury, Conn. (Connecticut River and adjacent meadow). — Dec. 25. Cloudy; 

 ground bare; temp. 35° to 45°. Herring Gull, 11; Mallard, 12; Black Duck, 400; Ruffed 

 Grouse, 2; Red-tailed Hawk, i; Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy 

 Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 2; Blue Jay, 11; Crow, 1,000; Starling, 200; Goldfinch, i; Tree 

 Sparrow, 20; Song Sparrow, i; Junco, i; Northern Shrike, i; Brown Creeper, 2; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 4; Chickadee, 12. Total, 19 species, 1,686 individuals. — A. W. 

 SuGDEN and L. W. Ripley. 



Hartford, Conn. — Dec. 25; 7 to 10 a.m. Cloudy; heavy frost; ground bare; no wind; 

 temp. 29°. Herring Gull, 10; Goldeneye, i; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, i; 

 Downy Woodpecker, 6; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 1,000; Starling, 100; Purple Finch, 5; Gold- 

 finch, 25; Tree Sparrow, 250; Junco, 8; Song Sparrow, 5; Brown Creeper, 5; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 4; Chickadee, 25; Golden-crowned Kinglet, i. Total, 17 species, 

 1,450 individuals. A pair of Acadian Chickadees and several large flocks of Pine Siskins 



