46 Bird - Lore 



wind southwest, light; temp- 29°. Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, i; Red- 

 headed Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 14; American Crow, 8; American Goldfinch, 8; Tree 

 Sparrow, 20; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Tufted Titmouse, 4; 

 Chickadee, 2. Total, 11 species, 63 individuals. Saw Towhee in wood on Dec. 26. 

 Juncos and Redpolls have not arrived. — Paul M. Morgan. 



Detroit, Mich. — Dec. 21; 11 a.m. to 3.15 p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind northerly, 

 brisk; temp. 30°; distance covered, about four miles along River Rouge. Bob- white, 

 14; Red-shouldered Hawk, 2; Blue Jay, 7; Crow, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; 

 Chickadee, 9; Robin, 2. Total, 7 species, 38 individuals.— Mrs. Jefferson Butler, 

 Mr. Burton Barns, and Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Robinson. 



Detroit, Mich. — Dec. 22; 1.15 to 3.30 p.m. Partly cloudy; ground bare; wind 

 southwest, light; temp. 32°; distance covered, about three miles on Belle Isle. Herring 

 Gull, 7; Downy Woodpecker, 6; Red-headed Woodpecker, 3; Brown Creeper, i; White - 

 breasted Nuthatch, 11; Chickadee, i. Total, 6 species, 29 individuals.^ — Mrs. F. W. 

 Robinson. 



New Buffalo, Mich. — Dec. 26; 8 to 11.30 a.m. and i to 3.30 p.m. Cloudy; ground 

 lightly covered with snow; water of Lake Michigan and Galien River open; moderate 

 northerly wind, diminishing; temp. 29° to 32°; distance covered, twelve miles. Horned 

 Grebe, 3; Herring Gull, 9; Ring-billed Gull, 37; Lesser Scaup, 11; Goldeneye, 10; 

 Bufflehead, 2; Coot, 3; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Red-headed 

 Woodpecker, 8; Blue Jay, 15; Crow, 7; Purple Finch, 4; Tree Sparrow, 85; Junco, i; 

 Towhee, i; Cardinal, 6; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 11. Total, 19 species, 

 219 individuals. Many unidentified gulls and ducks out on the lake. — F. A. Pennington. 



Elkhom, Wis. (Lauderdale and Delavan Lakes and vicinity). — Dec. 21; 9 a.m. to 

 5 P.M. Clear; ground bare; wind northwest, light at time of starting, changing to south- 

 west; temp. 22°. Canada Goose, 125; Wilson's Snipe, 4; Marsh Hawk, 3; Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 6; Red-headed Woodpecker, 5; Prairie Horned Lark, 2; 

 Blue Jay, 6; Crow, 100; Purple Grackle, i; Tree Sparrow, 108; Junco, 4; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 8; Chickadee, 16. Total, 14 species, 391 individuals. — Sarah Tramis, 

 Mabel Beckwith, Constance Beckwith, Lulu Dunbar, Helen Martin and 

 Margaret Austin. (This census gives the combined results of three groups of census 

 takers working in different parts of the same general locality. The ground covered was 

 within a radius of eight or ten miles of Elkhom. A large ntimber of Red-headed Wood- 

 peckers with us this winter. They feed at our lunch counters.) 



Hartland, Wis. — Dec. 23; 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cloudy; ground bare; wind north- 

 east; temp. 30°. Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Red-headed Woodpecker, 5; Blue Jay, 10; 

 Crow, 3; Purple Finch, 5; Tree Sparrow, 4; Junco, 16; Chickadee, 10. Total, 8 species, 

 55 individuals. — Susie L. Simonds. 



Madison, Wis. — Dec. 22; 8 a.m. to 12 m. Cloudy; ground bare; still; temp, about 

 20°. Red-headed Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 2; Tree Sparrow, 25; Junco, 6; 

 Brown Thrasher, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 6. Total, 6 species, 46 

 individuals. Dec. 26: Red- winged Blackbird, 2. — Belle Clarke. 



Verona to Madison, Wis. — Dec. 24; 7.45 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Cloudy; ground bare; 

 still; temp. 30°. Bob-white, 12; Mourning Dove, 10; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy 

 Woodpecker, 7; Red-headed Woodpecker, 5; Blue Jay, 23; Crow, 13; Goldfinch, 60; 

 Snow Bunting, 5; Tree Sparrow, 40; Junco, 13; Song Sparrow, i; Brown Creeper, i; 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, 4; Black-capped Chickadee, 18; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. 

 Total, 16 species, 215 individuals. Additional species seen Dec. 21: Prairie Chicken, 2; 

 Marsh Hawk, 4; Rough-legged Hawk, 4; Prairie Horned Lark, 9. — Norman deW. Betts. 



Sparta, Wis. — Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Clear; ground bare; light south wind; 

 temp. 17°. Bob-white, 20; Ruffed Grouse, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 5; Red-headed 

 Woodpecker, 10; Crow, 31; Blue Jay, 75; Goldfinch, 38; Junco, 22; White-breasted 



