48 Bird - Lore 



Priest River, Idaho (on flat, near the river, mostly timbered). — Dec. i8. Cloudy; about 

 six inches of snow on the ground; calm; temp. 38°. Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker, 

 i; Northern Pileated Woodpecker, i; Black-headed Jay, 2; Rocky Mountain Jay, 3; 

 Crossbill, 20; Redpoll, 2; Western Winter Wren, 2; Chestnut-backed Chickadee, 4. 

 Total, 8 species, 35 individuals. — Joseph Kitteedge, Jr. 



Omaha, Nebr. — i to 4.30 p.m. Clear; ground nearly bare; wind southeast; temp. 

 40° to 34°; five miles. Pigeon Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 6; 

 Prairie Horned Lark, 3; Purple Finch, 25; Goldfinch, 3; Tree Sparrow, 30; Junco, 28; 

 Chickadee, 11. Total, 9 species, 108 individuals. — Solon R. Towne. 



Lennox, S. D., to Sioux Falls, to Canton by train and thence along Sioux River on 

 foot. — Dec. 22; 9 to 10 A.M. and 11.30 A.M. to i p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind, south, 

 light; temp. 25° to 38°. Prairie Chicken, 100; Screech Owl, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; 

 Downy Woodpecker, i; Crow, 6; White-winged Crossbill (?), 12; Pine Siskin, 27; Tree 

 Sparrow, 200; Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 60. Total, 

 II species, 410 individuals. — William B. Mallory. 



Aspen, Colo. — Dec. 24. Altitude, 7,500 feet. Clear and calm; eight and one-half 

 inches of snow; temp, 10° at 10 p.m. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Black-headed Jay, 4; 

 Rocky Mountain Jay, 2. Total, 3 species, 8 individuals. — Mrs. I. L. Logue. 



Denver, Colo. — 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Partly cloudy; thirty inches of snow; south wind, 

 light; temp. 5° to 26° above. Prairie Falcon, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 18; Long-crested 

 Jay, i; Woodhouse's Jay, 3;HouseFinch, 5; Pink-sided Junco, i; Gray-headed Junco, 2; 

 Northern Shrike, i; Rocky Mountain Creeper, i. Total, 9 species, 33 individuals. — 

 W. H. Bergtold. 



Bozeman, Mont. — Dec. 24; 10 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Clear; still; three inches of snow; 

 temp. 15°. Magpie, 18; Western Tree Sparrow, 17; Mountain Song Sparrow, 5; Bohe- 

 mian Waxwing, about 90; Long-tailed Chickadee, 15. Total, 5 species, 145 individuals. 

 — Nelson Lundwall. 



Lashbum, Saskatchewan (latitude 53°). — Dec. 18; 8.40 a.m. to 12.55 p-m. and 1.35 

 to 4.30 P.M. Overcast; one-half inch of snow; temp. 27°. Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse, 

 40; Ruffed Grouse, 4; Snowy Owl, 3; Prairie Horned Lark, i; RedpoU, 40; Snow Bunting, 

 27; Chickadee, i. Total, 7 species, 116 individuals. — S. W. Calvert. 



Okanagan Landing, B. C. (shore of Okanagan Lake and pine covered foothills — 

 18 miles). — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind northeast, light; temp. 22° at 

 8 A.M. Holbcell's Grebe, i; Horned Grebe, 7; Herring Gull, 8; American Merganser, 2; 

 Greater Scaup, 9; American Coot, i; Gray Ruffed Grouse, 3; Northern Pileated Wood- 

 pecker, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 3; Magpie, 10; Clarke's Nutcracker, 4; Pygmy Owl 

 (pinicola), 2; Pine Grosbeak, 3; Pine Siskin, 150; Shufeldt's Junco, 30; Sooty Song Spar- 

 row, 3; Western Winter Wren, i; Rocky Mountain Nuthatch, 17; Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatch, 12; Pygmy Nuthatch, 4; Black-capped Chickadee, 4; Mountain Chickadee, 32; 

 Western Golden-crowned Kinglet, i. Total, 23 species, 310 individuals. Observers in 

 company. Also observed in past two days: California Gull, Canvasback, Columbian 

 Sharp-tailed Grouse, Crow, Black-headed Jay, Western Evening Grosbeak, Western 

 Tree Sparrow, Slate-colored Junco, Northern Waxwing, Goshawk, Saw-whet Owl, 

 and Tree Creeper. — J. A. Munro and Allan Brooks. 



Grandview, Wash. — Dec. 24; 10.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Cloudy; snowy; temp. 32°. 

 Ring-necked Pheasant, 6; Red-bellied Hawk, 2; Spotted Owl, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 

 2; Desert Horned Lark, 15; American Magpie, 6; Cowbird, 10; Red- winged Blackbird, 

 S; Western Meadowlark, 10; Brewer's Blackbird, 35; Willow Goldfinch, 20; Gambel's 

 Sparrow, 35; Western Tree Sparrow, 3; Slate-colored Junco, 15; Oregon Junco, 40; 

 Song Sparrow, 12; Northern Shrike, i; Western Robin, i. Total, 18 species, 213 

 individuals. — Edna M. Perry and Gertrude Gee. 



Ngrtji Yakima, Wash. — Dec. 24; 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. One inch of snow; no windj 



