Bird-Lore's Twenty-first Christmas Census 21 



Blue-headed Vireo, i; Black and white Warbler, 9; Myrtle Warbler, 3; Yellow- throated 

 Warbler, 6; Palm Warbler, 22; Yellow Palm Warbler, 18; Oven-bird, i; Florida Yellow- 

 throat, i; Mockingbird, 19; Brown Thrasher, i; Florida Wren, 4; House Wren, 7; 

 Tufted Titmouse, 8; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 14; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 50; Robin, i; 

 Bluebird, S3- Total, 58 species, 557 individuals. — Beryl T., Lewis H., and Eugene 

 Mounts and Oscar E. Baynard. 



Pensacola, Fla. — Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Weather clear and cool; ground clear 

 of snow and ice; wind 20 miles, from northeast. Walk along shores of bay and through 

 partly cleared scrub pine growth. Pied-billed Grebe, 3; Loon, 3; Herring Gull, 60; 

 Ring-billed Gull, i; Laughing Gull, i; Bonaparte Gull, 2; Florida Cormorant, i; Red- 

 breasted Merganser, 14; Killdeer, 4; Mourning Dove, 2; Turkey Vulture, 2; Kingfisher, 2; 

 Red-bellied Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 5; Whip-poor-will, i; Phoebe, 4; Blue Jay, 10; 

 Fish Crow, 5; White-throated Sparrow, 10; Swamp Sparrow, i; Cardinal, 2; Towhee, 12; 

 Loggerhead Shrike, i; Myrtle Warbler, (about) 125; Pine Warbler, 6; Palm Warbler, 3; 

 Maryland Yellow-throat, 2; Titlark, 6; Mockingbird, 6; Catbird, i; Carolina Wren, i; 

 House Wren, 4; Tufted Titmouse, i; Brown-headed Nuthatch, 4; Ruby-crowned King- 

 let, 8; Hermit Thrush, i; Bluebird, 9. Total, 37 species, 324 individuals.- — Francis M. 

 Weston, Jr. 



Miami, Fla. — Dec. 22; 9 a.m. to 12 m. (in city limits), 2 to 6 p.m. (at Miami beach). 

 Partly cloudy; wind southeast; temp. 76° at start, 78° at return. Herring Gull, 50; 

 Ring-billed Gull, 30; Bonaparte Gull, 20; Royal Tern, 15; Florida Cormorant, i; 

 Brown Pelican, 100; Sea Duck (?), 300-}-; Black-crowned Night Heron, 20; Semi- 

 palmated Sandpiper, 5; Spotted Sandpiper, 4; Sanderling, 50; Killdeer, ioo-|-; Florida 

 Bob-white, 65 (4 coveys); Mourning Doves, 150; Ground Dove, 45; Turkey Vulture, 50; 

 Black Vulture, 12; Red-shouldered Hawk, 4; Sparrow Hawk, 20; Osprey, 4; Kingfisher, 

 3; Southern Hairy Woodpecker, 3; Downy Woodpecker, i; Red-headed Woodpecker, i; 

 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 12; Flicker, 11; Whip-poor-will, 5 (heard several); Ruby- 

 throated Hummingbird, 3; Crested Flycatcher, i; Phoebe, 25; Florida Blue Jay, 10; 

 Meadowlark, 13; Florida Grackle, 250-I-; Red-eyed Towhee, 3; Florida Cardinal, 15; 

 Tree Swallow. 25; Loggerhead Shrike, 29; Blue-headed Vireo, 8; Worm-eating Warbler, i 

 (was within 4 feet of it); Yellow-throated Warbler, 3; Pine Warbler, 50+; Palm and 

 Yellow Palm Warblers, 300-I-; Prairie Warbler, 10; Florida Yellow-throat, 20; Mocking- 

 bird, 100; Catbird, 150; House Wren, 150; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 48. Total, 49 species, 

 2,535+ individuals. Dec. 21, Florida Wren, 3; Brown Thrasher, i; Brown-headed 

 Nuthatch, 10; Winter Wren, i; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 5; Oven-bird, 3; Red-cockaded 

 Woodpecker, 7. — Edgar Bedell. 



Detroit, Mich, (eastern suburbs and Belle Isle Park). — Dec. 24; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

 Cloudy; trace of snow; wind west, brisk; temp. 24°. Herring Gull, 75; Greater Scaup, 14; 

 Ring-necked Duck, 4; Hairy Woodpecker, 8; Downy Woodpecker, 4; Prairie Horned 

 Lark, i; Crow, 7; Tree Sparrow, 125 (flock); Slate-colored Junco, 12; Song Sparrow, 2; 

 Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 8; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 15. Total, 

 13 species, 276 individuals. — Ralph Beebe. 



Detroit, Mich. (Belle Isle and river front). — Dec. 27; 8 to 12 a.m., 2 to 4 p.m. Clear; 

 ho wind; 4 in. of new-fallen snow; temp. 30° to 38°. Herring Gull, 22; Ring-billed Gull, 

 12; Merganser, 8; Red-breasted Merganser, 4; Bufflehead, 12; Golden-eye, 50; Barrow's 

 Golden-eye, 10; Cooper's Hawk, i; Screech Owl, 2; Horned Owl, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 

 i; Downy Woodpecker, 8; Crow, i; Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 12; 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 16 species, 148 individuals. — Etta S. Wilson. 



Ann Arbor, Mich. — Dec. 26; 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Cloudy; snowing all day; 2 in. of 

 snow; wind east, light; temp. 26° to 30°. Observers together. Bob- white, 2; Marsh 

 Hawk, I (male) ; Long-eared Owl, i (two have been seen repeatedly in the same evergreen 

 thicket for several weeks); Hairy Woodpecker, 4; Downy Woodpecker, 5; Flicker, i; 



