Bird-Lore's Twenty-first Christmas Census 5 



Fifteen miles on foot. Herring Gull, 158; Canada Ruffed Grouse, 2; Downy Wood- 

 pecker, i; Crow, 20; Chickadee, 4. Total, 5 species, about 185 individuals. — Weston 

 Walch. 



Goffstown, N. H. (to Summit Uncanoonuc Mts. via Shirley Hill and return). — 

 Dec. 26; II A.M. to 4.30 P.M. Cloudy; ground bare in open, crusty snow and ice in woods; 

 wind south, very light; temp. 15° at start, 13° at return. Eight miles on foot. Ruffed 

 Grouse, 4; Downy Woodpecker, i; Tree Sparrow, 50; Slate-colored Junco, 30; Chickadee, 

 5; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6. Total, 6 species, about 96 individuals. — Maurice E. 

 Blaisdell. 



Wilton, N. H. — Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to 12 m. Clear; no snow; brisk west wind; temp. 22° 

 to 25°. Downy Woodpecker, 3; Starling, 4; Goldfinch, 4 (one flock); Junco, 8 (one flock); 

 Brown Creeper, i; Northern Shrike, 2; Chickadee, 5 (one flock). Total, 7 species, 27 

 individuals. Dec. 26, Golden-crowned Kinglet, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 2; and Tree Sparrows, 12. — George G. Blanchard. 



Wells River, Vt. (from Wells River on first range of hills back to the Connecticut 

 River toward Newbury, returning on bank of river). — Dec. 28; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Flurries 

 of snow alternated with sunshine; 10 in. snow on ground; light northwest wind; temp. 22° 

 at start, 30° at close. 10 miles on foot. Merganser, 8; Golden-eye, 6; Ruffed Grouse, i; 

 Downy Woodpecker, 2; Northern Pileated Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 4; 

 Redpoll, 40 (two flocks); Slate-colored Junco, 3; Chickadee, 10 (two flocks); Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 11 species, 81 individuals. — Wendell P. Smith. 



Bennington, Vt. — Dec. 26; 8 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Sky covered all over with a thin 

 layer of clouds; ground bare; wind north, light; temp. 8° at start, 18° at return. Six- 

 mile walk. Ruffed Grouse, 9; Downy Woodpecker, i; Horned Lark, 3; Blue Jay, 6; 

 Crow, 11; Starling, 50+; Pine Siskin, 16; Tree Sparrow, 75-^; Northern Shrike, i; 

 Chickadee, 8. Total, 10 species, i8o-|- individuals. The absence of Nuthatches is very 

 unusual. — Dr. and Mrs. Lucretius H. Ross. 



Newbury, Mass. — Dec. 26; 1.45 to 4.15 p.m. Cloudy; ground bare; wind southeast, 

 very light; temp. 20° at start, 18° at return. Herring Gull, i; Old Squaw, 2; Ruffed 

 Grouse, i; Flicker, i; American Crow, (about) 400; Chickadee, 3. Total, 6 species, 

 (about) 408 individuals. — Henry Curtis Ahl. 



Lyim, Mass. (to Marblehead Neck and return). — Dec. 26; 10.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Clear; 

 ground bare; wind west, light; temp. 13°. Observers together. Partly by trolley car. 

 Holboell's Grebe, 3; Horned Grebe, 6; Loon, i; Black Guillemot, 2; Black-backed Gull, i; 

 Herring Gull, 400 -f- (est.); Cormorant, 3; Red-breasted Merganser, 39; Golden-eye, 61; 

 Old Squaw, 3; Scoter, 5; Ring-necked Pheasant, 2; Flicker, 7; Crow, 6; Snowflake, 10; 

 Northern Shrike, i; Robin, i. Total, 17 species, 551+ individuals. — Edmund and 

 LiDiAN E. Bridge. 



Lynn, Mass. (Lynn Beach, around Little Nahant and Nahant and back). — Dec. 24; 

 9.30 A.M. to 2 P.M. Cloudy, clearing toward noon; ground bare; wind southwest; temp. 

 35° at start, 33° at return. Nine miles on foot. Observers together. Holboell's Grebe, 

 4; Horned Grebe, 2; Dovekie, i; Black-backed Gull, 3; Herring Gull, 1,000 or more; 

 Red-breasted Merganser, i; Golden-eye, 25; Bufflehead, 61; Old Squaw, 10; American 

 Scoter, 11; White-winged Scoter, 8; Horned Lark, 7; Crow, 10; Starling, (about) 100; 

 Total, 14 species, (about) 1,250 individuals. Dovekie seen very near shore; probably 

 driven in by storm or slightly injured. — Grace K. Earle and Osborne Earle. 



Boston, Mass. (Franklin Park, Arnold Arborettmi and vicinity). — Dec. 24; 10 a.m. 

 to 4 P.M. Cloudy; wind west, light; temp. 40° at start, 35° at return. Observers together. 

 Herring Gull, 50; Ring-necked Pheasant, 5; Sparrow Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; 

 Downy Woodpecker, i ; Northern Flicker, 6; Crow, 65; Starling, 4; Slate-colored Junco, y 

 Brown Creeper, 2; Chickadee, 20; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 12. Total, 12 species, 174 

 individuals. — Geckos MacDonald and Chandles Brooks. 



