The Christmas Bird Census 25 



BOSTON, MASS. (ARNOLD ARBORETUM) 



December 23, 9.15 to 3.15. Cloudy; wind, southwest, light; temp., 34 to 38 . 



Bob White, 33 ; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 ; Downy Woodpecker, 1 ; Flicker, 3 ; Blue 

 Jay, 19; Crow, 15; Goldfinch, 2: White-throated Sparrow, 2; Tree Sparrow, 14; 

 Junco, 17; Song Sparrow, 8; Northern Shrike, 1; Myrtle Warbler, 2; Brown Creeper, 

 3; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5; Chickadee, 4. Total, 16 species, 130 individuals. (On 

 December 9, a female Red-winged Blackbird was seen upon the snow among tall grasses 

 bordering a water-course feeding upon the seeds.) — Horace W. Wright. 



CAMBRIDGE, ARLINGTON, AND BELMONT, MASS. 



December 26, 8.45 to 4.45. Clear; wind, westerly, very light; temp., 35 . 



Herring Gull, 450 (Fresh Pond, Cambridge, 300; still coming inat 9.30 A. M.); 

 Ruffed Grouse, 1; Marsh Hawk, 1; small Hawk (probably Sparrow Hawk), 1; Downy 

 Woodpecker, 1; Flicker, 6; Blue Jay, 4-5; Crow, 18-20; Purple Finch, 1; Goldfinch, 

 3-4; Tree Sparrow, 20-25; J unco . x 9; Song Sparrow, 10-12; Winter Wren, 1; Brown 

 Creeper, 3; Red-breasted Nuthatch, r; Chickadee, 20; Golden -crowned Kinglet, 13. 

 Total, 17 species, 563 individuals. 



On December 17 one of us saw a Hermit Thrush in the Harvard Botanical Gardens, 

 Cambridge, and on December 18, 4 Red-winged Blackbirds, 14 Meadowlarks, and 1 

 Rusty Blackbird in the marshes around Fresh Pond, Cambridge. — Howard M. Turner 

 and Richard T. Eustis. 



FRESH POND MARSHES, WREN ORCHARD, BELMONT SPRINGS, AND 

 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, MASS. 



December 26, 8.15 to 3.45. 



Black-back Gull, 1 ; Herring Gull, 150; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 6; Blue 

 Jay, 5; Crow, 19; Cowbird, or Red-winged Blackbird, 2; Purple Finch, 2; Gold- 

 finch, 74; Tree Sparrow, 58; Junco, 47; Song Sparrow, 17; Swamp Sparrow, 2; Long- 

 billed Marsh Wren, 1; Brown Creeper, 3; Chickadee, 12; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6; 

 Robin, 32. Total, 19 species, 441 individuals. — Arthur C. Comey. 



WORCESTER, MASS. 



Time, 10 A. M. to 3 p. M. Cloudy, drizzling rain part the time; wind, almost none, 

 northeast; temp., 34 . 



Ruffed Grouse, 3; Blue Jay, 15; Crow, 6; Goldfinch, 1; Tree Sparrow, about 50; 

 Junco, about 25 ; Brown Creeper, 2; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 17; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 5. Total, 10 species, about 127 individuals. — W. P. Parker. 



PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 



December 26, n A. m. to 2 p. m. Clear, later overcast; wind, west, light; temp., 

 42°. 



Flicker, 1; Crow, 1; Blue Jay, 4; Goldfinch, 3; Tree Sparrow, 20 to 40; Junco, 12 

 to 20; Song Sparrow, 1; Chickadee, 4; Bluebird, 4 (one singing); Swamp Sparrow, 5; 

 Ce larbird, 1. Total, n species, about 84 individuals. — Anna E. Cobb. 



