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us from accepting more than one Census by the same person from the same 

 locality. 



Ottawa, Ontario. — -Dec. 27; 1 to 4.30 p.m. Cloudy and damp; foot of snow on 

 ground; wind south, light; temp., 40 . Downy Woodpecker, 1; Crow, 1; Blue Jay, 2; 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 6. Total, 5 species, 13 individuals. Snow- 

 flakes and a Meadowlark were seen a few days ago. — G. E. Hartwick. 



Reaboro, Ontario. — Dec. 26; 2 to 4 p.m. About thirteen inches of snow; temp., 

 about 30 ; wind west, light. Ruffed Grouse, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 4. Total, 4 species, 9 individuals. A Screech Owl was seen 

 on Christmas. The Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay and Snowflake are all here this 

 winter. — E. Wellington Calvert. 



Orangeville, Ontario. — Dec. 19; 7.50 a.m. to 5.05 p.m. Snowing most of day; about 

 fifteen inches of snow; wind west, very strong; temp., 22 . American Goshawk, 1; 

 Downy Woodpecker, 5; Brown Creeper, 1; White-breasted Nuthatch, 4; Chickadee, 

 18; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2; Total, 6 species, 31 individuals.— Alvin J. Scott 

 and E. W. Calvert. 



Millbrook, Ontario. — Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Snowing, a foot of snow on ground; 

 wind south; temp., 30 . Ruffed Grouse, 2; Blue Jays, 5; Chickadees, 16; White-bellied 

 Nuthatch, 2. Total, 4 species, 25 individuals. — Sam. Hunter. 



Wilton, N. H. — Dec. 25; 9 to 11 a.m. and 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. Fair in a.m.; cloudy 

 in p.m.; snow four inches with crust; light, southeast wind; temp., 38 to 40 . Downy 

 Woodpecker, 1; Blue Jay, 5; Tree Sparrow, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Red- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 15. Total, 6 species, 29 individuals. A very decided 

 scarcity of all kinds of birds has been noticed in this vicinity since last summer. — 

 James A. Wing and George G. Blanchard. 



Cornish, N. H. — Dec. 25; 9 to 11.25 a.m.; 3.40 to 4.45 p.m. Sunshine in a.m.; 

 ground covered with several inches of snow; light breeze; temp., 34 . Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Chickadee, 24; White-breasted Nuthatch, 5. Total, 

 4 species, 32 individuals. — Ethel R. Barton. 



Fitchburg, Mass. — Dec. 28; 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Clear, four to six inches ice 

 and snow; occasional bare ground; wind west, light; temp., 34 . Ruffed Grouse, 1; 

 Golden-crested Kinglet, 8; Chickadee, 20. Total, 3 species, 29 individuals. — Alvin 

 G. Whitney, F. N. Dillon and G. F. Habbard. 



Swampscott Shore and Marblehead Neck, Mass. — Dec. 26; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fair; 

 wind west, fresh; ground bare; temp., 41 to 45 . HolboelFs Grebe, 3; Horned Grebe, 

 n; Loon, 4; Red-throated Loon, 1; Black Guillemot, 4; Great Black-backed Gull, 1; 

 Herring Gull, 44; Red-breasted Merganser, 25; American Golden-eye, 43; Bufflehead, 

 1; Old Squaw, 17; White-winged Scoter, 1; Surf Scoter, 5; Northern Flicker, 7; Amer- 

 ican Crow, 2; Snowflake, 2; Tree Sparrow, 1; Myrtle Warbler, 1; Chickadee, 11. Total, 

 19 species, 184 individuals. — Gordon B. Wellman and Horace W. Wright. 



Ipswich, Mass. — Dec. 25; 11 a.m. to 12 m. Clear, ground bare; temp., 50 . Her- 

 ring Gull, 80; Crow, 16; Sparrow, 3; Flicker, 1. Total, 4 species, 100 individuals. — 

 Jesse H. Wade and Francis C. Wade. 



Ipswich, Mass. — Castle Hill to Big Dune, return through the Dunes. Dec. 21; 

 10.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Clear; snow on ground, heavy in Dunes; wind west, light; 

 temp., 40 . Loon, 2; Kittiwake, 45; Great Black-backed Gull, 4; Herring Gull, 86; 

 Red-breasted Merganser, 400; American Golden-eye, 77; Surf Scoter, 8; Horned 

 Lark, 19; Crow, 154; Snowflake, 105; Lapland Longspur, 2; Ipswich Sparrow, 1; 

 Tree Sparrow, 65; Junco, 1; Myrtle Warbler, 33; Chickadee, 20. Total, 16 species, 

 1,022 individuals. — Edmund and Lidian E. Bridge. 



Nahant, Mass. — Dec. 26; 11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind west, 



