24 Bird -Lore 



light; temp., 42 . Loon, 1; Herring Gull, 200; Leach Petrel, 1 (dead on beach); Buffle- 

 head, 14; Old Squaw, 20; White-winged Scoter, 6; Horned Lark, 18; Crow, 3. Total, 

 8 species, 263 individuals. — Elizabeth D. Boardman and Lidian E. Bridge. 



Nahant, Mass., Eastern Point to Lynn.- — Dec. 20; 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Clear; 

 snow on ground; wind west, light; temp., 22 . Brunnich's Murre, 1; Great Black- 

 backed Gull, 3; Herring Gull, 250; Red-breasted Merganser, 4; Scaup Duck, 6;. Amer- 

 ican Golden-eye, 30; Buflflehead, 16; Old Squaw, 22; White-winged Scoter, 1; Sparrow 

 Hawk, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Horned Lark, 13; Crow, 20; Song Sparrow, 2; 

 Chickadee, 2. Total, 15 species, 372 individuals. — Lidian E. Bridge. 



West Medford, Mass., through Middlesex Fells to Wyoming. — Dec. 22; 8.30 a.m. 

 to 11.30 a.m. Clear; snow on ground; wind west, light; temp., 32 . Herring Gull, 1; 

 American Merganser, 10; Mallard, 1; Red-legged Black Duck, 200; Pintail, 1; Crow, 

 8; Blue Jay, 1; Pine Siskin, 2; Tree Sparrow, 4; Brown Creeper, 7; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 4. Total, 12 species, 240 individuals. (December 25, in the 

 same field, Northern Shrike, 1; Mockingbird, 1. — -Edmund and Lidian E. Bridge. 



Squantum, Mass. — Dec. 25; 12 m. to 2 p.m. Clear; ground bare; west wind, strong; 

 temp., 34 . Herring Gull, 100; American Merganser, 15; Scaup Duck, 30; American 

 Golden-eye, 5; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Flicker, 1; Crow, 50; Goldfinch, 5; Red-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 12. Total, 10 species, 222 individuals. — Barron Brainerd. 



Brookline, Fenway, Mass. — Dec. 27; 12 m. to 12.30 p.m. Clear; ground bare; 

 west wind, light; temp., 40 . Herring Gull, 3; Sparrow Hawk, 1; Flicker, 1; Crow, 8; 

 Goldfinch, 1; Chickadee, 6; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3. Total, 7 species, 23 indivi- 

 duals. — Barron Brainerd. 



Franklin Park, Arnold Arboretum, Boston Parkway and Charles River. — -Dec. 21; 

 9.30 a.m. to i p.m. Clear; four inches of snow on ground; temp., 38 . Herring Gull, 

 125; Red-legged Black Duck, 15; American Golden-eye, 20; American Coot, 5; Sparrow 

 Hawk, 1; Northern Flicker, 10; Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 7; American Goldfinch, 2; White- 

 throated Sparrow, 2; Trees Sparrow, 1; Song Sparrow, 2; Brown Creeper, 2; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch 2; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 7; Chickadee, 19. Total, 16 species, 

 224 individuals. — James L. Peters. 



Franklin Park, Morton Meadows (8 to 9.15 a.m.); Arnold Arboretum, Allandale 

 Woods, Jamaica Pond. — Dec 22; 9.45 a.m. to 1.20 p.m. Four inches of snow; wind 

 southwest, light; temp., 40°. Red-legged Black Duck, 37; American Coot, 2; Bob-white, 

 8; Ring-necked Pheasant, 4; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1; Northern Flicker, 10; Blue Jay, 

 9; Crow, 20; Bronzed Grackle, 1; American Goldfinch, 7; Tree Sparrow, 6; Junco, 

 2; Song Sparrow, 3; Brown Creeper, 1; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 10; Chickadee, 14. 

 Total, 16 species, 133 individuals. — James L. Peters. 



Marblehead, Swampscott, Nahant, Mass. — Dec. 24; 9.30 a.m. to 4.15 p.m. Clear; 

 ground bare; wind light, temp., 45 . HolboelPs Grebe, 1; Horned Grebe, 2; Loon, 1; 

 Black Guillemot, 3; Black-backed Gull, 3; Herring Gull, 400; v Red-breasted Mer- 

 ganser, 1; Greater Scaup, 15; American Golden-eye, 10; Bufflehead, 31; Old Squaw, 

 16; White-winged Scoter, 14; Northern Flicker, 1; Horned Lark, 14; Crow, 1; Song 

 Sparrow, 3; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3; Chickadee, 8; Robin, 1; Total, 19 species, 

 522 individuals. — Norfolk Bird Club. 



Squantum, (9.45 a.m. to 12 m.); Middlesex Fells. — Dec. 26; 2 to 4.30 p.m. Clear; 

 ground bare; patches of snow in woods; wind northwest, light; temp., 40 . Herring 

 Gull, 278; American Merganser, 61; Red-breasted Merganser, 13; Red-legged Black 

 Duck, 71; Greater Scaup, 50; American Golden-eye, 1; Old Squaw, ^^; White-winged 

 Scoter, 1; 'Pigeon' Hawk, 1; Crow 59; Song Sparrow, 1; Brown Creeper, 2. Total, 

 12 species, 571 individuals. — James L. Peters, R. M. Marble and J. T. Coolidge, 3rd. 



Charles River, Boston Fens, Jamaica Pond, Mass. — Dec. 22; clear; wind west; four 

 inches snow; temp., 40 . Black-backed Gull, 1; Herring Gull, 450; Red-legged Black 



