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Warren, 111. — Dec. 26; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind southwest, light; 

 temp., 48 . Distance walked five miles. Canada Goose, 8; Prairie Hen, 44; Mourn- 

 ing Dove, 1; Red-tailed Hawk, 3; Red-shouldered Hawk, 1; Rough-legged Hawk, 3; 

 Sparrow Hawk, 2; Screech Owl, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 3; 

 Horned Lark (Prairie), 5; Blue Jay, 15; Crow, 128; Red-winged Blackbird, 1; Tree 

 Sparrow, 30; Brown Creeper, 2; White-bellied Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 14. Total, 

 18 species, 236 individuals. — H. S. Pepoon. 



Jackson Park, Chicago, 111. — Dec. 25; 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clear to cloudy; ground 

 covered with snow; wind west to northwest; twenty to twenty-five miles an hour; temp., 

 35 to 40 . Herring Gull, 50; Ring-billed Gull, 30; Bonaparte's Gull, 1; American 

 Merganser, 2; Red-breasted Merganser, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 4; Blue Jay, 2; Total, 

 7 species, 90 individuals. — Edward E. Armstrong and Carl C. Lawson. 



Stickney, Chicago, 111. — Dec. 25; 12 m. to 3 p.m. Cloudy; ground covered with 

 snow; wind northwest, twenty miles an hour; temp., 40 . Ring-billed Gull, 8; Crow, 

 3; Lapland Longspur, 2. Total, 3 species, 13 individuals. — J. L. DeVine. 



Moline, 111. — Dec. 27; 10 a.m. to 12 m., on Arsenal Island in Mississippi River. 

 Partly clear; ground bare; wind southwest, light, temp., 52°. Bob-white, 20; Hairy 

 Woodpecker, 5; Downy Woodpecker, 7; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1; Blue Jay, 3; 

 Crow, 2; Tree Sparrow, 8; Cardinal, 3; Junco, flock of 30; White-breasted Nuthatch, 

 7; Chickadee, 9. Total, n species, 95 individuals. — Mrs. E. H. Putnam and Grace 

 Putnam. 



Grinnell, Iowa. — Dec. 22; 2 to 5 p.m. Cloudy; misty; little snow on ground; wind 

 northeast, light; temp., 23°. Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Flicker, 

 1; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 5; Junco, 2; Tree Sparrow, 40; Brown Creeper, 1; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 7. Total, 10 species, 64 individuals. — W. C. Staat. 



Cedar Rapids, Iowa. — Dec. 29; n a.m. to 12.20 p.m. Pasture land, meadow, mixed 

 woods and cemetery; cloudy; one inch of snow on ground; wind southeast, strong; 

 temp., 32 ; began to snow at 11.25. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Red-shafted Flicker, 1; 

 Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 1; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2. Total, 5 species, 10 individuals. — 

 Glen M. Hathorn. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — Dec. 22; 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Cloudy; snow and rain, ground 

 covered; wind southwest, light; temp., 32 to 30 . Herring Gull, 7; Blue Jay, 2. Total, 

 2 species, 9 individuals. Dec. 27; 8.45 to 10.45 a.m. Cloudy; light fog; ground covered; 

 wind southwest, light; temp., 47 . Herring Gull, 61; Lesser Scaup, 227; Barrow's 

 Golden-eye, 26; Bufflehead, 7; Downy Woodpecker, 1. Total, 5 species, 322 indivi- 

 duals.— I. N. Mitchell. 



Madison, Wis. — Dec. 27; n a.m. to 12 m. Day clear; slight covering of snow, 

 wind northwest, light; temp., 46°. Herring Gull, 1; Blue Jay, 4; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 7; Brown Creeper, 2; Chickadee, 2. Total, 5 species, 16 individuals. — R. H. 

 Denniston. 



Kilbourn, Wis. — Dec. 24 to 26; clear; ground mostly bare; wind southwest; temp., 

 36 . 'Hoot' Owl, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Juncos, 50; Blue Jay, 3; Goldfinch, 7; 

 Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 6. Total, 7 species, 70 individuals. — Chester W. Smith. 



Elkhorn, Wis. — Dec. 26; 9.30 a.m. to 12 m. Clear, clouding before 12 m.; ground 

 covered with snow; wind southeast, strong; temp., 30 . Dec. 27; 9.30 a.m. to 12 M. 

 Thawing, ground nearly bare; wind southwest, strong; temp., 40 . Canada Goose, 

 32; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Blue Jay, 17; Crow, 17; Song Sparrow, 1; Tree Sparrow, 

 2; Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 10 species, 76 individuals. — Cora Henderson, Mabel 

 F. Beckwith and Sarah Francis. 



Sheboygan Falls, Wis. — Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 12 m. Ground covered with about one 

 inch of snow; wind west, strong; partly cloudy, toward end of trip it started to snow; 



