38 Bird -Lore 



temp.. 30 . Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 5; Blue Jay, 6; Crow, 200; 

 Red-poll, 6; Snowflake, 12; Junco, S; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 3; 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3. Total, 10 species, 245 individuals. — James Sanford. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Dec. 24; 7.30 a.m. to 12 m. Light snow; weather cloudy; 

 wind southeast; temp., o° to 30 . Downy Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 5; Tree Sparrow, 

 40; Goldfinch, 2; Nuthatch, 8. Total, 5 species, 57 individuals. — Harriet Orni- 

 thological Society. 



Zumbra Heights to Excelsior, Minn. Eight miles forest and country roads. — 

 Dec. 25; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Clear; two inches snow; light, northwest wind; temp., 8° 

 nbove zero. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Brown Creeper, 4; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1. 

 Total, 3 species, 7 individuals. — E. F. Pabody, Jr. 



Red Wing, Minn. — Dec. 25; S.15 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Cloudy most of the morning; 

 ground lightly covered with snow; wind northwest, very strong, almost a gale at times; 

 temp., iS°. Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Blue Jay, 2; Goldfinch, 1; Purple Finch, 15; Chick- 

 adee, 12; White-breasted Nuthatch, 4; Robin, 1. Total, 7 species, 36 individuals. — 

 Nels. Borgen, Futhjof Wace and Charles Phillips. 



Sioux Falls, S. D. — Dec. 29; 1.30 to 5.30 p.m. Cloudy, snowing all day; ground 

 •covered with about half a foot of snow in evening; wind northeast, medium. Prairie 

 Chicken, 2; Long-eared Owl, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Tree Sparrow, 20. Total, 

 4 species, 24 individuals. — Adrian Larson. 



Littleton, Colo. — Dec. 25; S a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Clear; ground partly covered with 

 snow, melting; wind northeast, light; temp., 26 at time of starting, 56 when returned. 

 Blue-winged Teal, 1; American Coot, 1; Ring-necked Pheasant, 5; Ferruginous Rough- 

 legged Hawk, 3; Red-shafted Flicker, 10; Desert ■ Horned Lark, 100; Black-billed 

 Magpie, 50; Long-crested Jay, 10; Red-winged Blackbird, 20; Western Meadowlark, 

 1; Purple Finch, 50; House Finch, 10; Pine Finch, 10; Western Tree Sparrow, 100; 

 Slate-colored Junco, 10; Pink-sided Junco, 40; Mountain Song Sparrow, 60; Long- 

 billed Marsh Wren, 2; Long-tailed Chickadee, 10. Total, 19 species, 493 individuals. 

 — Geo. Richards. 



Edmonton, Alta, Canada. — -Dec. 23; 10 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. Clear; four inches 

 snow during previous night; wind south; two to three miles; temp., 30 . Canadian 

 Ruffed Grouse, 1; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Western Horned 

 Owl, 1; Pine Grosbeaks, 2; Chickadee, S. Total, 6 species, 16 individuals. — -J. A. 

 Fife and Jno. M. Schreck. 



Stoney Plain, Alberta. — Dec. 17; 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Clear; about two inches of snow; 

 light, south wind; temp., o°. Snowflake, 200; Raven, 2; Rough-legged Hawk, 1; Pine 

 Grosbeak, 10; Canada Jay, 4; Chickadee, 10. Total, 6 species, 227 individuals. — - 

 Sidney S. S. Stansell. 



Seattle to Bremerton, Wash, (eighteen miles by steamer and return.) — Dec. 26; 

 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Morning cloudy, afternoon clearing; light wind from southwest; temp., 

 at 8 a.m. 3& . Holboell's Grebe, 7; Horned Grebe, 31; Pacific Loon, 3; Marbled Mur- 

 relet, 40; Pigeon Guillemot, 100; California Murre, 1; Glaucous-winged Gull, 4,500; 

 Herring Gull, 200; Short-billed Gull, 1,200; Bonaparte's Gull, 2; American Merganser, 

 60; Red-breasted Merganser, 30; Hooded Merganser, 2; American Wirgeon (?), 40; 

 Lesser Scaup Duck, 8; Bufflehead, 1; White-winged Scoter, 400; Surf Scoter, 50; Ruddy 

 Duck, 1; Kingfisher, 1; Harris' Woodpecker, 1; Northwest Crow, 88; Pine Siskin, 

 60; Oregon Junco, 31; Rusty Song Sparrow, 26; Yakutat (?) Fox Sparrow, 1; Oregon 

 Towhee, 9; Cedar Waxwing, 1; Seattle Wren, 2; Western Winter Wren, 9; Chestnut- 

 backed Chickadee, 22; Western Golden-crowned Kinglet, 17; Western Robin, 3; Varied 

 Thrush, 1. Total, 35 species, 7,000 individuals. — W. Leon Dawson. 



Annandale (near Los Angeles), Cal. — Dec. 25; 9 to 10.20 a.m. and 3.30 to 5 p.m. 

 Clear; wind westerly, very light; temp., 68°. Around ranch house. Valley Partridge, 



