24 Bird - Lore 



Brookline, Mass. — Snowing, ground snow-covered; temp., io°. Black Duck, 9; 

 Mallard, 5; Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Flicker, 14; Crow, 8; Blue Jay, 9; Tree Spar- 

 row, 5 ; Junco, 4 ; White-throated Sparrow, 6 ; Catbird, i ; White -breasted Nuthatch, 2; 

 Chickadee, 9; Golden -crowned Kinglet, 3. Total, 13 species, 76 individuals. I got to 

 within ten feet of the Catbird, which seemed very tame and hungry. — Charles B. Floyd. 



Cambridge (Fresh Pond Marshes), Arlington Heights, Belmont and Waverly, Mass. 

 — December 30 ; time, 9.15 A. M. to 5.10 P. M. , Cloudy A. M., clear p. M.; ground mostly 

 snow and ice-covered; wind southwest, light; temp., 30°. Great Blue Heron, i (in 

 flight southward); Ring-necked Pheasant, 2 ; Marsh Hawk, i ; Screech Owl, 2 ; Hairy 

 Woodpecker, i ; Downy Woodpecker, i ; Flicker, 3; Blue Jay, i ; American Crow, 21 ; 

 Red-winged Blackbird, 3; Meadow-lark, i; Purple Finch, i; American Goldfinch, 79; 

 White-throated Sparrow, i ; Tree Sparrow, 52 ; Song Sparrow, 13; Swamp Sparrow, 5 ; 

 Chickadee, 37; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 44; Robin, 4. Total, 20 species, 273 individ- 

 uals. — Horace W. Wright and Maurice C. Blake. 



Near Boston, Mass., Lynn Beach and Nahant. — December 26; time, 11 a.m. to 

 4.15 P. M. Cloudy ; light snow on ground, light snow-flurries ; strong east wind ; tenip., 

 20°. Horned Grebe, i ; Briinnich's Murre, 2 ; Herring Gull, 8 ; American Scaup Duck, 

 17; American Golden-eye, 13; Old Squaw, ir; Surf Scoter, 2; Sparrow Hawk, i; 

 Horned Lark, 3; American Crow, 4; Goldfinch, i ; Snowflake, i; Song Sparrow, i; 

 Brown Creeper, 2 ; Chickadee, 2. Total, 15 species, 72 individuals. — Francis Byerly. 



West Roxbury, Mass. — December 22; time, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Partly cloudy; 

 ground snow-covered ; wind west to southwest, brisk ; temp., 19°. Downy Woodpecker, 

 2 ; Flicker, 4; Blue Jay, 6; Crow, 20 ; Tree Sparrow, 3; Junco, 3; Song Sparrow, i ; 

 Fox Sparrow, i; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 12! 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 12 species, 57 individuals. — Charles E. Heil. 



Nahant, Mass. — December 24; time, 9.20 a.m. to 2.10 p. m. Cloudy, remaining 

 snowdrifts, some bare ground ; wind northeast, brisk; temp., 30° to 24°. Holboell's 

 Grebe, 2; Loon, i; Briinnich's Murre, or Razor-billed Auk, 4; Great Black-backed 

 Gull, 6 ; Herring Gull, 165; Red-breasted Merganser, 7; American Golden-eye, 36 ; 

 Old Squaw, 25; White-winged Scoter, 13; Horned Lark, 35; American Crow, 105; 

 Snowflake, 2; Song Sparrow, 2; Chickadee, i. Revere Beach. — Time, 3 15 p. M to 

 4.15 p.m. Great Black-backed Gull, 49; Herring Gull, 750; American Crow, 12. 

 Total, 14 species, 1,215 individuals.— Maurice C. Blake and Horace W. Wright. 



Atlantic, Squantum and Moon Island, Mass. — December 28 ; time, 9 A. M. to 4.15 

 p. m. Cloudy; wind northeast, very light; very dense fog, lifting from 12 M. to 12.30 

 P.M.; wind shifting to southwest and increasing to very strong; at 2 P. M. sky nearly 

 clear, ground mostly snow-covered ; temp., 36° to 38°. Loon, i; Great Black-backed 

 Gull, 12; Herring Gull, 350; Red-breasted Merganser, 5; Red-legged Black Duck, 51 ; 

 American Scaup Duck, 562 ; American Golden-eye, 136 ; Bufflehead, 14; Old Squaw, 

 2 ; American Scoter, 5 ; Sparrow Hawk, i; Northern Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 7; 

 Horned Lark, 14; American Crow, 197; Meadow-lark, i; Snowflake, 100; Song Spar- 

 row, 4; Cedar Waxwing, 26; Chickadee, 7; Golden-crowned Kinglet, i. Total, 21 

 species, 1,498 individuals. — Francis G. and Maurice C. Blake. 



Woonsocket, R. I. — December 24; time, 8 to 10.30 A. M. Cloudy; snow 8 inches 

 deep; wind north, strong ; growing cold after a two days' thaw ; temp., 42° down to 28°. 

 Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 2; Song Sparrow, i; Chickadee, 3. Total, 4 species, 9 individuals. 

 —Clarence M. Arnold. 



Glocester, R. I. — Time, at intervals all day; partly to wholly cloudy, snow-squalls in 

 forenoon; ground covered with snow; wind northeast, light ; temp., morning 5°. Ruffed 

 Grouse, 2, their tracks plentiful; Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 2; Junco, i; Chickadee, 2. Total, 

 5 species, 11 individuals. December 21, Northern Shrike i; December 22, flock of 

 12 to 15 Goldfinches, and 6 Tree Sparrows. — J. Irving Hill. 



