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pecker, 3; Crow, 3; Tree Sparrow, 7. Total, 5 speaies, 237 individuals. — I. N. Mit- 

 chell, W. H. Chuver and E. C. Case. 



Lake Minnetonka, Minn. — (Twenty miles west of Minneapolis.) Brief observations 

 between 12 m. and 2 p. m. Clear, light southeast wind; no snow; temp., 30°. Downy 

 Woodpecker, i ; Blue Jay, 3; Pine Grosbeak, 10; American Goldfinch, 5; Brown Creeper, 

 2; White -breasted Nuthatch, 4; Chickadee, 5. Total, 7 species, 30 individuals. Nearly 

 all seen atone spot in the woods where I had placed a supply of beef suet on Thanksgiving 

 Day. Grosbeaks very tame; could almost touch them. — E. F. Pabody, Jr. 



Red Wing, Minn. — Time, 8 a. m. to 1.45 p. M. Slightly cloudy; about two or three 

 inches of snow; wind southeast, moderate; temp., 21° to 27°. Bob-white, 16; Hairy 

 Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 23; American Goldfinch, 60; Tree Sparrow, 4; Junco, 18; 

 Cedar Waxwing, 6; White-breasted Nuthatch, 7; Brown Creeper, i; Chickadee, 17. 

 Total, 10 species, 153 individuals. — Charles Phillips and Nels. Borgen. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Time, 8 a m. to 12 M. Partly cloudy, ground nearly bare; 

 wind southeast, light; temp., 30°. Quail, 5; Downy Woodpecker, r; Blue Jay, 2; 

 Goldfinch, 9; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 5. Total, 7 

 species, 25 individuals. — Henrietta Jordan and Edwin C. Brown. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Time, 11 A. M. to 4 p. m. Cloudy; ground nearly bare ; wind 

 northwest, strong: temp., about 35°. Bob-white, 5; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 

 many; Redpoll, 4; American Goldfinch, 8; Snowflake, 3; Brown Creeper, 2; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, many; Chickadee, 10. Total, 9 species, about 50 individuals. — 

 Kenwood Bird Club. 



Murdock, Minn,— Time, 9 to 10 a. m. Clear; one inch of snow; no wind; temp., 

 about 38°. Prairie Horned Lark, 20; Goldfinch, 2; Tree Sparrow, 7; Chickadee, 6. 

 Total, 4 species, 35 individuals.— Albert A. Thompson. 



Kolls, Lyman County, S. D. — Time, 11.30 a. M. to 4.30 p. M. Cloudy; ground covered 

 with snow ; light south wind. Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse, 14 ; Black-billed Magpie, 4 ; Red- 

 poll, about 150: Chickadee, i. Total, 4 species, about 170 individuals. — Adrian Larson. 



Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. — Time, 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Clear; thirtv inches snow; 

 wind south; temp., 20°. American Goshawk, 3; Ferruginous Rough-leg Hawk, 6; 

 Golden Eagle, 1; American Hawk Owl, 7; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Canada Jay, 10; 

 American Raven, i; American Crow, 12; Pine Grosbeak, 4; Snowflake, 100; Chickadee, 

 100. Total, II species, 246 individuals. — Sidney S. S. Stansell. 



Okanagan Landing, B. C. — December 29; time, 7.30 a. m. to 2.30 p. m. Fine; 

 five inches of snow ; calm; temp., 20° at 7 a. M. Western Grebe, i; Holbcell's Grebe, i; 

 Horned Grebe, 2; Greater Scaup (duck), 120; American Golden-eye, 2; Bufflehead, 5; 

 Herring Gull, 3; Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse, 5; Ruffed Grouse, 3; Northern Hairy 

 Woodpecker, i; Cabanis' Woodpecker, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 4; Magpie, 12; 

 Western Evening Grosbeak, i; Pine Grosbeak, 25; Rusty Song Sparrow, 2; Western 

 Meadowlark, i; Slender-billed Nuthatch, 2; Red-bellied Nuthatch, i; Long-tailed 

 Chickadee, 7; Mountain Chickadee, 2; Great Northern Shrike, i; Townsend's Solitaire, 

 I. Total, 23 species, 203 individuals. — Allan Brooks. 



Vernon, B. C. — December 26. Cloudy; wind southwest; three inches of snow; 

 temp., 23° at 7 A. M. Northern Golden-winged Flicker, 2; Red-shafted Flicker, 3: 

 Clarke's Nutcracker, i; Magpie, 8; Pine Grosbeak, 7; Shufeldt's Junco, 7; Rusty Song 

 Sparrow, 5; Mealy Redpoll, 60; Western Meadowlark, 6; Kingfisher, i. Total 10 

 species, 100 individuals. — Allan Brooks. 



La Caiiada, Los Angeles County, Cal. — Time, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Cloudy; no per- 

 ceptible wind; temp., 78° to 80°. Red-breasted Sapsucker, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 2; 

 Black Phoebe, 6; California Jay, 2; House Finch, 6; Goldfinch, White-crowned Sparrow, 

 Golden-crowned Sparrow, large flocks; Thurber Junco, 6; California Towhee, 26 ; Au- 

 dubon Warbler, large flocks; Western Mockingbird, 8; California Thrasher, 2; Vigor's 

 Wren, 5; Western Robin, 45. Total, 15 species, 108 individuals.— Minnie K. Anderson. 



