20 Bird -Lore 



Franklin Park (Arnold Arboretum and Allandale Woods), Mass. — December 23; 

 time, 9.40 A. M. to I 40 P. M. Cloudy, with occasional snow flurries; five inches of snow 

 on the ground; wind west, light; temp., 26°. Bob-white, i; Red-shouldered Hawk, 1; 

 Northern Flicker, 7; Blue Jay, 7; American Crow, 8; Purple Finch, 5; White-winged 

 Crossbill, about 50; Redpoll, 10; American Goldfinch, 15; Pine Siskin, 14; Slate-col- 

 ored Junco, 2; Song Sparrow, 3; Cedar Waxwing, 4; Myrtle Warbler, 6; Red-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 7. Total, 16 species, 142 individuals.— James L. Peters. 



Boston Park System, Mass. — December 26; time, 9 a m. to 12.15 p.m. Clear; 

 five inches of snow on ground; wind northwest, light; temp., 27°. American Herring 

 Gull, 30; Red-legged Black Duck, 2; American Golden-eye, 2; Northern Flicker, 11; 

 Blue Jay, 12; American Crow, 14; Purple Finch, 4; White-winged Crossbill, 32; Amer- 

 ican Goldfinch, 3; Song Sparrow, 3; Northern Shrike, i; Myrtle Warbler, 3; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, i; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 28. Total, 15 species, 148 

 individuals.— James L. Peters. 



Nahant, Mass. — December 27; time, 11.30 a.m. to 4.30 p. m. Cloudy; five inches 

 of snow on the ground ; wind south, light; temp., 38°. Holbcell's Grebe, i ; Great Black- 

 backed Gull, 49; Herring Gull, about 600; Red-legged Black Duck, i; American Gol- 

 den-eye, 18; BufHehead, i; Old Squaw, 20; White-winged Scoter, 12; Sparrow Hawk, 

 i; Horned Lark, 11; American Crow, 20; Snow Bunting, 18; Song Sparrow, 2. Total, 

 13 species, 754 individuals. — James L. Peters and Anna K. Barry. 



Arnold Arboretum, Mass. — Time, 2.30 to 4.30 P. M. Snowy, ground covered with 

 snow 6 inches deep; wind west, light; temp., 26°. Bob-white, 15; Flicker, 3; American 

 Crow, 3; Pine Siskin, 50; Butcher Bird, i; Brown Creeper, i; Chickadee, i. Total, 



7 species, 74 individuals. — [?1 name. 



Cambridge, Mass. — Time, 8.30 to 10 a. m. Cloudy, six inches of snow; snowing 

 lightly; wind northwest, light; temp., 12°. Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; 

 Downy Woodpecker, i ; Flicker, i ; American Crow, 2; Meadowlark, i ; Pine Grosbeak, 3 ; 

 American Crossbill, 8; Tree Sparrow, 6; Song Sparrow, i; Brown Creeper, i; Chick- 

 adee, 5; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 13 species, 33 individuals. — John H. Baker. 



West Medford, Mass. — December 23; time, 8.45 to 10.15 a. m. Weather cloudy ; 

 wind northeast, light; eight inches of snow on ground; trees and bushes coated with snow ; 

 temp., 28°. Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 2; Pine Grosbeak, 10; White-winged Crossbill, 20; 

 Snowflake, 100; Brown Creeper, i; Chickadee, 8; Golden-crowned Kinglet, i. Total, 



8 species, 143 individuals. December 26 a Northern Shrike was singing on a tree next our 

 house. — Edmund and Lidian E. Bridge. 



Watertown, Mass. — December 22; time, 10.15 a. m. to 12 m. (Time of low tide 

 attracting Gulls to exposed flats.) Light fog, at times but thinly veiling the sun; ground 

 bare; no wind; temp., about 40°. Great Black-backed Gull, 2; Herring Gull, 40; 

 American Golden-eye, 37; Belted Kingfisher, 2; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 2; American 

 Crow, 3; American Goldfinch, 23; Tree Sparrow, 3; Song Sparrow, 5; Chickadee, 2. 

 Total, II species, 120 individuals, beside more English Sparrows than all others 

 together. — Adelaide Stockwell. 



Piety Corner, Waltham, Mass. — Time, 8 to 10 a. m. and from 12 m. to i p. m. 

 Seen from the window. Cloudy, followed by snow; ground covered with snow; wind 

 northwest, medium; temp., 15°. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 1; Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 

 i; Junco, 13. Total, 5 species, 21 individuals. On December 24, I saw a Robin from the 

 window. — E. J. Worcester. 



Waltham, Mass. — Time, 10 a. m. to 2 P. m. Ground covered with ten inches of 

 snow; snowing hard; wind northwest, strong; temp., 26° to 28°. Flicker, 3; Crow, 3; 

 Goldfinch, 15; Tree Sparrow, 4; Junco, 2; Chickadee, 3; Robin, 2. Total, 7 species, 

 32 individuals. — B. L. Ripley. 



Taunton, Mass. — Time, 9.45 to 11.15 A. M. Cloudy, snow flurries; ground snow- 



