Ninth Christmas Bird Census 19 



wind southwest, light; temp., 38°. Herring Gull, 50; Partridge," i; Pheasant, i; Hawk, 

 i; Flicker, i; Horned Lark, 8; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 100; Junco, 30; Nuthatch, 2; Chicka- 

 dee, 19. Total, II species, 214 individuals. — Jesse Wade, Francis C. Wade and Paul 



P. PiNGREE. 



Rockport, Mass. — Dec. 28; 9.45 a.m. to i p. 11. Clear; wind west; temp., 40°. Horned 

 Grebe, 2; Northern Loon, 2; Black Guillemot, 5; Razor-billed Auk, i; Kittiwake, i; 

 Black-backed Gull, 4; Herring Gull, 25; Red-breasted Merganser, 19; Old Squaw, 4; 

 Northern Flicker, 4; Crow, 15; American Crossbill, 3; Snow Bunting, 3; Song Sparrow, 

 3; Myrtle Warbler, 70; Chickadee, 5; Golden-crowned Kinglet, i; Robin, i. Total, 18 

 species, 168 individuals. — J. L. Peters and Barron Brainerd. 



Rockport, Mass. — Dec. 21; 11 a.m. to 2 p. m. Clear; ground lightly covered with 

 snow; wind southwest, light; temp.; 38°. Horned Grebe, 4; Loon, i; Dovekie, 2; Her- 

 ring Gull, 200; Red-breasted Merganser, 3; American Golden-eye, 2; Old Squaw, 5; 

 Northern Flicker, 3; Shore Lark, 12; Crow, 7; Snowflake, 13; Northern Shrike, i; 

 Myrtle Warbler, 23. Total, 13 species, 276 individuals. — Elizabeth D. Boardman 

 and LiDiAN E. Bridge. 



Nahant, Mass. — Dec. 22; 9.30 a. m. to 12.30 p.m. Somewhat cloudy; ground partly 

 covered with snow and ice; wind northwest, moderate; temp., 24°. Horned Grebe, i; 

 Razor-billed Auk, i; Loon, i; Herring Gull, 125; American Golden-eye, 37; BufHehead, 

 16; Old Squaw, 28; White-winged Scoter, 5; Horned Lark, 13; Crow, 53; Redpoll, 3; 

 Pine Siskin, i; Snowflake, 14. Total, 13 species, 298 individuals. — Lidian E. Bridge. 

 < Marblehead Neck, Mass. — Dec. 26; 12 m. to 2.30 p.m. Cloudy; ground almost bare; 

 wind southwest, light; temp., 43°. Horned Grebe, 19; Great Black-backed Gull, i; 

 Herring Gull, 31; Red-breasted Merganser, 5; American Golden-eye, 46; Old Squaw, 

 12; Northern Flicker, i; Song Sparrow, 3; Fox Sparrow, i. Total, 9 species, 123 indi- 

 viduals. — Edmund and Lidian E. Bridge. 



Lynn, Nahant Beach, Little Nahant, Big Nahant to Eastern Point and return. — • 

 Dec. 24; 10 a.m. to 3.15 p.m. Partly cloudy; light to brisk southwest wind; the day after 

 a sixty mile northeast storm; temp., 16° to 26°. Horned Grebe, i; Loon, 2; Red-throated 

 Loon, i; Black Guillemot, i; Brunnich's Murre, i; Razor-billed Auk, 2; Great Black- 

 backed Gull, 11; Herring Gull, 998; Red-breasted Merganser, 11; Scaup Duck, ^^i' 

 American Golden-eye, 6; Bufflehead, 25; Old Squaw, 66; White-winged Scoter, i; Surf 

 Scoter, 4; American Sparrow Hawk, i; Horned Lark, 36; Crow, 43; Snowflake, 4. 

 Total, 19 species, 1,238 individuals. — Barron Brainerd, R. M. Marble and R. L. 

 Creesy. 



Atlantic, Squantum and Moon Island, Mass.^Dec. 26; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Partly 

 cloudy; patches of snow on ground; strong, west wind; temp., 40°. Great Black-backed 

 Gull, i; Herring Gull, 100; Red-breasted Merganser, 2; Scaup Duck, 8; American 

 Golden-eye, 100; Old Squaw, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Flicker, 2; Horned Lark, 10; Crow, 

 100; Meadowlark, i. Total, 11 species, 326 individuals. — Samuel Dowse Robbins 

 and Frank C. Seymour. 



Plymouth, Mass. — Dec. 22. Cloudy; ground bare; light wind; temp., about 28°. 

 Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 3; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 3; Redpoll, 5; White-throated 

 Sparrow, 2; Tree Sparrow, 2; Junco, 9; Song Sparrow, i; Cedarbird, 7; Myrtle Warbler, 

 35; Brown Creeper, 4; Red-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 12; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 9. Total, 15 species, 97 individuals. — -Sidney F. Blake. 



Plymouth, Mass. — Dec. 24; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clear and cold; four inches ice on 

 ponds; ground icy in places; temp., 32°. Downy Woodpecker, 3; Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 11; 

 Tree Sparrow, 13; Junco, 27; Song Sparrow, i; Myrtle Marbler, 4; Brown Creeper, 5; 

 Chickadee, 125. Total, 9 species, 193 individuals. — -Warren E. Carleton and Linus 

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Sandy Neck and East Sandwich, Mass. — Dec. 27; 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Clear; ground 



