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northwest, light ; temp., 20°. Herring Gull, 35 ; Black Duck, 23 ; American Golden-eye, 

 loi (three on Jamaica Pond); Sparrow Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 15; 

 Blue Jay, 6; Crow, 28; Purple Finch, 7; Goldfinch, 3 ; White-throated Sparrow, 9 

 (one in song); Tree Sparrow, 4; Junco, 3; Song Sparrow, 6; Cedar Waxwing, 9; 

 Northern Shrike, i; Myrtle Warbler, 2; Brown Creeper, 2; Chickadee, 19; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 5. Total, 20 species, 281 individuals. — Horace W. Wright. 



Cambridge, Belmont and Arlington, Mass. — December 26, 1902, 9.30 a. m. to 4.30 

 P. M. Cloudy, about ten inches of snow on the ground; wind vers' light, westerly; 

 temp., 32°. Sparrow Hawk, i; Flicker, 3; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 7; Red-winged Black- 

 bird, i; Meadow-lark, 6; Goldfinch, 3 ; Tree Sparrow, 30; Song Sparrow, 3; Chickadee, 

 12; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 16. Total, 11 species, 84 individuals. — Howard M. 

 Turner and Richard S. Eustis. 



Brookline, Mass. — December 23, 1902, 6.30 A. M. to 11.45 A- ^'- Clear; no wind, 

 very spring-like; temp., 36°. Herring Gull, 20; Black Duck, 5; American Golden- 

 eye, 11; Sparrow Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 7; Jay, 6; Crow, 17; 

 Goldfinch, 24; Junco, 15; Chickadee, 14; Brown Creeper, 7; Nuthatch, 2. Total, 12 

 species, 129 individuals. — Charles B. Floyd. 



Cambridge, Mass. — December 26, 8.30 to 2.30. Calm, cloudy, about eight inches 

 of snow on the ground; temp., ranged from 27° to 32°. Sparrow Hawk, i; Downy 

 Woodpecker, 5; Flicker, 3; Crow, 10; Blue Jay, 5: Meadowlark, i; Goldfinch, 31; 

 Tree Sparrow, 20; Song Sparrow, 2; Brown Creeper, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, r; 

 Chickadee, 10; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 10. Total, 13 species, 102 individuals. — 

 Arthur C. Comey and Merrill Griswold. 



Nahant Beach, Mass. — December 27, 9.45 104.00. Clear; wind, light, southwest; 

 about two inches of snow on the ground; temp., 25° and 34". Holboell's Grebe, i; 

 Horned Grebe, 5; Herring Gull, 400; Black-backed Gull, 15; Black Guillemot, i; 

 Red-breasted Merganser, 6; Old Squaw, 40; Golden-eye, 30; White-winged Scoter, 4; 

 Crow, 25; Horned Lark, 23; Snow Bunting, 2; Northern Shrike, i. Total, 13 species, 

 553 individuals. — Arthur C. Comey and Edward M. Davis. 



Woods Holl, Mass. — Time, 7 A. m. to 12 M. Cloudy, snowing; ground bare, 

 later snow-covered ; wind, northeast, light; temp., 29°. Horned Grebe, 12; Pied-billed 

 Grebe, 4; Loon, 8; Black Guillemot, 2; Razor-billed Auk, 2; Dovekie, i; Herring 

 Gull, 35; Bonaparte Gull, 2; Cormorant, i; Red-breasted Merganser, 20; Mallard, i; 

 Black Duck, 30; Old Squaw, 75; American Eider, 5; Velvet Scoter, 2; White-winged 

 Scoter, 500; Surf Scoter, 25; Ruddy Duck, i; Brant, 12; Bob-white, 10; Rufifed 

 Grouse, 2; Screech Owl, i; Belted Kingfisher, i; Downy Woodpecker, 4; Flicker, 3; 

 Blue Jay, 6; American Crow, 30; Arherican Goldfinch, 20; Snowflake, 5; Slate-colored 

 Junco, 50; Song Sparrow, 8; Swamp Sparrow, i; Northern Shrike, i; Brown Creeper, 

 10; White-breasted Nuthatch, 6; Chickadee, 40; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6; Ameri- 

 can Robin, 2. Total, 38 species, 957 individuals. — C. C. Purdum, M. D. 



Assonet, Mass. — Time, 8 A. m. to 2.30 p. m. Wind, northeast, light, increased 

 about 10.30 A. M., when snow started to fall; heavy snowfall; temp., 26°. Herring Gull, 

 1; Black Duck, about 50; Bob-white, 7; Ruffed Grouse, 2; Downy Woodpecker, i; 

 Flicker, 9 ; Horned Lark, about 30; Crow, about 200; Blue Jay, 5 ; Tree Sparrow, 3 ; 

 Myrtle Warbler, 11 ; Golden-crowned Kinglet, i ; Chickadee, 73 ; Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatch, 2. Total, 14 species, 395 individuals. — John Denwood. 



Bristol, Conn. — Time, 6.45 A. M. to 2.15 P. M. Snowing; wind, northeast, light; 

 ground snow-covered ; temp., 23°. Bob-white, 6 ; Marsh Hawk, 2 ; Downy Woodpecker, 

 5; Blue Jay, 31; American Crow, 64; American Goldfinch, 29; Tree Sparrow, i; 

 Junco, i; Song Sparrow, i; Northern Shrike, i ; Winter Wren, i; Brown Creeper, 2; 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, 7; Red-breasted Nuthatch, i ; Chickadee, 43 ; Golden-crowned 



