26 Bird -Lore 



Canada Ruffed Grouse, 2; (Barred?) Owl, i (seen flying after sunset); Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, 2; Blue Jay, 2; Finch sp., 15; Brown Creeper, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, 10; 

 Black-capped Chickadee, 21; Golden-crowned Kinglet (an unusual winter resident), 4. 

 Total, 9 species, 60 individuals. Dec. 23, Red-breasted Nuthatch and Northern Shrike. 

 Evening Grosbeaks and other northern species that were so common last year, have 

 been, so far this winter, entirely absent. — Charles Macnamara and Liguori Gormley. 



London, Ont. — Dec. 22; combined list of four parties hunting separately, 8 to 11.30 

 A.M. .(one party, three observers), 2.30 to 5.30 p.m. (three parties, five observers); 

 covering on foot a stretch of country from the city west about 5 miles, following roughly 

 the course of the River Thames. Temp. 20° at 8 a.m., 26° at 2 p.m., 22° at 6 p.m.; 

 ground almost bare; wind ver}^ light southwest. Horned Grebe, i; Herring Gull, 3; 

 American Merganser, 20; American Goldeneye, 10; Ruffed Grouse, 2; Screech Owl, i; 

 Great Horned Owl (?), i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 6; Blue Jay, 

 10; Crow, 1,500; Purple Finch, 50; Tree Sparrow, 18; Junco, 15; Song Sparrow, i; 

 Cardinal, i; Northern Shrike, i; Brown Creeper, 4; White-breasted Nuthatch, 4; 

 Black-capped Chickadee, 42; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 12. Total, 21 species, 1,703 

 individuals. Others seen recently': Robin, Snow Bunting, Bronzed Grackle, and Wax- 

 wing. — McIlweaith Ornithological Club: C. G. Watson, J. F. Calvert, J. C. 

 MiDDLETON, E. 13ALY, G. GiLLESPiE, E. M. S. Dale and J. R. McLeod. 



Bucksport, Maine. — Dec. 26; 8 to 11.30 a.m. and 12.30 to 3.15 p.m. Clear; 14 in. of 

 snow; wind north, light; temp. 9° at start, 10° at end. Eight miles on foot. Herring 

 Gull, 12; Canada Ruffed Grouse, i; Goshawk, i; Redpoll, 2; Chickadee, 8; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 10; Robin, 2. Total, 7 species, 36 individuals. — George L. Blodget. 



North Bridgton, Cumberland Co., Maine. — Dec. 26; 8 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. Clear; 2 

 ft. of snow; wind north, light; temp. 8° at start, 18° at return. Eight miles on foot. 

 Observers in pairs. Downy Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 7; Purple Finch, i; Red Cross- 

 bill, i; Redpoll, 5; Goldfinch, 2; Pine Siskin, 27; Tree Sparrow, 3; Slate-colored Junco, 

 2; Brown Creeper, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 13; Black- 

 capped Chickadee, 41; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 13. Total, 14 species, 121 individuals. 

 A Goshawk is wintering in this vicinity but was not seen on this trip. — Mrs. Roland 

 Woodbury, Miss Eleanor Chute, Mrs. James Steadman and Miss Marjorie 

 Steadman. 



Nashua, N. H. (to Merrimack, N. H., and back). — Dec. 22; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Partly 

 cloudy; 12 in. of snow; wind northwest, strong; temp. 32° at start, 36 ° at return. Four- 

 teen miles on foot, much of distance on snowshoes. Merganser, 6; Ruffed Grouse, i; 

 Mongolian Pheasant, 10; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 5; 

 Crow, 7; Starling, 297; Snow Bunting (pic'ied up dead), i; Tree Sparrow, 5; Slate- 

 colored Junco, i; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Black-capped Chick- 

 adee, 16. Total, 14 species, 353 individuals. Saw- whet Owl reported on Dec. 25, 

 Robin Dec. 26, and Golden-crowned Kinglet Dec. 28. I have seen no Redpolls this 

 winter; all seed-eating birds very scarce. I attribute this to the lack of food. The gray 

 birches did not seed this year. On these seeds the Sparrow tribe subsists in this latitude 

 (in winter). Ordinarily the snow is strewn with the seeds — this winter not a seed. — 

 Manley B. Townsend and (part of the lime) John H. Bowers. 



Wilton, N. H. — Dec. 25; 8 to 11.30 a.m. Cloudy; 6 to 24 in. of snow; no wind; 

 temp. 40° to 42°. Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 5; Chickadee, 

 14; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. Total, 5 species, 23 individuals. — George G. 

 Blanchard. 



Bennington, Vt. — Dec. 25; 9 to 11.30 a.m. Four-mile auto drive and back with a 

 2- mile walk through field and wood. Cloudy; bare ground to 10 in. of snow; wind west, 

 strong; temp.. 32°. Observers together. Ruffed Grouse, 2; Pheasant, 3; Downy Wood- 

 pecker, i; Blue Ja}', i; Starling, 4; Tree Sparrow, 2; Northern Shrike, i; White-breasted 



