32 Bird -Lore 



the freezing-point by midday, and thawing perceptibly in the sun. Country visited: 

 Sound and Gardiner's Bay coasts, dune beaches, plowed fields, salt meadows, frozen 

 swamps and lagoons, red cedar groves, deciduous woods on lowlands and hills. Horned 

 Grebe, 4; Common Loon, 3; Glaucous Gull, 2; Iceland Gull, i; Black-backed Gull, 6; 

 Herring Gull, 280; Red-breasted Merganser, 60; Mallard, i (in gunner's bag); Black 

 Duck, 16; Greater Scaup, 100 (some in gunner's bag); American Goldeneye, 5; Buffle- 

 head, 65; Old-squaw, 200; White-winged Scoter, 525; Surf Scoter, 115; Virginia Rail, 

 I (dead); Pheasant, i (in gunner's bag); Bob- white, 7 (in gunner's bag); Marsh Hawk, 

 i; Cooper's Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 3; Long-eared Owl, 2; Screech Owl, 2; Kingfisher, 

 2; Downy Woodpecker, 4; Flicker, 8; Horned Lark, 600; Blue Jay, 2; American Crow, 

 465; Starling, 125; Meadowlark, 12; Cowbird, 44; Rusty Blackbird, 3; Grackle, 11; 

 American Goldfinch, 20; Snow Bunting, 295; Savannah Sparrow, i; White- throated 

 Sparrow, i; Tree Sparrow, 75; Field Sparrow, 9; Junco, 3; Song Sparrow, 60; 

 Northern Shrike, 3; Myrtle Warbler, 215; Carolina Wren, 2; Wren sp., i; Black- 

 capped Chickadee, 20; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5; Robin, 34. Total, 49 species (includ- 

 ing 4 dead), 3,212 individuals. The Virginia Rail was found by a wood road, frozen 

 with its head tucked under its wing-coverts; it was so thin that it exemplified the adage, 

 but it had not been long dead. At least two of the Horned Larks closely observed 

 appeared to be Prairie Horned Larks, although most were the usual form. The uni- 

 dentified Wren was not a Carolina and probably not a Winter Wren. On Dec. 23, Mr. 

 Latham saw: Canada Goose, 5; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; Rough-legged Hawk, i; 

 Turkey Vulture, i (latest Long Island record); Fox Sparrow, i; Brown Creeper, i. 

 On Dec. 22, Double- crested Cormorant, i; Fish Crow, i. On Dec. 25, Red- winged 

 Blackbird, 7. — Roy Latham, John Treadwell Nichols and Robert Cushman 

 Murphy. 



Speonk, L. I., N. Y. — Dec. 28; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cloudy; ground bare; wind southwest 

 to west, moderate; temp. 31° to 42°. Herring Gull, 17; Great Blue Heron, i; Black- 

 crowned Night Heron, i; Marsh Hawk, i; Rough-legged Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, i; 

 Belted Kingfisher, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Horned Lark, 33; Blue Jay, 12; Crow, 7; 

 Starling, 28; Meadowlark, 55; Tree Sparrow, 70; Song Sparrow, 6; Northern Shrike, i; 

 Brown Creeper, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 6; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 

 12. Total, 20 species, 260 individuals. — Le Roy Wilcox. 



Albany, N. Y. (western outskirts). — Dec. 23; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clear; 4 to 10 in. of 

 snow; wind south, light; temp. 6° at start, 22° at return. Six miles on foot. Observers 

 together. Downy Woodpecker, 8; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 150; Starling, 150; Tree Sparrow, 

 50; Brown Creeper, 4; White-breasted Nuthatch, 5; Chickadee, 2; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 2. Total, 9 species, 372 individuals. On Dec. 25, 12 Song Sparrows (one sang) 

 and a Robin — both rare here in winter. — Joseph S. Lawrence, M.D., and Clarence 

 Houghton. 



Geneva, N. Y. (Lake-shore and S. Main St. region, within city limits). — Dec. 24; 9 

 a.m. to 12.30 P.M. and 2 to 5 p.m. CI >udy; breeze southwest, light; temp. 40° to 50°. 

 Observers together only in the forenoon. Horned Grebe, 7; Herring Gull, 13; Ring-billed 

 Gull, i; American Merganser, 4; Redhead, 7,000; Canvasback, 500; Lesser Scaup, 9; 

 Greater Scaup, 700; American Goldeneye, 8; Bufflehead, 4; Old-squaw, 2; Ring-neck 

 Pheasant, 7; Screech Owl, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 7; Red- 

 headed Woodpecker, i; Crow, 13; Tree Sparrow, 5; Junco, 3; Song Sparrow, 2; Cedar 

 Waxwing, 30; Brown Creeper, 7; White-breasted Nuthatch, 11; Chickadee, 8; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 2; Robin, i. Total, 26 species, about 8,347 individuals. — William 

 H. Eddy and E. H. Eaton. 



Hamburg, N. Y. — Dec. 23; 8.45 a.m. to 1.15 p.m. Clear to slightly cloudy; ground 

 lightly covered with fresh snow, some old drifts still remaining; wind southwest, light; 

 temp. 22° at start, 34° at return. Eight miles on foot through three large wood-lots, one 



