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Sparrow, 5 (sings) ; Point Pinos Junco, 25; Townsend's Sparrow, 3; Spurred Towhee, i; 

 California Shrike, i; Hutton's Vireo, 8; Audubon's Warbler, 10; Townsend's Warbler, 

 6; Pipit, common ; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Pygmy Nuthatch, 2; Barlow's Chickadee, 

 10; Intermediate Wren-tit, 2 (sings); California Bush-tit, flock of 15; Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet, 8; Dwarf Hermit Thrush, 3; Western Robin, no; Varied Thrush, 2; West- 

 ern Bluebird, several. Total, 36 species, about 475 individuals. — Walter K. Fisher. 



An Additional December Record 



On December 13, 1900, I noticed a Wood Pewee trying to find a 

 breakfast among the apple trees on Glen Island. He was alone, and 

 although active in his search — apparentlj^ taking insect eggs from the bark 

 like a Chickadee — he had very little to say for himself, a single short chirp 

 being his only note. It was bitter cold outdoors and there is very little 

 shelter for the little fellow here. How he finds enough food adapted to his 

 mode of hunting is a puzzle. — L. M. McCormick, Glen Island, Neiv Rochelle, N. Y. 



What Bird is this .^ 



Field Description.— henzlh, 5.00 in. Upper parts streaked with blaclc, buff and grayish; under parts white, 

 streaked with blaek; yellow at the base of wings and tail, showing in flight. Spring Range— From Gulf States 

 northward. 



Note— Each number of Bird-Lore will contain a photograph, from specimens in 

 the American Museum of Natural History, of some widely distributed, but, in the eastern 

 United States, at least, little-known bird, the name of which will be withheld until the 

 succeeding number of the magazine, it being believed that this method of arousing the 

 student's curiosity will result in impressing the bird's characters on his mind far more 

 strongly than if its name were given with its picture. 



The species figured in December is the Lapland Longspur. 



