14 Bird -Lore 



Cohasset, Mass. — lo a.m. to 3 p.m. Clear; ground generally bare but some snow; 

 wind northwest, brisk; temp. 22°. Black-backed Gull, 2; Herring Gull, 50; Red-breasted 

 Merganser, 2; Ring-necked Pheasant, i; Downy Woodpecker, 5; Northern Flicker, 12; 

 Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 10; Baltimore Oriole, i; Purple Finch, 20; Redpoll, 2; Goldfinch, 3; 

 Pine Siskin, 35; Tree Sparrow, 10; Song Sparrow, 4; Slate-colored Junco, 25; Cedar 

 Waxwing, 40; Northern Shrike, i; Orange-crowned Warbler, i; Myrtle Warbler, 50; 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 20; Hudsonian Chickadee, 4; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, i; Robin, 20. Total, 25 species, 323 individuals. The Oriole was feeding on the 

 ground, on a small patch of salt marsh, within 20 feet of me part of the time, where 

 today's high run of tide had flowed two hours before. It was able to fly perfectly. The 

 marsh was bordered by cat-brier, cedars, sumac, bayberries, etc. The Orange-crowned 

 Warbler was seen on Dec. 8 and 14 near the same place. — John B. May, M.D. 



Dighton, Mass. — 8 a.m. to 12 m. Partly cloudy; snow in spots; wind southwest, 

 medium; temp. 30°. Herring Gull, 35; American Merganser, 10; Goldeneye, 60; Ruffed 

 Grouse, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Northern Flicker, 10; Horned Lark, 4; Blue Jay, 8; 

 Crow, 175; Cowbird, 2; Meadowlark, 30; Purple Finch, i; Goldfinch, no; Pine Siskin, 6; 

 Tree Sparrow, 5; Slate-colored Junco, 20; Song Sparrow, 7; Myrtle Warbler, 60; Chicka- 

 dee, 20; Robin, 2. Total, 20 species, 567 individuals. — Charles L. Phillips. 



Fairhaven, Mass. — Dec. 24; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. .Clear; ground bare; wind northwest, 

 strong; temp. 32°. Herring Gull, 10; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Crow, 5; Blue Jay, 6; 

 Meadowlark, 2; Song Sparrow, 2; White-throated Sparrow, i; Purple Finch, 8; Brown 

 Creeper, 2; Chickadee, 12; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6; Robin, 40. Total, 12 species, 

 83 individuals. — Mabel L. Potter and Frances Congdon. 



Holyoke, Mass. (vicinity of Mt. Tom Range). — Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to i p.m. Fair with 

 cloud-flecked sky; wind west and northwest, comparatively still in a.m. and strong at 

 noon; several in. of snow, drifted in places; temp, at st^rt 25°, on return, 32°. Ruffed 

 Grouse, 4; Cooper's Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Blue 

 Jay, 4; American Crow, 8; Starling, 15; Redpoll, 3; Tree Sparrow, i; Slate-colored 

 Junco, 6; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Black-capped 

 Chickadee, 9; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6. Total, 14 species, 63 individuals. Recently 

 seen in vicinity: Evening Grosbeak, Pine Siskin, and Hudsonian Chickadee. — -Aaron 

 C. Bagg. 



Ljmn, Mass. — Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clear; 3 in. of snow; light northwesterly 

 wind; temp. 30° to 40.° Herring Gull, 15; Ring-necked Pheasant, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 

 i; Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 11; Goldfinch, 16; Tree Sparrow, 4; Junco, 7; Brown Creeper, 2; 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 11; Chickadee, 8; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, i. Total, 13 species, 73 individuals. — Thomas J. Culliton. 



Mattapoisett, Mass. — -Dec. 25; 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Clear to cloudy; ground bare; 

 wind northwest, strong and gusty; temp. 35°. Observers together. Grebe sp. 3; loon 

 sp., 3; Black-backed Gull, i; Herring Gull, 2; Merganser, i; Old-squaw, 8; Scoter, 40; 

 Surf Scoter, 8; Ruffed Grouse, i; Flicker, 4; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 3; Junco, 9; Song Spar- 

 row, 2; Myrtle Warbler, 12; Chickadee, 4. Total, 16 species, 104 individuals. — ^J. E. 

 Norton Shaw and William B. Sherman. 



Provincetown, Truro, and Wellfleet, Mass. — From i p.m. Dec. 26 to 4 p.m. Dec. 28. 

 Dec. 26, clear with high northwest wind; Dec. 27 and Dec. 28, intermittent rain and 

 mist, wind southwest, moderate. Ground bare. Temp. 28° to 40°. Holboell's Grebe, i; 

 Loon, 11; Red-throated Loon, 3; Black-backed Gull, 155; Glaucous Gull, 5; Iceland 

 Gull, i; Herring Gull, 850; Gannet, 2; Red-breasted Merganser, 29; Hooded Mer- 

 ganser, i; Black Duck, 122; Goldeneye, 21; Old-squaw, 28; Eider, 13; Scoter, 5; White- 

 winged Scoter, 2; Kingfisher, 2; FHcker, 9; Horned Lark, 257; Crow, 23; Starling, 7; 

 Meadowlark, 6; Red Crossbill, 52; White- winged Crossbill, 2; Redpoll, 35; Pine Siskin, 

 2; Goldfinch, 12; Snow Bunting, 143; Ipswich Sparrow, i; Tree Sparrow, 39; Song 



