20 Bird - Lore 
Finch, 9; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 20; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3. 
Total, 7 species, 42 individuals. Purple Finches have been plentiful this winter. I 
have not seen them wintering here before.—L. HENRy PorTTeER. 
Essex Junction, Vt.—Dec. 24; 1 to 5 p.m. Clear; one foot of snow; wind east; temp., 
24°. Ruffed Grouse, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 1; Goldfinch, 6; 
Pine Siskin, ro; Snow Bunting, 30; Chickadee, 2. Total, 8 species, 53 individuals. 
There is a winter roost of hundreds of Crows in this vicinity. Have seen an unusual 
number of Snow Buntings this winter.—Cartton D. Howe. 
Tilton, N. H.—Dec. 25; 10 A.M. to 2.45 p.m. Cloudy; about three inches of snow on 
ground; wind north, very light; temp., 18°. American Merganser, 19; Belted Kingfisher, 
1; Canadian Ruffed Grouse, 3; Blue Jay, 9; Chickadee, 30. Total, 5 species, 62 indi- 
viduals. As compared with last year, birds are rare and hard to find.—Epwarp H. 
PERKINS. 
Barnstable, Mass. (Sandy Neck).—Dec. 29; 7 A.M.to 5 p.m. Weather fine till 12 m. 
then snow; wind light; temp., 30°. Horned Grebe, 1; Loon, 5; Herring Gull, 30; Red- 
breasted Merganser, 1; Black Duck, 1; American Golden-eye, 3; Old Squaw, 10; Horned 
Lark, 6; Crow, 8; Meadowlark, 6; Ipswich Sparrow, 2; Seaside Sparrow, 2; Tree 
Sparrow, 8; Myrtle Warbler, 2. Total, 14 species, 85 individuals—Atrrep C. RED- 
FIELD. 
Boston, Mass. (Arnold Arboretum and Jamaica Pond).—Dec. 26; 2 to 5 p.m. Forty- 
mile snow-storm raging, snow 12 to 18 inches deep; wind northeast; temp., 27°. Mallard, 
3; Black Duck, 54; Canvasback, 1; Lesser Scaup Duck, 2 (females); American Coot, 16; 
Bob-white, 12; Ruffed Grouse, 1; Flicker, 3; Blue Jay, 8; Crow, 5; Pine Siskin, 32; 
Junco, 2; Cedar Waxwing, 12; Chickadee, 8; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2; Robin, 2; 
Ring-necked Pheasant, 1. Total, 17 species, 164 individuals. —Haroip A. ZIMMERMAN. 
Boston, Mass. (Olmsted Park, Jamaica Pond and Arnold Arboretum).—Dec. 20; 
9.15 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Fair; ground bare; wind northwest, light; temp., 22° to 35°. 
Mallard, 2; Black Ducks, 150; Baldpate, 4; Canvasback, 1 (drake); Lesser Scaup Duck, 
5; Ring-necked Duck, 3 ( drake); Ruddy Duck, 5; Coot (Fulica), 33; Ruffed Grouse, 1; 
Northern Flicker, 8; Blue Jay, 9; Crow, 14; White-throated Sparrow, 3; Junco, 11; 
Song Sparrow, 3; Cedar Waxwing, 5; Mockingbird, 1; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2. 
Total, 18 species, 260 individuals.—Horacr W. Wricut and E. C. Herrick. 
Boston, Mass. (Fenway, Jamaica Pond and Arnold Arboretum).—Dec. 25; 10.15 
A.M. to r P.M. Cloudy; ground bare; wind southwest, light; temp., 27°. Black and Red- 
legged Black Ducks, 52; Baldpate, 4; Canvasback, 1; Lesser Scaup Duck. 2; Coot, 
(Fulica), 16; Bob-white, 16; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Flicker, 10; Blue Jay, 10; Crow, 24; 
Goldfinch, 2; White-throated Sparrow, 1; Tree Sparrow, 1; Junco, 8; Song Sparrow, 1; 
Cedar Waxwing, 98; Northern Shrike, 1; Brown Creeper, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, 
3; Chickadee, 9; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6; Robin, 1. Total, 22 species, 260 individ- 
uals.—R. M. MARBLE, DR. BRAINERD and BARRON BRAINERD. 
Boston to Gloucester, Mass. (by boat).—Dec. 27; 2 P.M. to 4.30 P.M. Clear, moderate 
swell from the east; wind northwest; temp., 28°. Holbcell’s Grebe, 2; Horned Grebe, 173 
Black Guillemot, 2; Brunnich’s Murre, 1; Dovekie, 7; Kittiwake, 208; Great Black- 
backed Gull, 40; Herring Gull, 1,531; Red-breasted Merganser, 171; Old Squaw, 7; 
Brant, r. Total, rz species, 1,987 individuals.—NorFoLK BirpD CLuB. 
Cambridge, Mass. (Fresh Pond and Marshes).—Dec. 25; 9.15 to 11.45 A.M. Fair, 
becoming clouded; ground bare; wind northwest to southeast, light; temp., 22° to 34°. 
Herring Gull, 65; American Merganser, 11; Black Duck, 23; Ring-necked Pheasant, 2; 
Sparrow Hawk, 1; Flicker, 11; Crow, 2; Meadow Lark, 34; Tree Sparrow, 60; Song 
Sparrow, 32; Swamp Sparrow, 2; Chickadee, 4. Total, 12 species, 247 individuals.— 
Horace W. Wricut and E. E. Capuc. 
Ipswich, Mass.—Dec. 26; 1 to 4.15 P.M. Clear; ground covered with a foot of snow; 
