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Meadowlark, 6; Song Sparrow, 2; Cardinal, 7; Tree Swallow, 40; Loggerhead Shrike, 6; 

 Myrtle Warbler, 30; Palm Warbler, 12; Maryland Yellowthroat, i; Pipit, i; Mocking- 

 bird, 15; House Wren, 4; Hermit Thrush, 3; Robin, 2; Bluebird, 6. — Total, 27 species, 

 200 individuals. — Mrs. Mary Granger Mills. 



Palma Sola to Passage Key Reservation and return. — Dec. 25. Time, all day; 

 foggy in morning to clear; temp., 73° in a.m., to 80° in p.m. Holboell's Grebe, 4; Loon, 

 28; Parasitic Jaeger, 2; Herring Gull, 50; Laughing Gull, 125; Royal Tern, 150; Cabot 

 Tern, 75; Common Tern, 100; Florida Cormorant, 100; Brown Pehcan, 4-50;- Man-o'- 

 War-Bird, 3; Blue-winged Teal, 6; Lesser Scaup Duck, 50; Ward's Heron, 275; Snowy 

 Egret, i; Louisiana Heron, 35; Little Blue Heron, 2; Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 4; 

 Sanderling, 80; Semipalmated Sandpiper, 10; Spotted Sandpiper, i; Willet, 7; Black- 

 bellied Plover 8; Mourning Dove, 5; Ground Dove, 50; Black Skimmer, 18; Bald Eagle, 

 i; American Sparrow Hawk, i; Belted Kingiisher, 3; Red-cockaded Woodpecker, 2; 

 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 5; Southern Flicker, 10; Ruby-throated Hummingbird, i; 

 Phoebe, 6; Florida Blue Jay, 20; Florida Red-wing, 30; Southern Meadowlark, 6; 

 Savannah Sparrow, 30; Chipping Sparrow, 20; White-eyed Towhce, 15; Cardinal, 2; 

 Loggerhead Shrike, 2; White-eyed Vireo, 2; Myrtle Warbler, 65; Palm Warbler, 50; 

 Southern Yellow-throat, 3; Mockingbird, 55; Catbird, 6; Florida Wren, i; Marian's 

 Marsh Wren, 3; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 10; Robin, 200; Bluebird, 85. Total, 53 species, 

 2,002 individuals. — Carlos Farle. 



Horseshoe Plantation, 16 miles northwest of Tallahassee, Fla. — Dec. 25; daylight 

 until dark. Overcast all day; rain for the last week; temp., 68°; wind very Hght, south- 

 east. Country visited: Corn and cotton fields, roadside thickets, live-oak and pine 

 woods, shores of Lake Aimonia, swamps, marshes, and meadows. Birds so numerous 

 only minimum estimates given. Mallard, 9; Black Duck, 3; Ring-necked Duck, 300; 

 Sora Rail, i; Wilson's Snipe, 8; Killdeer, 12; Bob-white, 25; Mourning Dove, 120; 

 Ground Dove, i; Turkey Vulture, 2; Black Vulture, 50; Marsh Hawk, 3; Red-tailed 

 Hawk, 2; Red-shouldered Hawk, 2; Duck Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, 3; Southern Downy 

 Woodpecker, 2; Red-beUied Woodpecker, 20; Flicker, 15; Phoebe, 15; Florida Blue 

 Jay, so; Crow, 12; Fish Crow, i; Florida (?) Red-wing, 500; Southern Meadowlark, 5; 

 Rusty Blackbird, 3; Florida Crackle, 50; Purple Finch, 10; Goldfinch, 22; Pine Siskin, 

 2 (positively identified); Vesper Sparrow, 25; Savannah Sparrow, 25; White-throated 

 Sparrow, 100; Field Sparrow, 50; Song Sparrow, 25; Swamp Sparrow, 25; Towhee, 50; 

 Cardinal, 50 (singing); Cedar Waxwing, 65; Loggerhead Shrike, 4; Orange-crowned 

 Warbler, 3; Myrtle Warbler, 15; Yellow-throated Warbler, i; Northern Yellow-throat, 

 7; Pipit, 75; Mockingbird, 5; Brown Thrasher, 75; Carolina Wren, 25 (singing); Bewick's 

 Wren, i (singing); Short-billed Marsh Wren, 3; Carolina Chickadee, 6; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 2; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 20; Hermit Thrush, 25; Robin, 250; Bluebird, 25. 

 Total, 56 species, at least 2,090 individuals. The following additional species have been 

 seen in last three days. Bittern, i; Great Blue Heron, 3; Woodcock, 3; Wild Turkey^ 25; 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 4; Great Horned Owl, 2; Southern Hairy Woodpecker, i; Grass- 

 hopper Sparrow, 2; Solitary Vireo, i; White-eyed Vireo, i; Black and White Warbler, i; 

 Pine Warbler, i; Palm Warbler, 15; Winter Wren, i; making in all, a grand total of 

 70 species found on the plantation around Christmas. — Ludlow Griscom, Griscom 

 Bettle, and Leverett Saltonstall. 



Long Island, Ala. (On Sand Mountain). — Dec. 25; 7.30 a.m. to 12 m., 2.10 to 5 p.m. 

 Misty in the morning but clear about noon; ground bare; wind, south, light; temp., 

 about 50°. Bob-white, 7; Mourning Dove, 5; Sparrow Hawk,i; Southern Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, i; Red-cockaded Woodpecker, 2; Red-bellied Woodpecker, i; Flicker, i; Blue 

 Jay, i; American Crow, 2; Meadowlark, 8; Goldfinch, 3; White-crowned Sparrow, i; 

 Tree Sparrow, 14; Junco, 26; Song Sparrow, 2; Cardinal, 7; Mockingbird, i; Garblina 

 Wren, 5; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Tufted Titmouse, 3; Golden-crowned Kinglet, i; 



