24 Bird - Lore 



New Haven, Conn. (Edgewood Park and Mitchell's Hill). — n a.m. to 2 p.m. 

 Clear; ground bare; light northwest wind; temp. 36°. Conditions apparently ideal, 

 but unusually small number of birds. Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 ; Hairy Woodpecker, 1 ; 

 Downy Woodpecker, 4; Crow, 12; Blue Jay, 1; Starling, 29; White-throated Spar- 

 row, 6; Tree Sparrow, 60; Song Sparrow, 9; Fox Sparrow, 1; White-breasted Nuthatch, 

 4; Chickadee, 4. Total, 12 species, 132 individuals. — Clifford H. Pangburn. 



New Haven, Conn. (Edgewood Park and Mitchell's Hill). — Dec. 25; 9.45 a.m. to 

 12 M. Bright sun; ground covered with ten inches of snow; no wind; temp, rising, 26 

 to 41 . Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 ; Hairy Woodpecker, 1 ; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 

 1; Blue Jay, 5; Crow, 6; Starling, 23; Goldfinch, 3; White-throated Sparrow, 4; Tree 

 Sparrow, n; Junco, 2; Song Sparrow, 14; Fox Sparrow, 2; Myrtle Warbler, 2; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 2. Total, 16 species, 81 individuals. — D. B. Pang- 

 burn. 



New London, Conn. — 10.15 A - M - to 4-3° P- M - Clear; snow on ground; wind 

 southwest, light; temp. 42°. Horned Grebe, 21; Herring Gull, 62; Golden-eye, 22; 

 Kingfisher, 1; Red-shouldered Hawk, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 5; Crow, 43; 

 Meadowlark (singing), 8; Tree Sparrow, 26; Junco, 3; Song Sparrow, 8; Myrtle 

 Warbler, 1; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 8; Robin, 1; Bluebird (singing), 5. 

 Total, 18 species, 213 individuals. — Frances M. Graves. 



South Norwalk, Conn. — Dec. 25. Pleasant, 5° above zero at seven o'clock, 40 

 at noon, no wind, twelve inches of snow. Black Duck, 40; Herring Gull, 50; Downy 

 Woodpecker, 3; Horned Lark, 200; Blue Jay, 4; Crow, 20; Starling, 50; Meadowlark, 12; 

 Goldfinch, 17; Tree Sparrow, 10; Junco, 5; Song Sparrow, 7; Northern Shrike, 1; Myrtle 

 Warbler, 6; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 20. Total, 16 species, 446 individ- 

 uals. — Wilbur F. Smith. 



Wilton, Conn. — Dec. 26; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clear; seven inches of snow; still; temp. 

 3 2 . Belted Kingfisher, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Crow, 3; Starling, 6; Tree Sparrow, 

 25; Junco, 30; Song Sparrow, 4; Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chicka- 

 dee, 7. Total, 10 species, 83 individuals. Bluebirds, 3, on December 23. — Norman 

 DeW. Betts. 



Buffalo, N. Y. (Delaware Park). — Dec. 25; n a.m. to 1 p.m. Clear; ground barely 

 covered with snow; wind south, brisk; temp. 34 . Herring Gull, 3; Crow, 5; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 9. Total, 4 species, 18 individuals. — Mrs. George 

 M. Turner. 



Collins, N. Y. (Hospital grounds and woods). — Dec. 25; 8.45 to 10 a.m.; 12.30 to 

 1 p.m. Clear; eight inches of snow; wind southwest, moderate; temp. 35 . Downy 

 Woodpecker, 1; Horned Lark, 12; Crow, 3; Cowbird, 1 male with House Sparrows; 

 Tree Sparrow, 2; Junco, 10; Northern Shrike, 1; Brown Creeper, 1; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 5. Total, 10 species, 37 individuals. — Anne E. Perkins, M.D. 



Dresden, N. Y. — Dec. 22; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Partly cloudy; one inch of snow; wind 

 fairly strong, southwest; temp. 28°to32°. Horned Grebe, 1; Herring Gull, 4; Canvasback, 

 2; American Golden-eye, 65; American Scaup, 40; Old-squaw, 2; Ring-necked Pheasant, 

 2; Ruffed Grouse, 2; Marsh Hawk, 1; Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 4; 

 Prairie Horned Lark, 14; Crow, 28; Tree Sparrow, 54; Junco, 7; Song Sparrow, 1; 

 Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 12; Chickadee, 87; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 7. Total, 20 species, 336 individuals. — B. B. Fulton. 



Flushing to Jamaica, L. I. and return. — Dec. 29. Clear and quiet; snow on ground; 

 temp. 40 to 45 . Herring Gull, 1; Red-tailed Hawk, 1; Red-shouldered Hawk, 1; 

 Sparrow Hawk, 1; Great Horned Owl, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 1; Crow, 15; 

 Starling, 25; Meadowlark, 2; White-throated Sparrow, 3; Tree Sparrow, 25; Junco, 1; 

 Song Sparrow, 10; Swamp Sparrow, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 5. 

 Total, 17 species, 101 individuals. — Howarth S. Boyle. 



