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Screech Owl, 3; confined to Oberlin .village so far as 

 known. One has been recorded several times from the 

 north-east route, and one in Chance Creek gorge once. 



Hairy Woodpecker, 29; found wherever the troops of 

 small winter birds are. That means in woods or weedy fields. 



Downy Woodpecker, 70; like the last, but far more 

 numerous. 



Red-headed Woodpecker; not a regular winter resident. 

 When it does remain it resorts to the deep woods, and is 

 numerous there. 



Red-bellied Woodpecker, 14; found in nearly every con- 

 siderable woods. 



Flicker, 13; generally distributed, frequently in towns, 

 and about farm houses. 



Prairie Horned Lark, 104; Horned Lark, 46. These two 

 forms are scattered over the fields when there is no snow, 

 but resort to the fields where barn manure is scattered when 

 the land is snow bound. They are at the lake shore also. 



Blue Jay, 50; pretty generally distributed, but more 

 numerous in woods. 



American Crow, 30; more frequent in stream gorges and 

 in the vicinity of the slaughter houses, or where stock is fed. 



Meadowlark, 26; more numerous at the lake shore, but 

 in many sheltered fields. 



Rusty Blackbird, one female was taken at Oak Point Feb- 

 ruary 13, 1897. 



Bronzed Grackle; one has been seen in Oberlin all winter 

 for four years. 



Pine Grosbeak; one found at Chance Creek, Jan. 1, 1902. 



Purple Finch, 28; almost wholly confined to the stream 

 gorges in winter. Once in woods near Oberlin. 



American Crossbill; irregular, but recorded for Oberlin 

 and Chance Creek. 



White-winged Crossbill; six found feeding on hemlock 

 cones on Black River Jan. 4, 1902. 



American Goldfinch, 193; the flocks are generally large 

 and range almost anywhere, but are more often seen in the 



