HEADY BON: BULLE Ela N oy 
MARION 
Mr. Leland Quindry writes under date of December 26: 
“Before the last cold wave I fully expected to see fifty species for this 
census, but so many of the less hardy species left that I fell far short. All 
bodies of water in this locality were frozen, so I saw no water birds, but 
this was no great loss, as there are never many water birds around 
Williamson County. I have seen no Pheasants this fall but I have heard 
of a few being shot. Quail are unusually common considering the amount 
of hunting that has been done recently. Hawks are commoner since the 
cold wave than before. Woodpeckers are also commoner I believe. [I list 
nine red-headed woodpeckers on my census, but they were evidently 
blown in by the storm, as they are the first I have seen all fall. 
“Blackbirds are nowhere nearly as common this winter as they usu- 
ally are. I have seen only a few Starlings this fall and none at all for my 
census, as compared with five hundred or more last year. Chipping, 
Field, White-crowned Sparrows were driven out by the storm, and I only 
saw three White-throats, while I should have seen a hundred. Two other 
birds which were formerly fairly common but which were absent after 
the storm are Winter Wren and Golden-crowned Kinglet.”’ 
My Bird Lore report is as follows: 
December 25; 6 A.M. to 6 p.m. Four inches of snow on ground, sky 
slightly overcast; light west wind; temperature at start 36°, at end 36°. 
Along Crab Orchard Creek to Marion Reservoir in forenoon. Along 
South Fork of Saline Creek in afternoon. About ten miles by car and 
about twenty on foot. Bob-white, 20; Marsh Hawk, 1; Cooper’s Hawk 
1; Red-tailed Hawk, 2; Red-shouldered Hawk, 4; Sparrow Hawk, 1; 
Barred Owl, 3; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 15; Yellow- 
bellied Sapsucker, 2; Pileated Woodpecker, 3; Red-headed Woodpecker, 
9; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 20; Flicker, 12; Prairie Horned Lark, 50; 
Blue Jay, 20; Crow, 30; Cowbird, 10; Red-winged Blackbird, 20; 
Meadowlark, 15; Purple Finch, 1; Goldfinch, 60; White-throated Spar- 
row, 3; Tree Sparrow, 150; Slate-colored Junco, 200; Song Sparrow, 75; 
Swamp Sparrow, 15; Towhee, 3; Cardinal, 25; Migrant Shrike, 1; 
Mockingbird, 3; Carolina Wren, 20; Bewick Wren, 1; Brown Creeper, 
s; Tufted Titmouse, 25; Carolina Chickadee, 50; Robin, 2; Bluebird, 3; 
total, 38 species; about 932 individuals. 
MARSHALL 
Miss Sally Dawson, who has taken a Christmas Census for Bird Lore | 
for a number of years, wrote the following report on December 25. 
I took the Christmas census this time on Monday, December 23. The 
snow was so deep it was hard to travel so we did not go far afield but the 
cold and food scarcity has driven many birds up to the barns and the 
cattle shed to pick up scattered grain. The largest number of species 
