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Richland County, OLNEY. All points within a 15-mile diameter circle cen- 
tered on Bird Haven Sanctuary. Deciduous forest, 10%; open farmland, 
90%. Dec. 26; 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Partly cloudy with snow flurries, 
clearing at 10:00 a.m.; 4° to 18° F.; wind W-NW, 15 m.p.h. Two inches of 
snow. Twenty observers in four parties. Total party-hours, 33 (23 by car, 
10 on foot); total party-miles, 346 (825 by car, 21 on foot). — A. Ander- 
son, Y. Anderson, A. Bridges, M. Bridges, V. Bridges, W. R. Bridges, 
M. L. Brown, P. Brown, R. Brown, A. Bullard, R. Bullard, M. Redman, L. 
Shaw, S. Shaw, V. Shaw (Compiler), C. Scherer, L. Scherer, V. Scherer, 
R. Thom, Mrs. W. Redman. 
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Rock Island County, TRI-CITIES. Fifteen-mile diameter circle centered at 
toll house on Memorial Bridge between Bettendorf, Iowa, and Moline, 
Illinois (same as in previous years). Dec. 24; 6:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Cloudy 
femoring but clearing; 12° to 26° F.; wind N-NW to'W, 7 to 8 m.p.h. 
Ten inches of drifted snow; river 75 per cent ice covered. Forty-one ob- 
servers in 31 parties. — L. Blevins, E. Bushmer, A. Cabor, H. Carl, L. 
Dau, Mr. & Mrs. R. Dau, Mr. & Mrs. W. Dau, D. Richardson, Mr. & Mrs. 
feoering, C. Khlers, E:. Fawks, T. J.. Frank, Mr. & Mrs..F. Gold, I. 
Grahm, H. Guenther, K. Hellman, D. Hinrichsen, L. Kruger, T. J. Lewis, 
Jr.. Mrs. T. Lewis, J. McConoughey, P. McDermott, Mrs. F. Marquis, Mrs. 
W. Monger, D. Nelson, P. Petersen, Jr. (Compiler), Mr. & Mrs. P. Peter- 
sen, Sr., D. A. Price, E. Roberts, J. Schropp, C. Stindt, D. Swensson, Mr. 
& Mrs. R. Trial, N. Ward, M. Yeast. 
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°Rock Island and Mercer Counties, ILLINOIS CITY and MUSCATINE, 
IOWA. All points within a 15-mile diameter circle centered on Lock and 
Dam No. 16, including Wild Cat’s Den State Park, Big Sand Mound, and 
Weed Park. Upland woods, 15%; bottomland, 10%; fields and roadsides, 
50%; coniferous groves and borders, 5%; rivers and shorelines, 15%; 
Becaueareas, 5%. Jan. 1, 1962; 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Partly cloudy but 
clearing; 8° to 24° F.; wind NW, 7 to 15 m.p.h. Five to eight inches of 
drifted snow; river 90% ice-covered. Seven observers in three parties. 
Total party-hours, 25 (19 by car, 6 on foot); total party-miles, 288 (276 
by car, 7 on foot). — T. Greer, D. Hinrichsen, P. Petersen, Jr. (Compiler), 
meetoyne, Mr. & Mrs. R. Trial, M. Yeast. 
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Sangamon County, SPRINGFIELD. Seven and one-half-mile radius center- 
ing on city square, including Lake Springfield, Clear Lake, Oak Ridge 
Cemetery, Carpenter’s Park, Winch’s Lane, Chatham Flats, and Sangamon 
River (same as last year). Water 5%, river bottom 15%, river bluffs 5%, 
pasture 20%, plowland 40%, city parks 15%. Dec. 31; 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m. Overcast, clear mid-day; temp. 22° to 29° F.; wind NW, 10 m.p.h.; 
partial snow cover, lakes 95% frozen, river open. Twenty-three observers 
in 9 parties. Total party-hours, 50 (23 on foot, 27 by car); total party- 
miles, 293 (24 on foot, 269 by car). — Dr. and Mrs. Richard Allyn, Maurice 
Cook, Tom Crabtree, Beatrice Foster, Vernon Greening, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 
liam Grieme, Lena Hardbarger, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hogan, Ellen Hop- 
kins, Beatrice Hopwood, Al Kaszynski, Emma Leonhard, R. C. Mulvey, 
William O’Brien, Opel Rippey, W. A. Sausaman (Compiler), Mr. and Mrs. 
W. A. Sausaman, Jr., Daisy Thompson, Richard Ware (Springfield Audu- 
bon Society). 
