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*Carroll and Whiteside Counties, SAVANNA-FULTON. Seven and one-half 
mile radius from Elk River Jct., Iowa. Dec. 29; 0700 to 1700. Clear; 5° to 
15°F.; wind WNW, 6 m.p.h. Ground covered with 2 to 4 inches of snow; 
river 99% frozen. Seven observers in two parties. Total party-miles, 242. — 
Mrs. R. King, F. Lesher, M. Lesher, M. Petersen, P. Petersen, Jr. (Compiler), 
D. Rose, M. Yeast. 
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Champaign County, URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. All points within a 15-mile 
diameter circle, centered to include Sangamon River near White Heath, 
Lake-of-the-Woods, Trelease and Brownfield Woods, city dump, and inter- 
vening farmland. Woods, 35%; forest-edge, 25%; open country, 40%. Dec. 29; 
0800 to 1600. Clear and fair; 34° to 20°F.; wind strong. Ground covered with 
1 inch of snow. Fifteen observers in 4 parties. Total party hours, 29 (20 on 
foot, 9 by car); total party-miles, 260 (22 on foot, 238 by car). — R. Bates, 
E. R, Billings, L. E. Brady, L. Drury, J. Graber, K. Hamrick, S, Kassiem 
J. Kastelic, S. C. Kendeigh (Compiler), J. E. Kontogiannis, W. M. Luce, 
H. H. Shoemaker, J. B. Wallace, W. Welsh, R. M. Woodward. 
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eCook County, BLUE ISLAND. Fields west of Blue Island and Bartel’s 
bird-banding stations in the Palos Park Forest Preserve. Dec. 25; 0900 to 
1500. Snowing hard at times; 20° F.; wind S, 15 to 20 m.p.h. One observer. 
Total hours, 6; total miles, 18. — K. E. Bartel (Compiler). 
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Cook County, CHICAGO’S NORTH SHORE (formerly Lower Lake County). 
All points within a 15-mile diameter circle, centered at Highways 68 and 
41, Glencoe, Illinois; includes all lakefront and forest preserve areas, Skokie 
Lagoons and feeders. Lake front, 20%; feeders, 25%; open fields, 20%; river 
bottoms, 15%; lagoons 15%; roads, 5%. Dec. 29: Clear 30° to 10° F.; wind NW, 
20 m.p.h. Traces of snow; lake open. Thirty-one observers in 7 parties. Total 
party-hours, 60; total party-miles, 195.—Mrs. H. Abernathy, Mrs. J. Bergheim, 
Mrs. A. Baldwin, L. Binford, Mr. and Mrs. F. Brechlin, Mrs. J. H. Buchanan, 
Mrs. R. Campbell, R. Campbell, C. Clark, C. Easterberg, S. Hedeen, Mrs. 
W. S. Huxford, R. Manette, Mr. and Mrs. C. Matteson, Mrs. S. North, Mrs. 
R. Norton, Mrs. L. Nobles, Mrs. A. Olson, R. Russell, Jr., Mrs. J. Sloncen, 
P. Steffen, P. Swain, Mrs. T. H. Thoresen, C. Schaffer, Mrs. T. Waller, 
J. Ware (Compiler), Mrs. R. Westbrook, Mr. and Mrs. A. Zimmerman. 
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*Cook County, ORLAND PARK. Approximately a 15-mile diameter circle, 
centered at McGinnis Slough Wildlife Refuge adjacent to Orland Park. 
Included the slough and adjacent waters, forest and edge, farmland, and 
town. Dec. 24; 0715 to 1715. Partly cloudy; 1° to 18° F.; wind W, 0 to 8 
m.p.h. No snow; ground and waterways frozen. One observer. Total hours, 
10; total miles, 65 (15 on foot, 50 by car). — M. H. Wray (Compiler). 
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» DeKalb County, DEKALB. Same area as last year. Dec. 30; 0730 to 1600. 
One to two inches of snow. Cloudy; 5° to 15° F.; light wind. Eleven ob- 
servers in 4 parties. Total party-hours, 15; total party-miles, 242 ( 237 by 
car, 5 by foot). — Mr. and Mrs. A. Bjelland, D. Duncan, H. MacMillan, Mrs. 
C. Nash, W. Randall (Compiler), Mrs. C. Raymond, J. Ridinger, J. Tate, Jr., 
Mr. and Mrs. W. Wiley. 
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