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Champaign County, URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. (All points within a 15-mile 
diameter circle, centered at Staley on Route 10, to include Sangamon River 
near White Heath, Lake-of-the-Woods, Trelease Woods, Brownfield Woods 
and intervening farmland; woods, 30.%; forest edge, 30%; open fields, 35% ; 
water 5%). Dee. 29: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Overcast; temp. 34° to 45°; wind 
south, moderate; ground bare. Seventeen observers in 4 parties. Total party- 
hours, 26 (18 on foot, 8 by car); total party-miles, 146 (26 on foot, 120 by 
ear). — Dorothy Allen, L. Bruce Barnett, Gladys Dawkins, Alice Dickson, 
James R. Karr, S. Charles Kendeigh (compiler), Carl Lawrence, Wilbur M. 
Luce, Robert Lumsden, Sharon Lumsden, Edna McClellan, Ray B. Owen, Jr., 
Hurst H. Shoemaker, Roger J. S glin, Alta Titus, Clyde Titus and James B. 
Wallace. 
Cook County, BLUE ISLAND. (Details of location not given.) Dee. 31: 9:00 
a.m. to 4::00 p.m.; cloudy-bright in morning; sun in and out in afternoon. 
50° at start, 48° finish; 55 miles by car. — Great Blue Heron, 2; Red-tailed 
Hawk, 1; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Herring Gull, 150; Screech Owl, 1; Saw-whet 
Owl, 1; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Wood- 
pecker, 6; Horned Lark, 1; Blue Jay, 2; Black-capped Chickadee, 12; White- 
breasted Nuthatch, 4; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 6; Starling, 200; Northern 
Shr ke, 1; Cardinal, 2; Purple Finch, 1; Common Redpoll, 18; Slate-colored 
Junco, 8; Tree Sparrow, 1. TOTAL: 21 species, 420 individuals. — Alfred 
H. Reuss (compiler) and Robert A. Reuss. 
Cook County, CHICAGO LAKE FRONT. (All points within a 15-mile diameter 
circle, centered 2 miles off Madison Street, including all harbors and break- 
waters from Montrose Harbor to Jackson Park; Lake Michigan and harbors, 
100%; inland urban area not censused. Dec. 21: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; 
mostly cloudy, 1 to 2 miles visibility with morning fog; temp. 35° to 388°; 
wind W-SW, 5 to 12 m.p.h.; ice only on inland ponds, Lake Michigan slightly 
choppy. Five observers in 1 and 2 parties. Total party-hours, 10 (6 on foot, 
4 by car); total party-miles, 54 (8 on foot, 46 by car). — Mallard iszs 
Black Duck, 2; Shoveler, 2; Canvasback, 1; Greater Scaup, 40; Lesser Scaup, 
8; Scaup (sp.), 7,000; Common Goldeneye, 820; Bufflehead, 8; Oldsquaw, 211; 
Ruddy Duck, 15; Hooded Merganser, 1; Common Merganser, 32; Red-breasted 
Merganser, 5; Herring Gull, 424; Ring-billed Gull, 164; Bonaparte’s Gull, 23. 
TOTAL: 16 species, 8,908 individuals. — Kim Eckert, Stan Hedeen, Dick 
Horwitz, Robert Russell (compiler) and Jeff Sanders. 
Cook County, CHICAGO NORTH SHORE. (All points within a 15-mile diam- 
eter circle, centered at Highways 68 and 41 in Glencoe; feeders, 20%; lake- 
front, 20%; open fields, 10%; river bottoms, 20%; lagoons, 25%; roads, 
5%). Dee. 26: 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; clear; temp. 25° to 35°; winds oleae 
m.p.h.; very light snow, all waters open. 389 observers in 7 parties. Total 
party-hours, 50 (35 on foot, 15 by car); total party-miles, 220 (80 on foot, 
140 by car). — Ken and Anne Anglemire, Amy G. Baldwin, James Bateman, 
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brechlin, Bedford Brown, Jr., Irene Buchanan, Eugene 
Byrd, Reba S. Campbell, Rheba Campbell, Kim Eckert, Stanley Hedeen, 
Richard Horwitz, Bertha Huxford, Eleanor Jackson, Russell Mannette, Edith 
M. McKee, Roger H Miller and son, B. J. Nobles, Louise North, Hazel Nor- 
ton, Amanda C. Olson, Dorothy Rohan, Irving and Philip Rosen, Bob Russell, 
Ira and Jeffrey Sanders, Catharine Schaffer, Jeanne Sloncen, Phillip N. Stef- 
fen, Tom and Fran Thoresen, Moselle Von Meding, Robert Vobornik, Mr. 
and Mrs. J. R. Ware (compiler), Ed. and Ruthie Westbrook. (Seen in area 
