Heo U3 BON Bala Belen 17 
during count period, but not on count day: Herned Grebe, American Widgeon, 
Harlequin Ducks, Redhead, Coot, Killdeer, Snipe, Harris's Sparrow, Bohemian 
Waxwing.) 
Cook County, ORLAND PARK. The census area was purposely restricted so 
that one person could cover it accurately and completely: The area centered 
about McGinnis Slough itself, bordered on the east by Highway U.S. 45; on 
the south by 1438rd Street; and on the west and north by adjacent farmlands. 
Dec. 28: 0645 hours to 1700 hours (10% hours), of which 9% hours were 
spent on foot and % hour by car. Total miles, 15 (8 by car and 12 by foot). 
Partly cloudy through the day, wind from the south 0-10 m.p.h.; temp. 13° 
to 28°. The main slough was frozen but several small tributaries were run- 
ning. 1 to 2’’ snow cover on ground. Habitat: slough (frozen), 70%; sur- 
rounding hardwood forests, 10%; surrounding meadow, 5%; pastures and 
fields (cultivated), 15%. One observer: Matthew H. Wray (compiler). 
¢Cook County, NED BROWN PRESERVE. (North of Higgins Road, otherwise 
known as Busse Woods. Located at Routes 72, 53 and Golf Road, near Elk 
Grove Village.) Dee. 26: Area surveyed, mostly deep woods with some mea- 
dows; snow covered; temp. 27° and cloudy. Very little bird activity: Red- 
breasted Nuthatches, 2; Downy Woodpeckers, 2; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1; 
Black-capped Chickadees, 6; Common Crows, 10. Party of one. No other 
birders or visitors seen in area. Snow had not been disturbed. Many red fox 
tracks along trails. —- Norman Roesch, compiler. 
Cook, DuPage, Kane Counties, BARRINGTON. (All points within a 15-mile 
diameter circle; center at SW corner Sec. 36, Barrington Township, including 
Deer Grove, Spring Lake, Trout Park, Mallard Lake, west half of Busse 
Forest; plowland, 50%; grassland, 25%; oak-hickory forest, 5%, marsh, 4%; 
water, 1%; plantings and thickets, 5%; towns, 10%). — Dee. 29: 5:30 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m. Overcast all day; temp. 30° to 41°; wind S-SW, 6 to 18 m.p.h.; 
2 to 12 in. drifted snow cover; streams open, lakes 85% frozen. Seventeen 
observers in 7 parties. Total party-hours, 49 (21 on foot, 28 by car); total 
party-miles, 382, (37 on foot, 345 by car). — Dorothy Barnes, Laurence Bin- 
ford, Peter Dring, Kim Eckert, Lloyd McCarthy, Mary McCarthy, Alice Per- 
kins, Shirley Peterson, Robert Russell, Nelle Seise, Helen Stiehl, Dorothy 
Wade, Douglas Wade, Charles Westcott (compiler), Lorraine Westcott, Wil- 
liam Zales and Elizabeth Zimmerman. (Seen in area during count period, but 
not on count day: Pintail, American Widgecn, Common Goldeneye, Cedar 
Waxwing.) 
DeKalb County, DEKALB. Jan. 2: Wind WSW, 20 to 30 m.p.h.; temp. 35° to 
39°; rain in a.m., low clouds in p.m. Total party-hours, 88; total party-miles, 
334 (10 on foot, 324 by car). Twelve observers in 3 parties: Miss Margaret 
Adams, Mrs. Vera Cogley, Don Duncan, Miss Mildred Freeman (compiler), 
Miss Joyce Greeley, K. H. Harmet, Mrs. Merle Miner, Jack Peterson, Steve 
Santner, Jim Smalley, Mrs. Estella Sherman and William Southern — Kish- 
waukee Audubon Society. 
DuPage County, ARBORETUM, LISLE. (Same area as in previous years). 
Dec. 26: By Chicago Ornithological Society members and guests, 39 partici- 
pants: Joan Anesey, Chris Arbrust, Karl Bartel, Harry Bierma, L. C. Binford, 
Albert L. Campbell, Charles’T. Clark, Lewis Cooper, Jon Cudworth, Mr. and 
Mrs. Peter B. Dring, Alfred Dupree, Alma Greene, Mr. and Mrs. Everard C. 
Hall, Richard B. Hoger, Mike Janis, Florence Kent, Margaret C. Lehmann 
