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day; temperature 31° to 538°; wind, North, about 3 m.p.h.; ground partially 
covered with snow, about 2 to 8 inches deep in woods. Seventeen observers 
in 6 parties. Total party-hours, 30 (25 on foot, 5 by car); total party-miles, 
85 (29 on foot, 56 by car). — Mallard, 1; Cooper’s Hawk, 1; Red-tailed 
Hawk, 5; Red-shouldered Hawk, 3; Rough-legged Hawk, 2; Marsh Hawk, 2; 
Sparrow Hawk, 2; Ring-necked Pheasant, 14; Herring Gull, 6; Ring-billed 
Gull, 6; Great Horned Owl, 1; Long-eared Owl, 19; Saw-whet Owl, 1; Red- 
bellied Woodpecker, 7; Red-headed Woodpecker, 1; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 
1; Hairy Woodpecker, 6; Downy Woodpecker, 36; Horned Lark, 6; Blue Jay, 
33; Common Crow, 274 plus; Black-capped Chickadee, 132; Tufted Titmouse, 
22; White-breasted Nuthatch, 14; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 4; Brown 
Creeper, 12; Winter Wren, 2; Carolina Wren, 2; Robin, 18; Townsend’s 
Solitaire, 1; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 37; Cedar Waxwing, 59; Bohemian 
Waxwing, 1; Starling, 106; House Sparrow, 66; Redwinged Blackbird, 16; 
Cardinal, 72; Evening Grosbeak, 5; Purple Finch, 83; Pine Siskin, 117 plus; 
Am. Goldfinch, 29; Slate-colored Junco, 156; Oregon Junco, 1; Tree Spar- 
row, 47; White-throated Sparrow, 1; Fox Sparrow, 1; Song Sparrow, 14; 
plus 4 unidentified Buteos. Total: 47 species, 1,444 plus individuals. The 
following birds were seen in one section of this count area the day previous 
to “count day” but not on the count day: Red-shouldered Hawk, 1; Sparrow 
Hawk, 2; Herring Gull, 1; Flicker, 1; Carolina Wren, 1; Oregon Junco, 1; 
Saw-whet Owl, 1; dead Screech Owl, 1; unidentified Shrike, 1; unidentified 
Blackbird, 1 (which would have added 8 species to above list, had they been 
seen on count day.) — Amy G. Baldwin, Bertha Bannert, Karl E. Bartel, 
James Grosboll, Dorothy and John Helmer, Richard B. Hoger, Edward F. 
Johnson, Florence Kent, Margaret C. Lehmann (Compiler), Paul H. Lobik, 
Raymond Mostek, Alfred H. Reuss, Wilbur Rittenhouse, Paul Schulze, 
Charles A. Westcott, Carl Wilm, Kenneth Wilz. 
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Channahon, WILL CouNTY, Riverside, Roadside Census. Same as last year, 
south along tow-path of I. & M. Canal, on northwest side of DuPage River 
and along Illinois River to Morris (in Grundy County). Then from Morris 
on southwest side of Illinois River, following the Kankakee River and Des- 
Plaines River, to Channahon. River edge 60%, deciduous farm woodlots 
15%, plowed fields and pasture 20%, cattail marsh 5%. December 27th, 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunny all day; temp. 30° to 45°; wind S.W. 5-8 
m.p.h.; few spots with crusted snow; large rivers open but small rive1's 
and ditches frozen. Eleven observers, together most of the time, using four 
cars. Total party-hours, 12; (6 on foot, 6 by car); total party-miles, 65 (7 
on foot, 58 by car). — Mallard, 13852 plus; Black Duck, 157 plus; Pintail, 7; 
Canvasback, 2; Lesser Scaup, 20; Common Goldeneye, 25; Common Mer- 
ganser, 2; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2; Cooper’s Hawk, 1; Red-tailed Hawk, 15; 
Red-shouldered Hawk, 1; Rough-legged Hawk, 1; Marsh Hawk, 10; Sparrow 
Hawk, 1; Bobwhite, 2; Ring-necked Pheasant, 9; Common Snipe, 2; Her- 
ring Gull, 34; Ring-billed Gull, 3; Mourning Dove, 20; Screech Owl, 1; 
Belted Kingfisher, 8; Yellow-shafted Flicker, 7; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 5; 
Hairy Woodpecker, 4; Downy Woodpecker, 8; Horned Lark, 7; Blue Jay, 
