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feeder. Total hours 47, 2 by car, 48 on foot, 2 at feeder; total miles 57, 19 
by car, 38 on foot. Mallard, 80; black duck, 3; lesser scaup, 26; Amer. 
golden-eye, 943; buffle-head, 1; old-squaw, 3845; hooded merganser, 1; 
Amer. merganser, 139; red-breasted merganser, 531; Cooper’s hawk, 1; 
red-tailed hawk, 2; red-shouldered hawk, 3; duck hawk, 1 (large falcon 
shape, heavy mustache marks observed at close range — R.N.L.); sparrow 
hawk, 8; ring-necked pheasant, 71; herring gull, 2,491; ring-billed gull, 
12; Bonaparte’s gull, 72; snowy owl, 1; long-eared owl, 1; hairy wood- 
pecker, 9; downy woodpecker, 29; blue jay, 6; crow, 145; black-capped 
chickadee, 97; tufted titmouse, 5; white-breasted nuthatch, 4; red-breasted 
nuthatch, 1; brown creeper, 14; Carolina wren, 2; brown thrasher, 1; 
robin, 3; golden-crowned kinglet, 6; starling, 606; English sparrow, 634; 
cardinal, 45; purple finch, 18; goldfinch, 4; slate-colored junco, 168; tree 
sparrow, 100; white-throated sparrow, 2; swamp sparrow, 1; song 
sparrow, 9; total, 48 species, 6,641 individuals. The snowy owl, brown 
thrasher, Carolina wrens, swamp and white-throated sparrows were seen 
in Lincoln park throughout December by various observers. (Seen in 
count area Dec. 23, arctic three-toed woodpecker, 1, observed at close range 
with 7X50 binocular, yellow crown patch, ladder sides, and black back noted 
— J.J.C., J. F. H., Howard Dean; Dec. 24, snow bunting, 7). — Mrs. Amy 
Baldwin, Bill Baasel, Mrs. J. H. Buchanan, Mrs. Reba Campbell, Jerome 
J. Carroll, Mrs. W. G. DuMont, Joseph F. Healy, Mr. and Mrs. John Helmer, 
Mrs. Bertha Huxford, Richard N. Lamermayer, Harold Lenz, Norman 
Lerch, Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Mannette, Janet McGovern, Mrs. Paul A. 
Stephenson, Dick Zusi. (Members, Chicago Ornithological society, Evans- 
ton Bird club.) 
Rockford, Winnebago county; in Ho-No-Negah Forest preserve and 
Page Conservation park; Jan. 2; 8 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.; heavy fog and mist 
with light rain; temperature 42° to 46°; all creeks and Rock river open; 
light south breeze; 4 miles on foot; 6 observers, mostly together. Bob-white, 
6; rock dove, 25; barred owl, 1; saw-whet owl, 1; kingfisher, 1 (heard) ; 
red-bellied woodpecker, 1; red-headed woodpecker, 1; hairy woodpecker, 1; 
downy woodpecker, 5; blue jay, 11; crow, 7; black-capped chickadee, 19; 
tufted titmouse, 1; white-breasted nuthatch, 3; brown creeper, 3; golden- 
crowned kinglet, 3; starling, 75; English sparrow, 31; cardinal, 17; slate 
colored junco, 43; tree sparrow, 36; total, 21 species, 291 individuals. — 
Don Prentice, Paul Boynton, Harold E. Bennett, Lee Johnson, David Seal, 
Leland Ellis (North Central Illinois Ornithological society). 
Joliet, Will county; Piltcher Park Arboretum; Jan. 1; 9 a.m. to 12:30; 
3 miles on foot, 10 by auto; then to Channahon, Will county; along tow- 
path of I. & M. canal from Channahon to Morris and where the Des Plaines 
and Kankakee rivers merge to form the Illinois river; cloudy, drizzle; wind 
SE; all observations made from car; 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., 20 miles by auto. 
Mallard, 5; canvas-back, 1; lesser scaup, 20; Amer. golden-eye, 45; hooded 
merganser, 1; Amer. merganser, 1; red-tailed hawk, 1; red-shouldered 
hawk, 2; Amer. rough-legged hawk, 4; marsh hawk, 1; sparrow hawk, 2; 
capped chickadee, 12; tufted titmouse, 10; white-breasted nuthatch, 1; 
hairy woodpecker, 3; downy woodpecker, 12; blue jay, 8; crow, 25; black- 
