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Chicago, Cook county (83 miles of lake front, starting at 79th street 
beach ‘and ending up at Tower road, Winnetka). Jan. 2; 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. Partly cloudy; temperature 25°; ground covered with snow up to 
two feet; all of lake and harbors open; wind light S.E. Mallard, 16; ring- 
necked duck, 1; American golden-eye, 320; bufflehead, 1; old-squaw, 800; 
American merganser, 4825+; red-breasted merganser, 11007; sparrow 
hawk, 1; herring gulls, 800+; ring-billed gulls, 6; downy woodpecker, 3; 
black-capped chickadee, 2; red-breasted nuthatch, 1; starlings, 6; house 
sparrows, 10; cardinal, 1; eastern snow buntings, 8. Total 17 species, 
7906+ individuals.—Karl E. Bartel. 
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ColumeT 
Roadside Census in Cook County. Starting at Calumet Lake, south to 
Dolton, west to Harvey, Oak Forest, Orland and Palos Park, north to 
Willow Springs, then east to Worth and Blue Island. Stops were made 
all along Doty Ave., by Calumet Lake, and all places along the roads 
where birds were seen to flit. Dec. 25; 11:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.; fresh 
snow on ground covering old snow from six inches to three feet deep. 
Calumet Lake frozen over except for two small spots close to the highway 
at 110th street; temperature 30°; wind NW 10 miles per hour; cloudy; 
60 miles by auto. American golden-eye, 11; American merganser, 2; red- 
breasted merganser, 1; red-tailed hawk, 4; red-shouldered hawk, 1; sparrow 
hawk, 1; ring-necked pheasant, 2; herring gull, 10,000+ ; ring-billed gull, 15; 
screech owl, 2; hairy woodpecker, 2; downy woodpecker, 2; prairie horned 
lark, 10; blue jay, 3; crow, 19; black-capped chickadee, 1; white-breasted 
nuthatch, 1; starling, 250+; house sparrow, 30; cardinal, 9; slate-colored 
junco, 20; tree sparrow, 14. Total 22 species, 10,400+ individuals.—Karl 
EK. Bartel, J. O. Young. 
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Palos Park, Cook county; covering five-bird-banding and feeding sta- 
tions of Dr. & Mrs. McQuarrie, Miss Alice Greenacre, Dr. & Mrs. Bressler, 
Mr. & Mrs. John Goes, and Mr. & Mrs. A. Lord. Dec. 30; hazy, snow 
melting. Flicker, 1; hairy woodpecker, 6; downy woodpecker, 30; blue jay, 
9; crow, 25; black-capped chickadee, 65; tufited titmouse, 8; white-breasted 
nuthatch, 8; brown creeper, 1; cardinal, 8; slate-colored junco, 25. Total 
11 species, 186 individuals. A prairie horned lark was seen just west of 
Blue Island on the way out. On December 6th an injured white-throated 
sparrow was brought to Mrs. McQuarrie, but died the following day. On 
December 9th a killdeer was found on the pond by Mr. A. Lord.—Alfred 
H. Reuss. 
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Flossmoor, Cook county; brush and fields south of Flossmoor; five 
miles, three hours in the field; Dec. 29. Downy woodpecker, 2; American 
crow, 5; black-capped chickadee, 10; house sparrow, 10; cardinal, 5; purple 
finch, 1; slate-colored junco, 2. Total 7 species, 35 individuals.—Inez 
L. Buell. 
