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Bird Watchers Wanted — III 
By JAMES H. ZIMMERMAN 
ONCE AGAIN THE Wisconsin Society for Ornithology would like to have co- 
operative reports on bird observations from members of the Illinois Audubon 
Society. (See the September, 1953 and March, 1952 issues of the Audubon 
Bulletin). The reports received last year were most encouraging. About 
7500 observations were received, representing 47 states and provinces. Co- 
operators were most numerous in New York, Wisconsin, Ontario, Illinois, 
and Pennsylvania, respectively. The arrival dates for the 28 species on the 
1953 list have been put on I.B.M. punch cards on file at the Patuxent Re- 
search Refuge. These reports are already being used by several research 
workers. 
Nine additional species have been added to the list for 1954. The success 
of the various studies depends directly upon the number of observations 
received. We need even more reports than we received in 1953, if we are 
to reach our objectives in correlating migratory movements with specific 
weather conditions. You should urge other persons in your community to 
report their arrival dates also. In [llinois, cooperation was good from the 
northern third of the state, but more observers in the central and south 
portions are desired. 
Please write to me at the address below for a list of the species to be re- 
ported and the form to be used. Simple postcard reports are adequate in 
many instances. Special attention should be paid, as before, to arrivals, 
concentrations, and departures of Canada Geese and White-Throated Spar- 
rows. Send reports to Chandler S. Robbins, Patuxent Research Refuge, 
Laurel, Maryland. I will gladly answer all questions. 
2114 Van Hise Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 
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Last Year’s Christmas Census 
A NUMBER OF comments, both favorable and unfavorable, have been re- 
ceived by your editor regarding the Christmas Census published in the 
March issue of the Bulletin. Probably the most helpful analysis has come 
from Mr. Philip DuMont of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washing- 
ton, D.C. 
Mr. DuMont pointed out that, while the tabular type of census report has 
proved most useful, our own report was so large and cumbersome that much 
of its value was lost. We were painfully aware of this fact during the long 
hours spent typing the table! In addition, the table was so wide that our 
regular printer could not fit all the columns into the page, and it was neces- 
sary to have all the data printed on a special typewriter, photographed, and 
reduced to the size published. The resultant expense came close to 40% of 
