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Glen Ellyn and vicinity, DuPage County, Ill. December 28, 10 A. M. 
to 4 P. M. Clear, temperature 36 degrees, northeast wind. Red-shouldered 
Hawk 1; Ring-necked Pheasant 1; Flicker 1; Hairy Woodpecker 2; Downy 
Woodpecker 10; Blue Jay 2; Eastern Crow 4; Black-capped Chickadee 8; 
Tufted Titmouse 4; White-breasted Nuthatch 4; Red-breasted Nuthatch 2; 
Brown Creeper 1; Robin 2; Starling 6; English Sparrow 27; Cardinal 6; 
Eastern Goldfinch 1; Slate-colored Junco 17; Eastern Tree Sparrow 30. 
Total, 19 species ——Benjamin T. Gault Bird Club, Mrs. Walter Stofer, Presi- 
dent, Mrs. S. H. Leuck, Secretary. 
Waukegan, Lake County, Ill. December 26. Weather mild; temperature 
26 degrees, southwest wind. Mallard 17; Baldpate 1; Lesser Scaup Duck 
200; American Golden-eye 100; Old-squaw 2; Red-Breasted Merganser 50; 
Ring-necked Pheasant 5; American Coot 2; Herring Gull 2250; Flicker 1; 
Downy Woodpecker 2; Blue Jay 2; Eastern Crow 12; Black-capped Chicka- 
dee 2; Robin 1; Starling 500; English Sparrow 600; Eastern Red-wing 1; 
Cardinal 2; Eastern Purple Finch 5; Slate-colored Junco 50; Eastern Tree 
Sparrow 30; White-throated Sparrow 1; Eastern Fox Sparrow 4. About 
1000 ducks out too far in Lake Michigan to identify species. Total, 24 
species.—William I. Lyon. 
Joliet, Will County, Ill. Pilcher Park Arboretum. December 26, 11:30 
A. M. to 2:15 P. M. Cloudy, snow here and there, southwest wind, tem- 
perature 31 degrees. Seven miles by auto and four miles on foot. Red- 
shouldered Hawk 1; Sparrow Hawk 1; Bob-white 4; Herring Gull 1; 
Downy Woodpecker 1; Blue Jay 2; Starling 25; Goldfinch 3; Junco 2. Total 
9 species, 40 individuals.—Kar] E. Bartel. 
Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wis. December 26, 9:30 A. M. to 4:30 
P. M. Clear, two inches of snow underlaid by sleet; no wind; temperature 
382 degrees. Lake frozen over except at west end. Around entire lake by 
car, stopping at suitable localities for walks; twenty-five miles by car, four 
miles on foot. Canada Goose 500; Mallard 4; Black Duck 38; Canvas-back 
1; Lesser Scaup Duck 50; American Golden-eye 250; Hooded Merganser 
11; American Merganser 1; Red-tailed Hawk 2; Sparrow Hawk 2; Ring- 
necked Pheasant 18; American Coot 2500; Herring Gull 85; Ring-billed 
Gull 2; Belted Kingfisher 1; Red-headed Woodpecker 3; Hairy Woodpecker 
2; Downy Woodpecker 4; Blue Jay 7; Eastern Crow 20; Black-capped 
Chickadee 2; White-breasted Nuthatch 3; Starling 100; English Sparrow 
75; Eastern Red-wing 5; Brewer’s Blackbird 1; Slate-colored Junco 6; 
Eastern Tree Sparrow 25; Song Sparrow 8. Total 29 species, 3645 individ- 
uals. The Brewer’s blackbird, a male, was observed on the ground in a 
swamp area at fifteen feet. It was entirely black in appearance with dark 
purple and blue-green iridescence and light yellow iris. No brown in 
plumage was noted. (Second winter record.) In regard to the Lake 
Geneva census, though the quantities of water birds may seem large, 
especially the 2500 coots, if anything, the numbers are understated. As 
Lake Geneva is a deep-water lake, fed by springs, it freezes over very 
late, sometimes not at all. The “puddle ducks” are usually found in the 
small spring-fed creeks (as was the case this time) or in the lake near 
the mouth of these small creeks. Often Wilson’s Snipe have been seen all 
winter amid these small springs which never freeze over but none were 
observed this year.—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Palmquist. 
