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mallards; 150+ black ducks; 2 canvas-backs; 7 greater scaups; 550+ 
golden-eyes; 1 bufflehead; 3 hooded mergansers; 75 American mergansers; 
2 red-tailed hawks; 1 red-shouldered hawk; 1 rough-legged hawk; 9 ring- 
necked pheasants; 72 coots; 46 herring gulls; 1 hairy woodpecker; 18 downy 
woodpeckers; 3 blue jays; 62 crows; 46 chickadees; 7 white-breasted nut- 
hatches; 1 brown creeper; 33 starlings; 21 English sparrows; 5 cardinals; 
6 goldfinches; 1 vesper sparrow; 6 juncos; 1 tree sparrow; 1 song sparrow; 
1 Lapland longspur; total, 31 species, 1682+ individuals. Due to the sudden 
cold wave, the lake was steaming badly and we could not identify large 
numbers of ducks far out in the lake-—EARL ANDERSON, C. O. PALMQUIST. 
Lisle, DuPage County. Morton Arboretum; Dec. 31; 9:30 A.M. to 
4:30 P.M.; deep snow; cloudy; southwest wind; temperature 30° to 33°; 
five miles on foot, nine by car: 1 red-tailed hawk; 7 pheasants; 2 herring 
gulls; 1 horned owl; 10 long-eared owls; 6 hairy woodpeckers; 5 downy 
woodpeckers; 3 blue jays; 60 crows; 7 chickadees; 1 brown creeper; 4 
robins; 3 golden-crowned kinglets; 5 starlings; 3 English sparrows; 6 car- 
dinals; 2 pine siskins; 7 goldfinches; 11 juncos; 1 tree sparrow; total, 21 
species, 146 individuals.—Chicago Ornithological Society, KARL E. BARTEL, 
Field Chairman, and Mrs. LiLty, Miss STEBBINS, MRs. GELATIS, MR. and 
Mrs. THORPE, MR. WARD, CHARLES WARD and CRAG OREAR. 
Palos, Cook County. Around Palos banding stations; Dec. 30; tempera- 
ture 28°: 3 hairy woodpeckers; 24 downy woodpeckers; 32 chickadees; 
9 tufted titmice; 10 white-breasted nuthatches; 19 juncos; the birds listed 
above were trapped; the following were seen and not trapped: 1 red- 
shouldered hawk; 1 marsh hawk; 3 blue jays; 10 crows; 1 robin (McQuar- 
rie); 30 English sparrows; 7 cardinals; total, 13 species, 150 individuals.— 
KARL E. BARTEL, FREDERICK C. LABAHN, JR. 
Springfield, Sangamon County. An area of 7% miles radius with 
Springfield as the center, including Lake Springfield and the Carpenter 
Park and Clear Lake regions along the Sangamon River (same area as 
covered for the past 11 years), 50% river woods, 17% open lake shore, 9% 
river marsh and 12 city parks; Dec. 29; dawn to dusk; cloudy; temperature 
20-30°; wind ESE, 0-10 m.p.h.; 6-8 inches of snow; lake, river and 
streams frozen with a few open holes; 10 observers in five parties, one 
watcher at a feeding station; total hours, 36 (1 on foot, 35 in car); total 
miles, 101 (80 by car, mostly to and from territories, 21 on foot): 1625 
mallards; 75 black ducks; 1 golden-eye; 1 Cooper’s hawk; 1 red-shouldered 
hawk; 1 red-tailed hawk; 1 marsh hawk; 2 sparrow hawks; 45 bob-whites 
(8 coveys); 1 herring gull (immature); 1 ring-billed gull; 11 rock 
doves; 4 mourning doves; 4 barred owls; 1 screech owl; 3 kingfishers; 
7 flickers; 29 red-bellied woodpeckers; 1 red-headed woodpecker; 1 yellow- 
bellied sapsucker (present for several weeks at park feeding station—kE. B.) ; 
12 hairy woodpeckers; 66 downy woodpeckers; 8 prairie horned larks; 83 
blue jays; 125 crows; 126 chickadees; 203 titmice; 52 nuthatches; 26 brown 
creepers; 32 Carolina wrens; 1 mockingbird; 1 robin; 1 hermit thrush (seen 
at close range with 8X glasses); 19 bluebirds (unusual number seen by 
several parties); 31 golden-crowned kinglets; 6 cedar waxwings; 5,000+ 
starlings (on the city dump) ; 1,000+ English sparrows; 4 eastern meadow- 
