16 TH Et AUS D UB OUNS eB Uelalelai sien 
larks; 1 eastern red-wing; 162 cardinals; 4 purple finches; 40 goldfinches; 
5 towhees ((in two groups, 3 male and 2 female—B. R.); 365 juncos; 1 
white-throated sparrow; 1 fox sparrow; 5 swamp sparrows; 77 song spar- 
rows; seen on the area Dec. 26 were 1 long-eared owl and 1 northern shrike 
—first county records; total, 50 species, 9419+ individuals.—OPAL RIPPEY, 
CHRISTINE BONNEY, BEATRICE Hopwoop, ELIZABETH BAUM, CorA MCELROY, 
SARAH WARE, ELIZABETH WARE, VIRGINIA S. EIFERT, LOIS HARDBARGER, 
EDITH SUTTON, BILL ROBERTSON. 
Waukegan, Lake County. Lake Michigan, harbor, surrounding woods 
and fields, open water lake at Illinois Northern Public Service Plant; Dec. 
29; 10:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.; cloudy with heavy mist; temperature 30° to 
34°; wind northwest; ground covered with 4-6 inches of snow; lake and 
harbor frozen except for a few patches of open water; total miles,.385 (34 in 
car, 1 on foot); 3 observers in one party: 30 mallards; 4 black ducks; 
1 gadwall; 2 green-winged teal; 1 ring-necked duck; 300 lesser scaup ducks; 
60 American golden-eyes; 2 buffle-heads; 2 ruddy ducks; 100. American 
mergansers; 150 red-breasted mergansers; 1 red-tailed hawk; 5:pheasants; 
1 coot; 550 herring gulls; 1 long-eared owl (found freshly shot) ; 1 short- 
eared owl; 1 downy woodpecker; 30 crows; 15 starlings; 40 English spar- 
rows; 3 bronzed grackles; 1 cardinal; 14 goldfinches; 4 juncos; 65 tree 
sparrows; 2 song sparrows; total, 27 species, 1,386 individuals. The unusual 
number of ducks was due to a lake at the power plant which remains open 
the year around.—Dr. ALFRED Lewy, SIDNEY STEIN, JR., JAMES D. 
WATSON, JR. 
The following report from Lieut. Collias, formerly of Chicago, while not 
covering the Illinois area, is included as evidence that army service does not 
lessen the interest, and to show some of the different conditions our friends 
are meeting with while away from home. 
Laredo, Texas, and by car in Laredo Air Range along the Rio Grande 
River to Air Range Headquarters at Chupadera Ranch, which lies about 
60 miles northwest of Laredo; Dec. 25, 30 and 31; weather varied from 
very cloudy with a slight rain to clear and sunny; wind very gentle to very 
strong; temperature 40° to 70°; two hours on foot at Laredo and two hours 
on foot near Chupadera Ranch; arid country, covered with chaparral and 
various kinds of cactus plans, particularly prickly pear: 1 great blue heron; 
8 pintails; 2 canvas-backs; 1 gadwall; 12 Canada geese; 8 black vultures; 
1 turkey vulture; 1 Cooper’s hawk; 1 red-tailed hawk; 1 marsh hawk; 
2 sparrow hawks; 6 killdeers; 1 long-billed curlew (heard); 1 Wilson’s 
snipe; 16 mourning doves; 5 Mexican ground doves; 2 western horned owls; 
1 belted kingfisher; 3 house wrens; 20 western mockingbirds; 21 white- 
rumped shrikes; 4 myrtle warblers; 18 house sparrows; 140 meadowlarks 
(not singing and in scattered flocks, usually small) ; 30 red-wings; 5 great- 
tailed grackles; 2 cardinals; 15 vesper sparrows; 6 lark sparrows; 12 essen- 
tially western species were also observed; 8 Harris’ hawks; 26 chestnut- 
bellied scaled quail (8 flocks) ; 1 Texas woodpecker; 2 golden-fronted wood- 
peckers; 2 vermillion flycatchers; 1 white-necked raven; 1 verdin; 6 cactus 
wrens; 13 pyrrhuloxias; 150 lark buntings (3 flocks); 13 black-throated 
sparrows; 38 clay-colored sparrows; total, 41 species, 560 individuals.— 
NICHOLAS E. COLLiAS, Laredo Army Air Field, Laredo, Texas. 
