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years were absent. This may account for the increased number of reports, 
twelve this year as against nine and seven for 1944 and 1945 respectively. 
With the additional reports there appears a correspondingly greater 
number of both species and individuals. 1944 reported 75 species and 
about 15,000 individuals; 1945, 69 species and about 12,000 individuals; 
this year lists 87 species and a total of over 46,500 individuals. This 
great increase in individuals is readily explained by the fact that large 
numbers of mallards were still lingering on Lake Springfield and the 
Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, and there again was a concentration of 
starlings around Springfield. 
Of the 87 species none appears in all of the reports; the crow, cardinal 
and junco are in all except the Belmont Harbor list, which shows only 
water birds. Present in all but two lists were the downy woodpecker, 
chickadee, starling and English sparrow, the first two not on the Waukegan 
report and the latter two not being listed by Mr. Dahlberg from Wing- 
haven, his place near Knox, Indiana. 
An interesting comparison may be made from the three lists which 
centered about Morton Arboretum. They show that no one person or 
party is likely to get all of the species, or of the individuals of the species, 
present on any one day. The largest list shows 21 species and 361 indi- 
viduals, while a composite list showing the largest number found in any 
one day records 30 species and 516 individuals, with ten species appearing 
on only one list each, nine on two lists, and eleven on all. 
We appreciate the efforts that have been put forth in making these 
seasonal reports, which are growing in both number and interest, and we 
hope that all will be back again along with several more for the 1947 count. 
Blue Island, Cook County; in the vicinity of Oak Hill banding station 
and fields south and east; Dec. 22 to 29 (listing largest number seen in any 
one day); ground hard at first, after the 27th four to six inches of snow; 
temperature ranging from 38° to 2°. Ring-necked pheasant, 3; herring 
gull, 60; screech owl, 1; fiicker, 2; hairy woodpecker, 1; downy woodpecker, 
4; blue jay, 1; crow, 10; black-capped chickadee, 7; tufted titmouse, 3; 
white-breasted nuthatch, 1; golden-crowned kinglet, 1; starling, 2007; 
English sparrow, 30; cardinal, 3; junco, 24; tree sparrow, 15; song sparrow, 
2; total, 18 species, 366+ individuals. (Dec. 12 a sharp-shinned hawk was 
seen, Dec. 13 a goldfinch, Dec. 20 a robin, and Jan. 5 a red-shouldered 
hawk.)—Kar] E. Bartel. 
Fifteen-mile circle with Brussels, Illinois, as a center, and including 
Pere Marquette State Park and Calhoun County Wildlife Refuge; 75% 
lowlands of Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, 25% upland orchards and 
deciduous woods; Dec. 29; mostly overcast; ground bare; temperature 
15° to 20°; wind north, varying from 10 to 25.m.p.h.; 31 observers in 
three groups; total hours, 21; total miles, 184 (162 by car, 22 on foot). 
Canada goose, 55; mallard, 5,650; black duck, 10; pintail, 31; redhead, 3; 
ring-necked duck, 15; lesser scaup, 37; American golden-eye, 11; sharp- 
shinned hawk, 1; Cooper’s hawk, 1; red-tailed hawk, 11; red-shouldered 
hawk, 1; bald eagle, 16; marsh hawk, 3; sparrow hawk, 3; bob-white, 22; 
coot, 2; killdeer, 3; Wilson’s snipe, 1; herring gull, 50; ring-billed gull, 
