aliens Ul Del BrOeNe Ee Bie lala belo LN 15 
chickadee, 1; tufted titmouse, 3; white-breasted nuthatch, 1; cardinal, 1; 
junco, 12; total species, 9; total individuals, 51—Wendell Dahlberg. 
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; around entire lake by car (lake front 30%, 
cattail marsh 10%, swampland 25%, open farmland 5%, deciduous woods 
20%, tamarack swamp 10%); Dec. 22; 7:15 to 4:30; clear; 5 to 10 mile 
wind from west; lake entirely open; temperature 25° to 35°; observers 
together except in two parties from 11:30 to 2:00; total miles, 37 (28 by 
car, 9 on foot). Horned grebe, 2; pied-billed grebe, 2; Canada goose, 82; 
mallard, 51; black duck, 48; green-wing teal, 30; redhead, 2; ring-necked 
duck, 107; canvas-back, 159; scaup (sp?), 170; golden-eye, 1,090; buffle- 
head, 72; white-winged scoter, 1; ruddy duck, 10; hooded merganser, 44; 
American merganser, 375; red-breasted merganser, 12; red-tailed hawk, 5; 
ring-necked pheasant, 15; coot, 1,250; herring gull, 250; ring-billed gull, 3; 
flicker, 5; hairy woodpecker, 2; downy woodpecker, 11; blue jay, 4; crow, 
230; chickadee, 11; white-breasted nuthatch, 5; brown creeper, 3; robin,_1; 
starling, 100; English sparrow, 40; red-wing blackbird, 1; rusty blackbird, 
8; cardinal, 5; purple finch, 5; common redpoll, 15; goldfinch, 4; slate- 
colored junco, 46; tree sparrow, 34; song sparrow, 1; snow bunting, 1; 
total species, 43; total individuals, 4,309; there were approximately 2,000 
additional unidentified ducks in center of lake.—Earl Anderson, Philip 
DuMont, C. O. Palmquist, James Stevenson. 
Lisle, DuPage County; 800 acres within the borders of the Morton 
Arboretum and including groves of conifers, hardwoods, fields, and brush 
rows; Dec. 29; 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.; snowy in forenoon, clear in after- 
noon; 4-in. soft snow on ground, trees, and shrubs; 35° at start, 25° at 
return; wind 10 m.p.h. NW. Thirty-two observers, mostly together, using 
seven cars between points because of snow; total miles, 10 (6 by each car, 
4 on foot). Marsh hawk, 1; ring-necked pheasant, 1; downy woodpecker, 5; 
prairie horned lark, 70; blue jay, 8; crow, 150 (est.) ; black-capped chicka- 
dee, 11; golden-crowned kinglet, 7; cedar waxwing, 4; starling, 4; English 
sparrow, 20; cardinal, 12; evening grosbeak, 1; purple finch, 2; redpoll, 10; 
goldfinch, 2; red-eyed towhee, 1; slate-colored junco, 26; tree sparrow, 11; 
total, 19 species; 346 individuals.—Members and friends, Chicago Ornitho- 
logical Society, Karl E. Bartel, field chairman. 
Lisle, DuPage County; Morton Arboretum; Dec. 19; 9:00 to 3:30; 
ground bare; wind NE; temperature 15° to 25°; total miles, 13 (8 by car, 
5 on foot). Cooper’s hawk, 1; red-tailed hawk, 2; pheasant, 2; long-eared 
owl, 9; short-eared owl, 2; hairy woodpecker, 3; downy woodpecker, 5; 
blue jay, 1; crow, 1507+; chickadee, 11; tufted titmouse, 4; white-breasted 
nuthatch, 2; red-breasted nuthatch, 1; golden-crowned kinglet, 6; starling, 
6; English sparrow, 4; cardinal, 14; common redpoll, 29; goldfinch, 1; 
junco, 9; tree sparrow, 4; total species, 21; total individuals, 266+ .— 
Karl E. Bartel. 
Fifteen-mile circle with Michael, Illinois, as a center (80% river low- 
lands, 10% orchards, 10% deciduous woods); Dec. 28; overcast; ground 
bare; wind N veering to E, 3-10 m.p.h.; temperature 30° to 40°; observers 
in two parties; total hours, 14; total miles, 80 (72 by car, 8 on foot). 
