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dinal, 1; tree sparrow, 36; song sparrow, 1; total, 16 species, 98 individuals. 
—Karl E. Bartel. 
Orland Park, Cook county; Orland Wildlife Preserve, west end by farm- 
house; Jan. 1; 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; sunny, clear; temperature 30°; strong 
northeast wind; lake frozen. Red-shouldered hawk, 2; marsh hawk, 1; 
downy woodpecker, 1; tree sparrow, 10; total, 4 species, 14 individuals.— 
Alfred H. Reuss. 
Palos Park, Cook county; vicinity of five bird-banding stations; Jan. 2; 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; cloudy, sun out dimly at times; light cover of snow on 
ground; roads icy in spots; temperature 30° to 36°. Hawk(?), 1; hairy 
woodpecker, 5; downy woodpecker, 20; red-bellied woodpecker, 3; crow, 50; 
chickadee, 56; tufted titmouse, 2; white-breasted nuthatch, 38; brown 
creeper, 2; cardinal, 5; purple finch, 4; goldfinch, 1; junco, 18; tree spar- 
row, 40; robin (seen by Mrs. McQuarrie up to Jan. 1); total, 15 species, 
201 individuals.—Alfred H. Reuss. 
Joliet, Will county; along Des Plaines river Tow Path 14 miles south- 
west of Joliet to source of Illinois river, and in Pilcher Park Arboretum; 
Jan. 1; 7:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; clear; temperature 8° to 45° to 22° ;) wind 
northwest to north, 1 to 3 miles an hour; ground covered with 1 to 3 inches 
of snow; ponds and. backwaters frozen, river channel open; 61 miles (54 
by auto, 7 on foot). Mallard, 85; black duck, 26; baldpate, 2; pintail, 706; 
canvasback, 1; lesser scaup, 63; golden-eye, 20; bufflehead, 1; old squaw, 5; 
ruddy duck, 2; hooded merganser, 2; redtailed hawk, 5; red-shouldered 
hawk, 6; marsh hawk, 1; pheasant, 1; herring gull, 6; ring-billed gull, 2; 
kingfisher, 1; flicker, 2; hairy woodpecker, 1; downy woodpecker, 11; blue 
jay, 5; crow, 50; chickadee, 22; tufted titmouse, 12; white-breasted nut- 
hatch, 2; brown creeper, 3; starling, 52; English sparrow, 50; cardinal, 8; 
purple finch, 28; goldfinch, 17; junco, 19; tree sparrow, 74; song sparrow, 
11; total, 35 species, 1,302 individuals (plus estimated 2,000 crows return- 
ing to roost).—Joliet Audubon Society, Dr. and Mrs. George H. Woodruff, 
Dr. Gayle Hufford, Gale Hufford (a.m.), Hilda McIntosh, William Hughes, 
Dr. J. H. Edgecombe (p.m.), Mrs. E. Durbin Collins. 
Blue Island, Cook county; in the vicinity of Oak Hill banding station 
and fields south and east; Dec. 22 to Dec. 31; snow on ground most of the 
time; temperature ranging from 7° to 45° (listing largest number seen in 
any one day); Red-shouldered hawk, 2; sparrow hawk, 2; pheasant, 4; 
herring gull, 60; mourning dove, 2; screech owl, 1; hairy woodpecker, 1; 
downy woodpecker, 6; blue jay, 3; crow, 7; chickadee, 3; starling, 400+; 
English sparrow, 100+; cardinal, 11; goldfinch, 4; junco, 35; tree sparrow, 
12; song sparrow, 3; total, 19 species, 657+ individuals. (Brown thrasher 
seen Dec. 17.)—Karl E. Bartel. 
Chicago, Cook county; Belmont harbor; Dec. 27; harbor mostly open. 
Old squaw, 2; mallard, 43; golden-eye, 265; red-breasted merganser, 21; 
American merganser, 5; herring gull, 12; ring-billed gull, 16; total, 7 
species, 364 individuals.—G. B. Schenong. 
Winamac, Ind.; Jasper-Pulaski State Game Preserve and back roads to 
and from Winamac; Dec. 29; 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; ground bare; west wind 
