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DuPage County, ARBORETUM, LISLE. (No area description given). Dec. 
19; 40 observers. Margaret Lehmann (compiler), 7020 Jeffery Avenue, 
Chicago, Ill. 60649—CHICAGO ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY members 
and friends. (NOTE: Included in this count was one Krider’s Red-tailed 
Hawk which has been listed with the regular Red-tailed Hawk tally.) 
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Fulton and Mason Counties, DUCK ISLAND—-COPPERAS CREEK—CHAU- 
TAUQDUA. (All points within a 15-mile diameter circle centered at Wood- 
yard Slough, including Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge; Big, Rice, 
Spring and Quiver Lakes; Quiver Creek; Illinois River; Mascon State 
Forest; and Duck Island. Fields and pastures 35%; water and marshes 25%; 
river bottoms and deciduous woods 27%; coniferous. forest 12%; roads 1%). 
Dec. 24; 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.; cloudy in a.m., clear in p.m.; temp. 39 to 54 
degrees; wind NW, 5-15 m.p.h. in a.m., 0-5 m.p.h. in p.m.; all waters open, 
no snow cover. 6 observers in 4 to 6 parties. Total party-hours, 44 (32 on 
foot, 12 by car); total party-miles, 325 (32 on foot, 293 by car). The Smith's 
Longspurs were seen at 20 to 75 feet for about 5 minutes.—Ira Sanders 
(compiler), 3126 West Jarlath, Chicago, Ill. 60645. 
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Jersey and Calhoun Counties, PERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK. (All 
points within a 15-mile diameter circle centered at Meppen, including parts 
of Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge; upland woods and fields 50%, 
bottomlands 40%, lakes and rivers 10%.) Dec. 26; 5 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., over- 
cast and fog; temp. 50 to 54 deg.; no wind; all water open, ground rather 
muddy. 47 observers in 9 parties. Total party-hcurs, 63 (41 on foot, 20 by car, 
2 by air); total party-miles, 411 (35 on foot, 196 by car, 180 by airplane). 
The Whistling Swans were seen first from the air, and later in the day by 
about half the participants. LeConte’s Sparrows are not rare in this area 
in the winter. Sara Vasse (compiler), Box 142, Brussels, Ill. 62013—Great 
Rivers Chapter I.A.S., Scuthwest Chapter IA.S. 
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Kane County, FOX VALLEY—SOUTHERN KANE COUNTY. (All points 
within 15-mile circle centered on Waubonsee Community College campus 
north of Sugar Grove. Mostly open farm land & scattered small oak groves; 
approximately one mile of river included.) Dec. 26; temp. mid-30’s; overcast, 
with occasional drizzle. Lighting miserable. 12 observers. Maryann Goss- 
mann (compiler), Route 1, Box 71, Plainfield, Ill. 60544—FOX VALLEY 
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Kane County, MAPLE PARK-MOOSEHEART. (All points within a 15-mile 
diameter circle centered 2 miles east of LaFox, including Kane County 
Forest Preserves and the Fox River; field and pastures 45%, river bottoms 
and woods 33%, urban and feeders 10%, water, marshes and gravel pits 8%, 
farmyards and thickets 4%.) Dec. 18: 4 a.m. to 6 p.m.; mostly clear; temp. 
10 to 28 degrees; wind west to south, 0-12 m.p.h.; waters mostly open, no 
snow cover. 20 observers, 15 in 11 to 13 parties and 5 at feeders. Total 
party-hours 105 (75 on foot, 30 by car); total party-miles 688 (88 on foot, 
