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Cambria; Troy Davis, Audrey Hall, W. M. Marberry, Carbondale; John 
Hicks, Carterville; Julius Swain, DuQuoin; Virgil Drew, Herrin; Paul 
Kniffen, Hurst; Nolen McFarland, Johnson City; Aden Bauman, Tamaroa, 
Illinois. 
Dixen, Lee Co. Lowell Park, December 30, 10:15 A.M. to 12:00 M., 
snow on ground, snowing heavily, southeast wind, temperature 28°, one mile 
on foot and four by auto, stopping at suitable localities for walks. Horned 
owl, 2; barred owl, 1; red-bellied woodpecker, 2; hairy woodpecker, 2; 
downy woodpecker, 1; horned lark, 9; blue jay, 6; crow, 3; chickadee, 9; 
tufted titmouse, 5; white-breasted nuthatch, 1; red-breasted nuthatch, 1; 
starling, 3; English sparrow, 2; junco, 1; total 15 species, 46 individuals.— 
Mrs. Amy G. Baldwin, Leona Draheim, Karl E. Bartel. 
Grafton, Illinois. Pere Marquette State Park, Federal Area and Wild- 
life Refuge, as well as War Department property along the Illinois River 
and farms in between, in all a stretch 15 miles long and eight wide, Decem- 
ber 28, 4:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M., overcast but clear, light snow in morning, 
wind from 35 to 20 miles, shifting, temperature 28° to 33°. Observers in 
six groups as follows: Party I, 5 observers, 12 hours, 3 miles by boat, 7 on 
foot; Party II, 6 observers, 9 hours, 20 miles by car, 5 on foot; Party III, 
6 observers, 8 hours, 3 miles by boat, 64% on foot; Party IV, 9 observers, 
13 hours, 22 miles by car, 6 on foot; Party V, 6 observers, 14 hours, 16 
miles by car, 11 on foot; Party VI, 3 observers, 5 hours, 4 miles by car} 
total hours, 61; total miles by car, 62; total miles by boat, 6; total miles on 
TOOL, Goy2. Cormorant, 15; mallard, 1,283; black duck, 10; gadwall, 527 
(seen by all groups at close range for a half-hour); baldpate, 3; pintail, 
558; green-winged teal, 357; redhead, 2; ring-necked duck, 2; scaup, 154; 
American golden-eye, 18; American merganser, 4; red-breasted merganser, 
15; Cooper’s hawk, 1; red-tailed hawk, 14; red-shouldered hawk, 3; rough- 
legged hawk, 3; bald eagle, 9; marsh hawk, 12; pigeon hawk, 3 (observed by 
Dale and others at close range with ten-power Bausch & Lomb); sparrow 
hawk, 24; bob-white, 8; coot, 7; herring gull, 16; ring-billed gull, 55; rock 
dove, 50 (about a large rock quarry where they nest) ; mourning dove, 17; 
sereech owl, 1; great horned owl, 2; barred owl, 1; short-eared owl, 3 (seen 
just at dusk over marsh) ; kingfisher, 3; flicker, 79; pileated woodpecker, 9; 
red-bellied woodpecker, 78; red-headed woodpecker, 22; yellow-bellied sap- 
sucker, 2; hairy woodpecker, 14; downy woodpecker, 104; horned lark, 6; 
blue jay, 54; crow, 992; chickadee, 115; tufted titmouse, 1938; white-breasted 
nuthatch, 58; brown creeper, 6; Carolina wren, 36; robin, 17; hermit thrush, 
2 (seen for weeks about the Trailside Museum) ; bluebird, 48; ruby-crowned 
kinglet, 4 (seen by three different groups); cedar waxwing, 200 (est) ; 
migrant shrike, 3; starling, 182; northern yellow-throat, 1 (seen at close 
range by four expert observers); house sparrow, 1,952; European tree 
sparrow, 45; red-wing, 120; rusty blackbird, 106; cowbird, 13; cardinal, 
396; goldfinch, 125; junco, 595; tree sparrow, 501; field sparrow, 1; fox 
sparrow, 12; swamp sparrow, 6; song sparrow, 40; total 68 species, 9,276 
individuals.—Mrs. Guy Bonney, Jack Buese, Charley Callahan, Jane Coogan, 
Dave Dale, Jack Decker, Mildred Dunlope, Carl Esswein, L. Freeman, Chas. 
Harris, Wilbur Hertenstein, Cora Hutchinson, Louise Hutchinson, Tom 
