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station, and fields south and east of the station, December 22 to 31, snow 
covering the ground the first three days and bare thereafter, temperature 
ranging from 35° to 3°. Birds listed show largest numbers of individuals 
seen in one day. Red-shouldered hawk, 2; marsh hawk, 1; bob-white, 5; 
ring-necked pheasant, 14; herring gull, 5; mourning dove, 1; barn owl, 3; 
sereech owl, 2; red-bellied woodpecker, 1; hairy woodpecker, 3; downy 
woodpecker, 11; blue jay, 9; crow, 6; black-capped chickadee, 10; tufted 
titmouse, 5; white-breasted nuthatch, 3; red-breasted nuthatch, 1; brown 
creeper, 1; northern shrike, 1; starling, 60; English sparrow, 35; red- 
winged blackbird (flying over), 5; cardinal, 14; purple finch, 1; junco, 18; 
tree sparrow, 7; song sparrow, 1; total 28 species, 230 individuals. A brown 
thrasher and a bittern were seen on December 19, and a great blue heron 
on the 15th.—Karl E. Bartel. 
Chicago, Cook Co. All along the lake front from 63rd Street north to 
the city limits (except Montrose Harbor), December 29, 10:00 A.M. to 
2:45 P.M., wind northeast, light fog and rain, temperature 38°. One mile 
on foot (around Navy Pier) and 20 miles by auto. Mallard duck, 2; golden- 
eye, 15; old-squaw, 26; American merganser, 233; red-breasted merganser, 
50; herring gull, 400+; ring-billed gull, 175+; starling, 100+; English 
sparrow, 75+; total 9 species, 1,076 (est.) individuals. I stopped the car 
wherever birds could be seen, but there were many places where from the 
car I could not see the lake and there may have been birds there.—Karl E. 
Bartel. 
Joliet, Will Co. Pilcher Park Arboretum, December 25, 12:30 to 4:30 
P.M., wind east, foggy and damp, snow here and there, temperature 33°. 
Twelve miles by auto and 3% on foot. Red-shouldered hawk, 1; herring 
gull, 2; hairy woodpecker, 2; downy woodpecker, 4; blue jay, 1; crow, 28; 
tufted titmouse, 1; starling, 4; English sparrow, 50; red-winged blackbird, 
1; purple finch, 1; American goldfinch, 9; junco, 8; tree sparrow, 1; total 
16 species, 117 individuals.—Karl E. Bartel. 
Grafton, Illinois. Pere Marquette Park, Federal Area and Wildlife 
Refuge, War Department property along the Illinois River, and farms in 
between, in all a stretch 15 miles long and eight wide, December 27, 6:00 
A.M. to 5:00 P.M., cloudy following a three-inch rainfall during early 
morning, ground bare, soaked with rain, wind northeast, 15 miles, tempera- 
ture 42° to 40°. Thirty-two observers in six parties; total hours, 48; total 
party miles, 131 (44 by foot, 87 by car). Pied-billed grebe, 1; mallard, 935, 
est.; black duck, 11; gadwall, 210; pintail, 58; lesser scaup duck, 34; 
American golden-eye, 26; American merganser, 45; red-breasted merganser, 
4; Cooper’s hawk, 1; red-tailed hawk, 9; red-shouldered hawk, 1; bald 
eagle, 17; marsh hawk, 11; sparrow hawk, 19; bob-white, 52; killdeer, 1; 
ring-billed gull, 241; rock dove, 3; mourning dove, 7; short-eared owl, 1; 
kingfisher, 3; flicker, 62; pileated woodpecker, 2; red-bellied woodpecker, 68; 
red-headed woodpecker, 81; hairy woodpecker, 26; downy woodpecker, 70; 
prairie horned lark, 4; blue jay, 86; crow, 76; black-capped chickadee, 96; 
tufted titmouse, 102; white-breasted nuthatch, 21; brown creeper, 9; 
Carolina wren, 54; mockingbird, 1; robin, 7; bluebird, 32; golden-crowned 
kinglet, 8; cedar waxwing, 15; starling, 154; English sparrow, 931, est.; 
