16 T HEA UID U- BIOlN; (BOE Tee 
the beach, fields and pines north of Waukegan, January 1, 10:00 A.M. to 
3:30 P.M., wind northeast, light snow falling in the morning, clearing in 
the afternoon, temperature 32°. American golden-eye, 65; old-squaw, 30; 
American merganser, 50; red-breasted merganser, 45; rough-legged hawk, 
1; sparrow hawk, 1; ring-necked pheasant, 2; herring gull, 2507; ring- 
billed gull, 30; blue jay, 3; crow, 14; starling, 200+: English sparrow, 35; 
tree sparrow, 2; total 14 species, 728 (est.) individuals.—Karl E. Bartel, 
Mrs. Baldwin, Leona Draheim, Jim Levy. 
Glen Ellyn, DuPage Co. In Glen Ellyn and Morton Arboretum, 
December 30, 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., overcast most of the day with strong 
wind, temperature 31° in morning, colder in afternoon. Ring-necked 
pheasant, 1; herring gull, 1; downy woodpecker, 2 (both females) ; hairy 
woodpecker, 5 (4 male, 1 female); crow, 74; blue jay, 2; chickadee, 15; 
brown creeper, 3; Carolina wren, 1; robin, 1; starling, 34; English sparrow, 
12; cardinal, 23 (11 male, 12 female, 14 in one flock); pine siskin, 4; gold- 
finch, 4; junco, 12; tree sparrow, 10; total 17 species, 204 individuals.— 
Benjamin Gault Bird Club, Fay E. Hunter, President. 
Michael, Illinois. Calhoun County, centering at Michael, December 20. 
Twenty-three observers in four groups. A list of 58 species observed is 
received, but without record of numbers or other conditions. 
Springfield, Sangamon Co. Territory as listed below, December 20, 
cloudy, clearing about noon, fresh breeze, temperature 20° to 24°, four 
inches of snow. Mallard, 5000; black duck, 1500; baldpate, 20; pintail, 14; 
golden-eye, 3; American merganser, 50; red-breasted merganser, 6; Cooper’s 
hawk, 1; red-tailed hawk, 4; red-shouldered hawk, 2; rough-legged hawk, 1; 
marsh hawk, 1; sparrow hawk, 4; bob-white, 22; herring gull, 1; ring-billed 
gull, 51; mourning dove, 1; barred owl, 1; flicker, 4; red-bellied woodpecker, 
10; red-headed woodpecker, 8; hairy woodpecker, 11; downy woodpecker, 
25; prairie horned lark, 6; blue jay, 70; crow, 354; black-capped chickadee, 
115; titmouse, 68; white-breasted nuthatch, 22; brown creeper, 9; Carolina 
wren, 1; mockingbird, 3; robin, 1; golden-crowned kinglet, 5; starling, 100; 
English sparrow, 370; rock dove, 6; meadowlark, 1; cardinal, 62; purple 
finch, 6; goldfinch, 10; junco, 116; tree sparrow, 163; song sparrow, 19; 
Lapland longspur, 1; snow bunting’, 2; total 46 species, 8250 individuals.— 
Bill O’Brien, around Pleasant Plains in morning, Oak Ridge Cemetery in 
afternoon; Lena Hardbarger, Oak Ridge Cemetery and Lincoln Park; N. E. 
Nilsson, Washington Park west and north along Spring Creek to Oak Park 
Cemetery; Helen Ware, Washington Park and Oak Knolls; Mrs. V. Eifert 
and Charlotte DuBois, Washington Park and Country Club region; Mrs. 
C. E. Sellers and Mrs. T. I. Fullenwider, at their feeding stations; Bill 
Robertson and Mrs. C. Bonney, on bus to Lake Springfield, conducted to — 
open water at Spalding Dam and then driven in car part way around the 
lake by Lake Policeman Allen. Lake Springfield was frozen over except for 
two small open spaces. 
