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 16 Bird -Lore Bufflehead, 8. Total, 5 species, 122 individuals. Back Bay Fens: Black Duck, 5; Red-legged Black Duck, 73; Mallard, 1; Flicker, 6; American Crow, 1; Tree Sparrow, 2; Song Sparrow, 5; Chickadee, 3; Robin, 1. Total, 9 species, 97 individuals. Jamaica Pond: Black Duck, 38; Redhead, 1 drake; Flicker 3; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 3. Total, 5 species, 47 individuals. Note: December 27. Mocking Bird, 1. Fresh Pond: Herring Gull, 2; American Merganser, 2; Red-legged Black Duck, 90; Canvasback, 1 drake. Total, 4 species, 95 individuals. — Horace W. Wright and Gordon B. Wellman. Lynn Beach and Nahant, Mass. — December 26 ; time, 9.45 A. m. to 4.15 p. m Clear ; bare ground; wind west, light; temp, 32. Horned Grebe, 1; Loon, 2; Red-throated Loon, 1; Great Black-backed Gull, 24; Herring Gull, 1,200; Red-breasted Merganser, 30; American Golden-eye, 24; Bufflehead, 8; Old Squaw, 18; White-winged Scoter, 16; Surf Scoter, 3; Shore Lark, n ; American Crow, 104; Song Sparrow, 2. Total, 14 species, 1,444 individuals. — Gordon B. Wellman and Horace W. Wright. Ipswich Beach (and road to it), Mass. — December 21; time, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rather strong west wind ; little snow on ground ; fair; temp., 45. Red-throated Loon, 1 ; Kittiwake, 1 ; Black-backed Gull, 18 ; Herring Gull, 350 ; Red-breasted Merganser, 400; Black Duck, 6; White-winged Scoter, 8; Sparrow Hawk, 1 ; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Shore Lark, 9; Crow, 118; Meadowlark, 1; Chickadee, 18. Total, 13 species, 880 individuals. — C. Bosson. Squantum and Moon Island, Mass. — December 28; time, 9 A. M. to 12 M. Clear; ground bare; wind west, light; temp., 37 to 53. Great Black-backed Gull, 2; Herring Gull, 175; Red-breasted Merganser, 8 ; American Scaup Duck, 200; American Golden-eye, 225; Bufflehead, 22; Old Squaw, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 1; Flicker, 1; American Crow, 1; Snow Bunting, 60. Total, n species, 697 individuals. —Sargent H. Wellman, Horace. W. Wright and Gordon B. Wellman. Taunton, Mass. — December 26; time, 9.15 a. m. to 2.40 p. m. Clear; ground bare; wind southwest, strong; temp., 26. Ruffed Grouse, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 6; Blue Jay, 15; Crow, 30; Meadowlark, 3 ; Tree Sparrow, 42;Junco, 97; Song Sparrow, 3; Myrtle Warbler, 1; Chickadee, 17; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3; Robin, 1. Total, 13 species, 222 individuals. December 16, we saw a Vesper Sparrow. Two Robins were seen Christmas Day. — Edith M. Hodgman and Lucy B. Bliss. Providence, R. I. — December 27; time, 12 M. to 2.30 p. m. Partly overcast; ground bare; wind west, light; temp., 40. American Crow, 9 ; Junco, 40; Chickadee, 5 ; Golden- crowned Kinglet, 8 Total, 4 species, 62 individuals — Anna E. Cobb. Woonsocket, R. I.— December 24; time, 10 A. m. to 11.30 a. m. Clear; ground bare; wind northwest, very strong; temp., 32 to 34. Blue Jay, 3 ; Song Sparrow, 1; Goldfinch, Hock of 30 ; Brown Creeper, 2. Total. 4 species, 36 individuals. — Clarence M. Arnold. Woonsocket, R. I. — December 26; time, 1.45 P. m. to 3.30 p. M. Clear; ground bare; wind southwest, light; temp., 34 to 30. Five miles, along roads and through fields and woods. Saw only 1 bird, a Crow. — C. M. Arnold and A. Feely. Glocester, R. I. — Time, 10.30 a. m. to 2.1s p. m. Clear ; patches of snow on ground ; wind southwest, light; temp., 25. Ruffed Grouse, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Blue Jay, 5; American Crow, 7; Tree Sparrow, 12; Junco, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, 5. Total, 8 species, 40 individuals. — J. Irving Hill. New London, Conn. — December 26; time, 11. 15 A. M. to 1.15 P. M., 3 P. m. to 4 p. m. Clear; ground bare ; wind west, light, strong in p. m.; temp., 33 to 38. Herring Gull, 41 ; Sparrow Hawk, 1 ; Crow, 3; Goldfinch, 18; Junco, 21 ; Song Sparrow 1 ; Northern Shrike, 1; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Chickadee, 9; Brown Creeper, 4. Total, 10 species, 100 individuals. — Frances M. Graves. New Haven, Conn. — Time, 9.15 A. M. to 11.45 A - M - Bright sunshine; wind, very Jight, southwest; temp., 33. Herring Gull, 14; Red-tailed Hawk, 2; Blue Jay, 3; Crow,