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tailed Hawk, 3 (and 5 other large hawks sp.); Sparrow Hawk, i; Barred Owl, i; Hairy
Woodpecker, 8; Downy Woodpecker, 30; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, i; Red-headed
Woodpecker, 3; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 8; Flicker, 24; Prairie Horned Lark, 50; Blue
Jay, 20; Crow, 165; Red-winged Blackbird, 140; Meadowlark, 30; Purple Finch, 3;
Goldfinch, 23; Lapland Longspur, 2; Harris's Sparrow, 6; White-crowned Sparrow, 12;
Tree Sparrow, 325; Field Sparrow, 4; Slate-colored Junco, 500; Song Sparrow, 7;
Lincoln's Sparrow, i; Cardinal, 70; Migrant Shrike, i; Carolina Wren, 2; Brown Creeper,
4; White-breasted Nuthatch, 8; Tufted Titmouse, 27; Chickadee, 70; Golden-crowned
Kinglet, 7; Robin, 3; Bluebird, 23. Total, 37 species, 1,645 individuals. Misses
Burns, Clark, Dunlezy, Hoffman, Newell, Rackerby; Messrs. Bolt, Burns,
Bryant. Dawson, Harris, Hoffmann and Michaels.
Lennox, S. D., and along Sioux River at Canton, S. D.—Dec. 24; 9 to 11 a.m. and
12.30 to 2.30 P.M. Partly cloudy; 4 in. of snow on level with a very few bare spots;
wind northwest, light; temp. 34°. Screech Owl, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy
Woodpecker, 6; Prairie Horned Lark, 2; Blue Jay, i; American Crow, 250; Redpoll, 20;
American Goldfinch, 2; Tree Sparrow, 29; White-breasted Nuthatch, 6; Black-capped
Chickadee, 26; Brown Creeper, i. Total, 12 species, 347 individuals. William B.
Mallory.
Sioux Falls, S. D.—Dec. 25; 2.15 to 4.45 p.m. Cloudy; ground partly snow-covered;
wind south, light; temp. 26°. Hairy Woodpecker, i; Crow, 9; White-breasted Nuthatch,
2; Chickadee, 3. Total, 4 species, 15 individuals. Adrian Larson.
Lincoln, Neb. (Stevens Creek and Wyuka Cemetery).—Dec. 26; 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cloudy; wind north, light; 3 in. of snow; temp. 30°. Mallard, i (seen in flight); Marsh
Hawk, 3; Screech Owl, i; Burrowing Owl, (6 seen near colony on 2i3t, fresh tracks in
snow on 26th); Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 8; Red-bellied Woodpecker,
i; Northern Flicker, 2; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 15; Western Meadowlark, 2; Goldfinch, i;
Harris's Sparrow, 4; Tree Sparrow, 100; Slate-colored Junco, 6; Song Sparrow, 2; Arctic
Towhee, i; Cardinal, 8; Brown Creeper, 5; White-breasted Nuthatch, 10; Long-tailed.
Chickadee, 30; Golden-crowned Kinglet, i; Townsend's Solitaire, i; Robin, i. Total, 24
species, 212 individuals.—C. E. Mickel and R. W. Dawson.
Omaha, Neb.—Dec. 25; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Clear till noon; i in. of snow with bare
spots; wind light, south; temp. 20° to 32°. Open woods and parks just west of town,
walked north 5 miles. Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 7; Blue Jay, 8;
Goldfinch, 2; Pine Siskin, i; Tree Sparrow, 75; Slate-colored Junco, 20; Cardinal, 2;
White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 26. Total, 10 species, 155 individuals.
Solon R. Towne.
Wichita, Kan.—Dec. 27; 2 to 5 p.m. Fair; ground partly covered by a light fall of
snow; wind north, medium; temp. 18°. Observers worked in two groups. Marsh Hawk,
i; Krider's Hawk, i; Kingfisher, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Redbellied
Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 5; Red-shafted Flicker, 3; Prairie Horned Lark, 3; Crow,
i; Red-winged Blackbird, i; Meadowlark, 2; Goldfinch, 4; Harris's Sparrow, 140;
Tree Sparrow, 47; Slate-colored Junco, 42; Shufeldt's Junco, i; Song Sparrow, 10; Towhee,
2; Cardinal, 30; Brown Thrasher, i; Carolina Wren, 2; Brown Creeper, 2; White-
breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 30; Robin, i. Total, 26 species, 336 individuals.
Mabel Bruce, Hazel Stokes, Ruth Stough, Robert Buckner, Paul Henrion,
A. J. Walter Horst, Dwight Isely, Merrill Isely, Austin P. Larrabee and
George Sidewell.
Jonesburg, Mo.—Dec. 25; 7 to 8 a.m. and i to 4.30 p.m. Cloudy; io>^ in. of snow;
wind west, light; temp. 26°. Mourning Dove, 3; Marsh Hawk, 4; Hairy Woodpecker, 3;
Downy Woodpecker, 5; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 8; Flicker, 2; Blue Jay, 12; Crow, 24;
Purple Finch, 20; Goldfinch, 206; Tree Sparrow, 5; Slate-colored Junco, many large
flocks, probably 500; Cardinal, 75; Song Sparrow, 14; White-breasted Nuthatch, 50;
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