. Bird-lore . r-f^rvT. PHOTOGRAPH OF A DUCK HAWK WHICH HAS MADE THE UPPER STORIESOF THE NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY ITS WINTER LIVED ON PIGEONS.—Courtesy of The New York Evening World. Bird-Lores Fifteenth Christmas Census INTRODUCTORY NOTE THE bird life of our country this winter, as revealed by the ChristmasCensus, is remarkable chiefly for what it lacks. There are few instancesof summer residents staying exceptionally north, and only the com-monest of winter visitors have come south. Song Sparrows seem more abund-ant and Fox Sparrows are more generally distributed (t

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. Bird-lore . r-f^rvT. PHOTOGRAPH OF A DUCK HAWK WHICH HAS MADE THE UPPER STORIESOF THE NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY ITS WINTER LIVED ON PIGEONS.—Courtesy of The New York Evening World. Bird-Lores Fifteenth Christmas Census INTRODUCTORY NOTE THE bird life of our country this winter, as revealed by the ChristmasCensus, is remarkable chiefly for what it lacks. There are few instancesof summer residents staying exceptionally north, and only the com-monest of winter visitors have come south. Song Sparrows seem more abund-ant and Fox Sparrows are more generally distributed (though usually only oneor two to a locality) further north than usual. There is not a Crossbill of eitherspecies in the entire Census, Pine Grosbeaks occur in only two localities andRedpolls in three, and Northern Shrikes and even Siskins are rare. Further-more, Black-capped Chickadees and to some extent Tree Sparrows are at leastlocally scarce Several observers speak of the fewness of birds in general. Santa Barbara,

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