. The Hoosier naturalist . d a coot which had been caught inan open place in the lake. It did not ap-pear to have been wounded, but was ratherpooi. American goldfinches are still hereand if the weather is as moderate all win-ter as it has been, they will probably re-main with us. A few of the occasional winter visitantshave made their appearance and 1 hopeto see more of them soon. The onlyNorthern waxwings 1 have yet seen, wereobserved Nov. 27. about a dozen ot on the berries of the red cedars,in the cemetry. They have been seen sev-eral times since in different places, but 1am af
. The Hoosier naturalist . d a coot which had been caught inan open place in the lake. It did not ap-pear to have been wounded, but was ratherpooi. American goldfinches are still hereand if the weather is as moderate all win-ter as it has been, they will probably re-main with us. A few of the occasional winter visitantshave made their appearance and 1 hopeto see more of them soon. The onlyNorthern waxwings 1 have yet seen, wereobserved Nov. 27. about a dozen ot on the berries of the red cedars,in the cemetry. They have been seen sev-eral times since in different places, but 1am afraid they will not find sufficient at-traction her*1 to induce them to Dec. G. I discovered four even-in°grossbeaks and shot them all: twowere in the fine phunage of the adult andtwo were younger. Saw a pair of baldeagl on Dec. 13. Have not yet seen pineoTossbeak. crossbill, white snowbird, orred poll linnet. When they arrive theywill immediately report to The Hoosier Naturalist. 90 THE HOOS1ER English sparrows froze to death all overthe country last week.—Sandwich, (111.)Free Press: Editor H. X.,—I was much interestedin the article about a mermaid in theNov. issue of H. N., as a similar creaturewas on exhibition in Los Angeles a yearor so ago. I did not see this so calledmermaid/1 but a friend who was in thecity at the time, gave me a description ofit w hich corresponded exactly with thedescription in H. N. Being much interest-ed he examined it very closely but coulddetect no fraud in its make up. Yours truly. E. M. Haight. fctiyerside, Gala. Editor of H. N., Dear Sir;—Last Fridayand Saturday (Jan. 8th & 9th) were twoof the coldest days the people in thissection have experienced in a number ofyears. The mercury sank to 15° abovezero, when it was well protected from thewind. Had it been exposed to the wind,it doubtless would have fallen as low aszero or perhaps below. Although this isnot very cold for some places it is exceed-ingly cold for
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