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fly in his woods, at Wolfborough ; but they have not since been 

 seen. 



Wild Pigeon, Columba migratoria [Kctopistes 



migratorius]. 



Wild pigeons come in the spring, from the southward, in 

 great flocks, and breed in our woods, during the summer 

 months. They choose the thickest parts of the forest, for the 

 situation of their nests. Josselyn says 'they join nest to nest, 

 and tree to tree, hy their nests, many miles together, on the 

 pine trees.' In the journal of Richard Hazzeyi, who surveyed 

 the Province line, in 1741, there is this remark ; 'for three miles 

 together, the pigeons nests were so thick, that five hundred 

 might have been told on the beech trees at one time ; and could 

 they have been counted on the hemlocks, as well, I doubt not 

 but five thousand, at one turn round.' This was on the west- 

 ern side of Connecticut river, and eastward of Deerfield river. 

 Since the clearing of the woods, the number of pigeons is 

 diminished. 



Turtle Dove, Columba carolinensis [Zenaidura 



macroura]. 



Sky Lark, Alauda alpestris [Otocoris alpes- 



tris]. 



Marsh Lark, Alauda magna [Sturnella magna]. 



Robin, Turd us migratorius [Merula mi- 



gratoria]. 



Thrush, Turdus rufus [Hylocichla sp. ?]. 



Thrasher, or Mock Bird, Turdus orpheus ? [Toxostoma ru- 



fum. 



Cherry Bird, Ampelis garrulus [Ampeliscedro- 



rum]. 



Cross Bill, Loxia curvirostra [Loxia curviros- 



tra minor]. 



The cross bill is a bird rather larger than the sparrow ; it 

 is common in the western and northern parts of the State. 

 The upper and lower parts of its beak cross each other like a 

 pair of shears, by which means it cuts off the stalks of wheat 

 and rye, and then lays the side of its head to the ground to pick 

 the kernels. The female is of a shaded olive colour. The male 

 is of the same, but tinged with red. 



Snow Bird, Emberiza hyemalis ? [Passerina 



nivalis and Junco hyemalis]. 



The snow bird is smaller than a sparrow, and appears in 

 little flocks, in the winter, enlivening the gloom of that dreary 

 season. They perch on the tops of the spires of dead grass, 



