2S ME^rOIRS OF THE NUTTALI. ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



We used to call the little island of high ground covered with pitch pines, now known as 

 Captains Island, the Magazine, because the powder house, where the State (I think, and cer- 

 tainly Dupont) stored powder, was located there. They used to cart Dupont's powder by my 

 house on the way to Boston, and one day a cask leaked, and one of our neighbors saw a trail 

 of powder on the street, leading to the cart. She reported the matter, and thereafter IJupont 

 kept his powder on a hulk in the harbor. Was not Magazine Street named from this storage 

 place ? 



The Magazine woods were always inhabited by at least a pair of Pine Creepers, probably 

 more. Pine Grove also had a pair or two, and they were found in both places during the 

 migration. Both localities were favorites with the Song Sparrow, as you would naturally 

 expect, and now I remember that there used to be a pair of Flickers in Pine Grove. I do not 

 recall that we ever found or even looked for their nest. I must have been very small at this 

 time, and later the Flickers no doubt deserted woods so much frequented. 



Henuv W. Hf.nsiiaw. 



During the four yeans (1865- 1869) when I was at the Cambridge High 

 School on Fayette Street my daily walks to and from the school led, beyond 

 Hai-vard Square, through Harvard Street or Broadway — or, more rarely, 

 through Main Street (now Massachusetts Avenue). As term time included the 

 months of May and June, I had abundant opportunities for noting the summer, 

 as well as migratory and winter, liirds which frequented Dana Hill and the 

 neighboring districts to the east and west. Of the species which occurred 

 during migration it is not necessary to speak in this connection. Those seen 

 regularly and commonly in winter were the Downy Woodpecker, Flicker, Gold- 

 finch, Tree Sparrow, Junco, Brown Creeper, Chickadee and Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet. The White-breasted Nuthatch was also observed occasionally, and 

 the Lesser Redpoll in large flocks during some seasons. Crows were frequently 

 seen flying overhead, but never, I think, in the trees or on the ground. 



In summer the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Flicker, Chim- 

 ney Swift, Kingbird, Wood Pewec, Least Flycatcher, Cowbird, Baltimore Ori- 

 ole, Purple Finch, Goldfinch, Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Indigo-bird, 

 Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow, Cedarbird, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Yel- 

 low-throated Vireo, Yellow Warbler, House WVen, Robin and Bluebird were all 

 common and very generally distributed, while the Have Swallow and Catbird 

 occurred sparingly and the Hummingbird rather rarely. I do not remember 

 ever seeing the Redstart or Rose-breasted Grosbeak, save during migration, or 

 the Blue Jay at any season. 



It is interesting to compare with the above list one which Mr. Walter 

 Deane and I mndc on June 26, 1901, after spending several of the earlier hours 

 of the day in the same district, rambling slowly through most of its streets, 

 watching and listening for birds. On this occasion the following species were 

 noted : — 



