240 Wright, Acadian Chickadees in Massachusetts. [ April 



November 15, " following," he states, " a flock of four or five Black- 

 capped Chickadees and half a dozen Golden-crowned Kinglets. 

 It was the last to leave Hemlock Hill, crossing the road to the north, 

 and quickly flitted into a low evergreen silently, then for an instant 

 into a large white oak, and then quickly darted into another low 

 evergreen, whence I once heard his characteristic note." 



One bird seen by Miss Annie W. Cobb in Arlington on November 

 22. Miss Cobb states that the bird was in a pine grove ofl^ Forest 

 St., was first heard in the tall pines and later was seen feeding in 

 low bushes at the edge of the grove, and that Black-capped Chicka- 

 dees and Kinglets were its companions. 



Two birds seen by Dr. Walter Faxon on Granny Hill in Lexing- 

 ton, November 24; one seen by Dr. Faxon and Dr. Tyler on the 

 following day; and two birds again seen by both observers on the 

 26th. Dr. Tyler states that these three records represent probably 

 only two birds. He further writes, "We have found the Acadian 

 Chickadees, as you have, associated with P. atricapillus and Regu- 

 lus satrapa, frequenting cedar pastures and pine woods ; of tenest, 

 perhaps, feeding in barberry bushes, golden rod, and small gray 

 birch growth; often too on the ground." 



One bird seen by Mr. F. S. Dane in Lexington in a distant part 

 of the town from the locality of the other records on November 29. 



A bird, on the testimony of Dr. John B. May, brought in to his 

 sister, a teacher at Gloucester, in a disabled condition, which after 

 a time revived and was able to fly away, on a day about the last of 

 November. 



Two birds seen by Dr. G. M. Allen by Jamaica Pond on Novem- 

 ber 30, moving through the elms; no companions with them. 

 Probably these same two birds were seen by me on December 9 in 

 planted hemlocks near the pond, and one of them by Mr. H. L. 

 Barrett on January 7 in the same growth. 



On December 10 eight of the company of Belmont birds were 

 again found by me in a careful search through the juniper-red 

 cedar-grown pastures. They were either feeding on juniper or on 

 the ground about it, there being no snow on the surface. 



Four birds seen by Mrs. Edmund Bridge in Cohasset, December 

 9, among growth of cedar and feeding on golden rod stalks. 



Three birds seen by Mrs. Bridge and companions on Castle Hill, 



