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was heard early and late, and where parents carrying food to young were 

 constantly crossing and recrossing the roads. First grown young out of 

 nest June 19. 



89. Sialia mexicana bairdi. Two pairs near village nesting in old 

 woodpecker holes in pines; one of them was near Stanley manor, the other 

 west of Elkhorn Lodge in Fall River valley. One of the males had the 

 chin light, the other dark blue. 



90. Sialia currucoides. Next to the Robin, probably the most 

 conspicuous and best distributed bird, building not only in treeholes, but 

 also about buildings in the village. One pair fed fully grown young June 

 15 and began preparing for a second brood June 19, dislodging a pair of 

 Violet-green Swallows from a cozy nook under the gable of a cottage at the 

 Elkhorn. In Mills Park one pair fed young in a hole only four feet from 

 the ground, but usually the nests were in woodpecker holes higher up, 

 some in the same tree with Pygmy Nuthatches or Violet-green Swallows, 

 or all three in the same tree. 



TWO UNUSUAL FLIGHTS OF CANADA GEESE NOTED IN 

 MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE FALL OF 1910. 



BY J. C. PHILLIPS. 



In the following notes I wish to put on record the occurrence 

 of two autumn nights of Canada Geese in Massachusetts during 

 1910, both of which seem to me of interest. 



In 'The Auk' for July, 1910, I showed that the appearance of 

 geese in any numbers was rare before October 15 to 20, at which 

 time there are apt to be small nights. It is exceedingly hard to 

 find Massachusetts records during the first week in October. It 

 was therefore quite surprising to note a very considerable migra- 

 tion of geese on October 3 and 4, 1910. The facts which follow 

 show that this extremely early movement was much more than an 

 accidental occurrence. 



At Wenham Lake October 3 was clear and calm, following a 

 strong northwest wind of the previous day. There were a few 

 Black Ducks moving in the early morning, and a bunch of six Red- 



