^86 Brewster on Birds of Whickcttdo7i, Massachusetts. [October 



scratched up all around, to a level with the rim, so that one 

 could hardly see where the nest proper left ofi'. Inside the 

 nest was about two and one half inches wide by one and 

 one half inches in depth ; outside it was about five inches 

 wide by three inches in depth. The ground on which the 

 nest was placed was so damp that the bottom part of it was 

 badly decayed. 



[The eggs of Cardellina rubrifrons, kindly presented by Mr. Price to the 

 National Museum collection at Washington, D. C., are new to science, I 

 believe. They are ovate in shape. Their ground color is a delicate 

 creamy white, and they are spotted with small blotches of cinnamon 

 rufous and a few dots of heliotrope purple and pale lavender. These 

 form a wreath around the larger end. They resemble the eggs of Hel- 

 minthophila lucicB and H. virginicB to a certain extent. They measure 

 .66 X .50, .67 X .50, .66 X .50 and .66 X .50 inch. — Chas. E. Bendire.] 



NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF VVINCHENDON, WOR- 

 CESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. 



BY WILLIAM BREWSTER. 



In 1887 I spent three days (June 23 to 26), and in 18S8 seven 

 days (June 11 to 18), investigating the bird fauna of the region 

 about Winchendon, a town near the northern border of Woi- 

 cester County, Massachusetts, about sixteen miles south of Mt. 

 Monadnock. 



On the first trip I was accompanied by Mr. H. A. Purdie, on 

 the second by Messrs. H. M. Spelman and S. W. Denton ; 

 while during both visits Mr. C. E. Bailey, a young local col- 

 lector, devoted his entire time to helping me, his intimate know- 

 ledge of the woods and swamps and the particular haunts of 

 some of the rarer birds proving of very great value. Upon 

 looking over the notes made during these trips I have decided to 

 omit in the present paper any detailed mention of birds whose 

 occurrence possesses no particular significance or interest, but a 

 nominal list is given of all the species observed. 



Most of the notes relate, of course, to the presence of the 

 summer birds only, but a few captures of rare winter visitors 

 are given on Mr. Bailey's authority. 



