No. 4.] REPORT OF STATE ORNITHOLOGLST. 265 



Itccord of Birds examined in 1909. 



Name of Sender. 



Dr. O. VV. Pease, Ncod- 

 ham, Mass. 



T. W. Saunders, Welles- 

 lev Hills, Mass. 



W. W. Symmes, Win- 

 chester, Mass. 



W. W. Blair, Newton- 

 ville, Ma.ss. 



Dr. F. W. Saunders, 

 Westfield, Mass. 



Miss Carolyn Arnold, 

 Newtonville, Ma.ss. 



De.scription of Bird. 



Scarlet tanaser found under sprayed 

 trccM. liody contused on right side; 

 t)l()()d coagulated there and in brain ; 

 may have been killed by a larse 

 stone or by flying against tree. 



House wren. No sign of external in- 

 jury; abdomen much swollen; evi- 

 dently a female; probably some 

 trouble with ovary as there was an 

 egg unexpelled. 



Kingbird. Maxillary bone broken at 

 juncture of skull; brain much con- 

 gested with coagulated l)lood; evi- 

 dently had flown head first against 

 a building. 



Young English sparrow. Death caused 

 by blow on nape; coagulated blood 

 there; skin not broken. 



Young English sparrow. Contusions 

 and bruises ' both sides of body; 

 death cau.sed by blow or bite; prob- 

 ably caught by cat. 



Young English sparrow. Badly 

 bruised both sides of body, but skin 

 vmhurt; death caused by shock or 

 blow, by cat possibly. 



Remarks. 



Not analyzed. 



Not analyzed'. 



Not analyzed. 



Not analyzed. 

 Not analyzed. 



Not analvzed. 



