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below it upon the shore in case of low water. 

 Occasionally in all instances the character- 

 istic, explosive whistle of the species has 

 been heard. 



The earliest recorded bird was a male on 

 March 23, 1907 ; the latest a male bird on 

 May 13, 1902, and on the same day in 1908. 

 There have been five visitants in early 

 April. The only instance of the presence of 

 two birds together was on April 3, 1908, 

 both males. A female bird came on May 7, 

 1901, and one was on the Common April 

 23, 1902. 



37. BRONZED CRACKLE 



Quiscalus quiscula aneus 



The Bronzed Crackle, or Crow Blackbird, 

 was about beginning its occupancy of the 

 Garden as a summer resident, it would be 

 surmised, when observations were begun 

 there in 1900 ; for the presence of two pairs 

 only is recorded that year and the year fol- 

 lowing. But Mr. Torrey in his essay, pub- 

 lished in the " Atlantic Monthly" of Feb- 

 ruary, 1883, speaks of a few having taken 



