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snap up one of the whiiliuo- snow tiakes exactly as if it 

 were an insect, but this may have been one of the bird's 

 methods of securing: water. 



[Note: A flock of about 10 Pipits which we saw at 

 Wayland March 22 was omitted from the list of that date, 

 see page 49.] 



Notes. 



The following note is from Mr. John I). Houghton. 



On March 23 I saw a flock of 42 Canada Geese going 

 north over my house in Chestnut Hill, at about 3.45 p. m. 

 They were flying low, progressing against the wind with 

 difficulty. 



Under date of March 26 Mrs. E. M. Dunham sends ihe 

 following from Waban : 



You may be interested ro know that Miss Furbersaw 

 and heard a Pine Warbler in Wellesley yesterday. March 

 25. 



A Worcester friend wrote that the Woodcock that al- 

 ways lives-near her home went through his whole evening 

 performance last Friday, March 21: 6.30-7.00 p.m. 



Several Fox Sparrows were in our yard March 7, but 

 I've not seen them since. 



Mrs. Geo. E. French reports one Common Cinquefoil 

 in bloom in Weston, March 26. 



Red-winged Blackbirds, Bronzed Grackles, Starlings, 

 and Meadow Larks were not seen in West Newton during 

 the severe, cold storm of March 29 and 30, 



