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April 20. Virginia Rail heard at the Pout Pond Swamp. 13 
Myrtle Warblers and 100 Rusty Blackbirds about Fresh Pond. 
At Ponkapoag Pond: — 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 3 American Mer- 
gansers, 7 Scaup Ducks. A flock of Geese heard. 
April 21. An American Bittern and a female Wood Duck in 
Middleton, Mourning Dove in Topsfield, 2 Ospreys in Wenham. 
April 23. General arrival of Brown Thrashers, and Barn Swal- 
lows, a few White-throated Sparrows appear as migrants. 8 Buffle- 
heads, a large number of Horned Grebes in summer dress, 2 Old 
Squaws, and a flock of American Scoters off Lynn beach. Black 
and White Warbler in Wellesley. 2Chewinks in Brookline. Last 
Fox Sparrow seen. 
April 24. At Ipswich, first Purple Martin and last Rough- legged 
Hawk. A Tree Sparrow at Medway. 
April 27. Rose-breasted Grosbeak in song at Brookline. 
April 29. A Spotted Sandpiper at Ponkapoag, Pied-billed Grebe 
last seen at the same place. A heavy flight of Warblers in the 
woods about Ponkapoag, the flight consisted chiefly of Yellow 
palm, Myrtle, and Black and White Warblers, a Black-throated 
Green, and 1 or more Solitary Vireos. 
April 30. A Catbird in Brookline. 
NOTES. 
Many of the northern birds which visited us last winter have 
remained quite Jate. At the end of April, Siskins and Red Cross- 
bills were still present, although not very abundant. On April 11 
J. L. Peters saw and heard a White-winged Crossbill flying over 
Brookline; on the 19th, Carlyle Morris found a male feeding on the 
ground in the Sargent estate, and on April 23, J. L. Peters heard 
one flymg over Franklin Park. Barron Brainerd saw a Redpoll in 
Wayland on April 7. 
Throughout the winter Cedar Waxwings were very scarce, only 
a very few were seen. ‘Towards the last of April a few began to 
appear as follows. April 18, 1 in the Fenway, April 24, 2 in the 
Fenway, Barron Brainerd. April 23, a flock of 45 in Brookline, 
R. L. Creesy. 
A Short-eared Owl was seen and 2 Carolina Wrens heard at 
Scituate by R. M. Marble and J. Kittredge, Jr., on April 10. 
