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The first migrant Fox Sparrow was seen at Leominster on March 
20 by Barron Brainerd and J. L. Peters. Up to March 31 there 
has been no great flight of these birds, four birds in Newton, four 
more in the Arboretum, both on the 28th, 5 in Wellesley on March 
30, together with a few scattered individuals complete the March 
records so far reported. | 
On March 24 Barron Bremen saw at least. three. Cowbirds at 
Atlantic. ~The first Phoebe was seen in Brookline on March 27, 
by R. M. Marble, on the same day Mr. C. J. Maynard saw one at 
Weston, and on the 31st, Barron Brainerd saw one at Newton. At 
Ipswich, March 27, J. L. Peters and C. Bosson saw a sparrow, 
evidently a Savanna, but.could not get near enough to positively 
identify it. On the same day R. and 'H. G. Morse saw a Vesper 
Sparrow in Natick. 
The observation of Hertel flight of ae raterbrede and 
raptores has not been as satisfactory. as we should like it to be. 
The one bird that has been carefully noted is the Pintail. A male 
was seen on Leverett’s Pond February 22, and on March 12 he was 
joined by a female. "The male.was last seen on March 21, and the 
female was not seen after the 28th of the month. 
The ducks on Fresh Pond have received more attention than 
others. On March 2 there were 65 Blacks, a Mallard and 3 Amer- 
ican Mergansers on the Pond. The Blacks have varied from be- 
tween 120 to 13, the numbers decreasing after the 8th. The 
Mallard was not seen after March 28. The number of Mer- 
gansers has been fairly constant, about a dozen, although on one 
afternoon, that-of the 15th, there were 27 at least.. On that same 
day a female Scaup of some species appeared on the Pond. On 
the afternoon of the 27th a male Lesser Scaup was seen by Joseph 
Kittredge, but departed by the next morning. On March 23 a 
female Scaup was seen on Fresh Pond in company with Blacks. 
On March 17 R. M. Marble found a male Baldpate on Fresh 
Pond and on the 19th Messrs. Marble and Kittredge saw a female, 
but no male on the same body of water. The Chestnut Hill 
Reservoir furnished a surprise on March 21 when R. M. Marble 
and Barron Brainerd saw a male Canvasback, four male and two 
female Redheads. ‘The birds had flown the next day. 
Very few observations were conducted along the seashore and 
