10 THE WREN. 
A Fox Sparrow is apparently wintering in Jamaica Plain. It 
was first seen January 17 by J. L. Peters and again on February 
3 by the same observer. 
A Lapland Longspur and an Iceland Gull were seen at Nahant 
January 29 by Barron Brainerd. 
Four Lapland Longspurs and an Ipswich Sparrow were seen 
with a flock of Horned Larks along Lynn Beach, February 1 by 
J. L. Peters. Two Black Guillemots were seen off Nahant the 
same day by the same observer. 
The quality of shelter and the amount of food and water in the 
vicinity of the Museum in the Arboretum have induced the follow- 
ing birds, besides the Catbird, to spend the winter there. Robin; 
one is frequently seen. Hermit Thrush; one was seen regularly up 
to February 7. It was last seen by Barron Brainerd on that date 
but is probably still there. White-throated and Song Sparrows 
are seen along the brook. At least six Flickers and over a dozen 
Bob-white feed on the numerous berries in the rear of the building. 
Six Myrtle Warblers find shelter about Hemlock Hill and in the 
conifer plantation in the Arboretum. 
A Cooper’s Hawk has been frequently seen in the Arboretum; 
while possibly the same one has been seen in Brookline by Barron 
Brainerd and Richard L. Creesy. Mr. Brainerd saw the bird 
devour an English Sparrow. 
Carlyle Morris saw a Cedar Waxwing in Brookline on January 
29. This bird is the first one reported this winter. There is a 
locality in Roxbury where a flock of Waxwings usually appears 
early in January, but the spot has not been visited this winter. 
On February 5, R. M. Marble, in company with Mr. Wright, 
found fourteen: Meadowlarks at Squantum, five were in song. A 
few days later Messrs. Kittredge and Waite found eight Meadow- 
larks at the same place. 
On February 7 a large flock of Pine Siskins and thirteen White- 
winged Crossbills, mostly males, was seen on Hemlock Hill by 
Barron Brainerd and J. L. Peters. The Crossbills were later ob- 
served in the conifer plantation. Here one of the males broke off a 
cone and extracted the few seeds from it while holding it in his foot. 
While crossing Marblehead Harbor on February 8, J. L. Peters, 
kk. M. Marble, and Joseph Kittredge, Jr., saw a Glaucous Gull, 
