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locations. The song period extends to the end of July. On 

 August 5, 1909, a flock of fourteen birds was seen at the Mead- 

 ows, the presence of which suggested that the two families had 

 joined together for early departure, and although two birds were 

 again noted there on the 9th, these constituted the last record 

 of the season. 



100. Icterus galbula. Baltimore Orioee. 



An uncommon summer resident in Lancaster, where a few 

 pairs breed in the elms of the village streets. A nesting or two 

 has also occurred in some seasons two or three miles out from 

 the village on the north road leading to Jefferson, and once 

 several years ago in an elm near the boundary line of the two 

 towns. The birds are seldom seen after the young have been 

 reared. Occasionally a male or a female bird has been noted in 

 August. 



On one occasion, July 17, 1903, a male bird was seen on 

 the north road in Jefferson less than a mile from the Waumbek 

 Hotel. On one or two other occasions a male bird has been 

 reported to me as seen within. the territory of Jefferson, but I 

 have no evidence that the species has nested within the town 

 limits. 



101. Euphagus carolinus. Rusty Blackbird. 



A fall migrant, a single bird or a few birds usually appear- 

 ing in the middle of September, from the 13th to the 22d. In 

 1908, one bird was seen on the 9th at the Meadows. In late 

 September and early October larger flocks appear, sometimes 

 numbering twenty, forty, sixty, or eighty birds. And in the 

 Connecticut valley at I^ancaster twice in early October, namely, 

 the 5th in 1904 and the 2d in 1905, flocks have been seen num- 

 bering according to estimate two hundred and one hundred and 

 fifty birds respectively, on the first occasion associated with a 

 few Redwings and Bronzed Crackles. On September 9, 1900, 



