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the other species of swallows. After July a few only are seen 

 in the period up to the middle or sometimes to the end of August. 

 I have but two September records, namely, of one bird on the 

 ist in 1906 and of two birds over Cherry Pond on the 6th in 1909. 



133. Bombycilla cedrorum. Cedar Waxwing. 



A common summer resident. The birds appear when the 

 apple blossoms are unfolding, and I have often seen a flock of 

 perhaps twenty birds voraciously engaged in swallowing the 

 petals, taking constantly more into their bills when their mouths 

 seemed full already. They remain in flocks almost to the end 

 of June, and, to some extent, later. The nestings which have 

 come under observation have almost all been in August, some- 

 times in the last of the month, and young have been seen in the 

 nest in early September. Perhaps these have been second 

 nestings. In 1900 a nest contained three young on September i. 

 In 1909 a nest containing three young was seen on September 4. 

 The birds are in neighborhood flocks in September and are 

 usually leaving toward the end of the month. In some seasons 

 a few have been seen in early October, namely, in 1902, up to 

 the 7th, in 1904 on the 4th and 5th, in 1907 on the ist to the 3d, 

 and in 1908 on the 5th day. 



134. Lanius borealis. Northern Shrike. 



A rather uncommon late fall migrant and winter resident. 

 I have but one record of my own observation. On a warm late 

 October day, in a year or two preceding 1899, a Butcher-bird 

 alighted on a tree in our yard at midday and sang very beauti- 

 fully. His song attracted our attention when indoors with open 

 windows and drew us outside to enjoy it. We saw the bird on 

 his perch and also on the ground, to which he dropped several 

 times. He passed on after a season of song. 



Mr. Spaulding informs me that he sees several birds every 

 winter. In the winter of 1909-10, which was open, he noted 

 the first bird for the season on February 5. In the winter of 



