Birds in our Garden, Cambridge.
DECEMBER. [1917]
1 Brown Creeper December 1: 1 on trunk driveway elm.
2 Gold-crest December 1: hd. [heard]; December 17: hd. [heard]; December 19: 1
3 White throat S. [White-throated Sparrow] December 1: hd. [heard]; December 4: 1; December 5: 1; December 7: 4 [in a flock] in grape arbor; December 8: hd. [heard]; December 11: 1; December 12: 1; December 13: 1 on Mus. [Museum] window-sill; December 14: 2; December 15: hd [heard]; December 17: 1; December 18: 1 im [immature]; December 21: 1; December 24: 1; December 26: 1
4 Blue Jay December 1: hd. [heard]; December 16: 2; December 17: 1; December 21: 1; December 23: 1; December 26: 2 [in a flock]
5 Starling December 4: 15+ eating frozen grapes; December 8: 23 eating Park. apples [Parkman apples]; December 9: 5 [eating Parkman apples]; December 10: 5 [eating Parkman apples]; December 16: 5 [eating Parkman apples]; December 17: 12 [eating Parkman apples]; December 18: 20+ [eating Parkman apples]; December 19: 12 [eating Parkman apples]; December 24: 4 [eating Parkman apples]; December 25: 8 [eating Parkman apples]; December 26: 8 [eating Parkman apples]; December 27: 4 [eating Parkman apples]; December 28: 8 [eating Parkman apples]; December 29: 8 [eating Parkman apples]; December 30: 2
6 House Sparrow December 4: 12+ one with white crown; December 14: 30+; December 15: 20; December 16: 30+; December 17: 15+; December 18: 15+; December 19: 12+; December 20: 12+; December 21: 12+; December 22: 12; December 23: 6; December 26: 12
7 Robin December 7: [female] eating Park. [Parkman] apples; December 8: [eating Parkman apples]; December 9: 1 [eating Parkman apples]; December 10: 2 [eating Parkman apples]; December 13: [female] [eating Parkman apples]; December 14: [female]; December 15: [female]
8 Chickadee December 9: hd. [heard]; December 10: hd. [heard]; December 12: hd. [heard]; December 13: 1; December 14: 1; December 15: 3 at suet; December 19: 6 [in a flock]; December 20: 1; December 21: 3 [in a flock]; December 22: 3; December 23: 3; December 24: 3; December 25: hd [heard]; December 26: 1; December 27: 3; December 28: 6 at suet; December 29: 3; December 30: 2
9 Downy W. [Downy Woodpecker] December 12: heard.; December 17: 1 in jungle; December 21: 1 in catalpa;
10 Purple Finch December 14: [male and female] ad [adult] in Park. [Parkman] apple tree; December 15: 1 gray bird eating P. [Parkman] apples; December 21: 1 ad [adult male] 2 in pl. [female plumage]; December 22: hd. [heard]
11 Crow December 16: heard afar off; December 18: 1 in lindens; December 19: 1; December 21: hd [heard]; December 25: 1 in lindens; December 27: 3 in jungle; December 28: 3; December 30: 1 in cherry tree