Birds Noted at North Truro, Mass., by G.S. Miller & W. Brewster
1891
May 31 - June 3
1. Turdus swainsonii. May 31. - 2 in willows, edge marsh, one in poplars, one in apple trees.
2. Merula migratoria - About houses & in pine scrub. Two nests in poplars at Small's.
3. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. - In bushy swamps & gardens. Common.
4. Harporhynchus rufus. - Oak scrub on hillsides. Common, sang freely.
5. Sialia sialis. - One at Highland Light May 31, one at Small's June 1, both [male] singing.
6. Parus atricapillus. - Pair at Small's excavating hole in side of decayed horizontal beam of grape arbor
7. Dendroica aestiva. - Highland Light & Small's. Oak scrub breast high. Not numerous.
8.             "       maculosa. - May 31 & June 1. One in apple orchard at Small's.
9.             "       striata. - May 31 1[male] - June 1 6 [males][?] 1 [female] - 3   1 [male] [?]  - All [males] at Small's in orchard.  [female] in flags, Eel Pond
10.           "       vigorsii. - May 31. - Two [males] singing in pitch pines (planted) 6 to 2 ft tall.
11. Sinrus noveboracensis. - May 31. - One in willows edge cat-tail marsh
12. Geothlypis trichas. - Rather common in oak scrub on hillsides & bush swamps. Several in cat-tails at Eel Pond.
13. Setophaga ruticilla. - June 1. - Immature [male] in full song in poplars at Small's
14. Vireo olivaceus. - June 3. - [male] heard singing in Provincetown by Miller
15. Petrochelidon lunifrons. - Colony of about 25 pairs nesting in barn cellar at Small's.
16. Hirundo erythrogaster. - Two nests in barn cellar at Small's. Birds seen everywhere in mod. numbers.
17. Tachycineta bicolor. - Generally distributed but nowhere numerous. Nest in bird house at Small's
18. Clivicola riparia. - About 100 nests in sand-cliff, Highland Light, Birds common about Eel Pond
19. Spinus tristis. - Three or four constantly in Small's garden feeding on dandelion seeds.
20. Ammodramus savanna. - Upland downs among Hudsonia & in short grass about meadows & salt marsh. Nowhere numerous.
21. Pooecetes gramineus. - Swarming on downs covered with Hudsonia. Common in grassy pastures. Singing.
22. Spizella socialis. - In pine plantations & trees about houses. Common.
23. Melospiza fasciata. - Abundant. - about edges of pines, in thickets & along edges of cat-tail swamps.
24. Passerina ciris. - Adult [male] in Small's garden feeding on dandelion seeds. Appeared May 27 (Small), last seen June 2.
25. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. - [male] singing near Highland House morn. of May 31. Small heard another June 1.
26. Agelaeus phoeniceus. - Extraordinarily abundant in cat-tails about Eel Pond. Many at N. Truro village in cat-tails
27. Sturnella magna. - Common & gen. dist. on upland downs & fresh water meadows.
28. Icterus spurius. - New nest of green grass in [?] leaf poplar at Small's. [male] sang in tree morning June 3.  Not certainly heard at any other time.
29.       "      galbula. - A pair at Small's apparently breeding but no nest seen. [male] in full song.
30. Quiscalus aeneus. - Abundant at Small's. Nests found in tall poplars, apple trees, bushes in swamps and cat-tails about Eel Pond
31. Corvus americanus. - Two or  three seen daily about Eel Pond. Apparently scarcer.
32. Cyanocitta cristata. - One only, June 3, bushes on hillside near Eel Pond.