134
Cambridge, Mass.
1898
June 18
(No 2)
 After leaving the Cemetery I drove through Fresh Pond Lane.
Just beyond Gray's Pond, in the corner found by Huron Avenue
and Fresh Pond Lane on the west side of the latter and about
thirty yards back from the fence in the open field where
an old house once stood a Yellow-winged Sparrow, the first
that I have ever seen or heard of within the limits of
Cambridge was sitting on a stump singing at short,
regular interval. His Pt', p'l't, e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e- -e seemed
to me stronger and fuller than usual and I heard it
distinctly when I was more than 200 yards away after
passing the spot.
[margin]Yellow-winged
Sparrow near
Gray's Pond,
Cambridge[/margin]
 Another bird that I have never noted before in Cambridge
during the breeding season was a Pine Warbler that
was singing in the white pine grove at Elmwood as
I drove down Brattle Steet on my way home.
[margin]Pine Warbler
at Shenwood[/margin]
 Here is a full list of the birds that I have seen or heard
on our old place at Cambridge yesterday & to-day. Mr. Deane
& Mrs. Kettell have nothing to add to it.
1. Merula migratoria - Two* perhaps three pairs. Two nests found
2. Dendroica aestiva - One pair only, feeding young to-day
3. Setophaga ruticilla - " " " [One pair only]
4. Vireo olivaceus - One & singing in the lindens.
5. Spisella socialis - one [male] singing.
6. Icterus galbula - " " " [one [male] singing.]
7. Quiscalus aeneus - Numbers of old & young feeding on ripe cherries.
8. Corvus americanus - Flying over daily.
9. Coccyzus americanus - A pair constantly in the garden where
their nest placed in a pine tree over a walk at a height of
10 feet with one of the birds sitting was found by Mrs. Kettell June 18.
[margin]List of birds
breeding in
or frequenting
our place
at Cambridge[/margin]