263. 
Concord Mass. 
1898.
October 3
(No 3) 
and I believe that the number was really very
much greater. There must have been at least a 
few Cow birds, if not some Red-wings, also, but
I identified only Rusties. I have never seen
anything so large a roost as this species
before nor do I remember ever seeing a
roost among herbaceous vegetation, but always in 
button bushes or low willows or maples.
  On the way up river I also saw a Solitary
Sandpiper & a Kingfisher.