Cambridge, Mass.
1899.
January.
(No. 3).
this season. Fresh Pond has been closed with ice ever since
Christmas.
  The following birds were noted during the month in our 
garden or in the large trees in front of the house: -
1. Parus atricapillus. Seen almost daily in numbers varying
from one to ten.
2. Sitta carolinensis. A male on the 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 & 11th
3. Certhia f. americana. Two together on the 5th & 9th, a sin-
gle birds almost daily through the month.
4. Regulus satrapa. A female Knight [Kinglet], usually alone but some-
times with Chickadees, was noted on the 13, 16, 26, & 28th
5. Ampelis cedrorum. A solitary bird with full wax tipped
wings appeared in the garden on the 30th visiting the
cedar tree and spending some time in the little crab ap-
ple at the east end of the Museum. (It paid us a second
visit on February 1st).
6. Zonotrichia albicollis. Two birds present during the first
week of January and seen once or twice afterwards.
7. Passer domesticus. Present constantly in numbers varying
from 10 or 12 to 40 or 50.
8. Corvus americanus. Frequently heard cawing in or over our
lindens at daybreak. One also visited the suet in front
of the dressing room window on two occasions but without
apparently eating any of it.