Cambridge, Mass.
1899.
January. 
(No. 4).
9. Cyanocitta cristata. Two birds together in the garden on
the 4th and one on the 3rd, 6th & 13th. They inspected
the suet in the elm but did not touch it.
10. Dryobates pubescens. Seen almost daily.
11. Colaptes auratus. Two on the 3rd, a single bird on the
4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, & 23rd.
12. Megascops asio. At about 5 P.M. on the 30th, a Screech
Owl was reported in the garden. Walter, Purdie, Gilbert 
and I rushed out and at once heard the bird wailing. A
moment later we discovered it perched about 35 feet above
the ground in an apple tree just back of the lilacs.
We could see it distinctly against the sky sitting erect
and moving its head freely, both up and down with a bobb-
ing motion and revolving from side to side. We walked
directly beneath it before it took alarm and flew off
towards Hubbard Park. During the past ten or fifteen
years Screech Owls have been seen frequently, at all sea-
sons, in other parts of Cambridge and nests have been
found in the College grounds, on Kirkland Street, and
near the Botanic Gardens but this is the first bird that
has visited our place for a long time.
13. Accipiter velox. An adult female appeared in the garden
on the 10th, perching for several minutes in the large
apple tree where the Screech Owl was seen. On the 24th