Cambridge, Mass.
1899.
January.
(No. 5).
what was doubtless the same bird paid us another visit alight-
ing first low down in the lilacs over the little pond behind
the house and afterwards flying to the elm over the driveway.
On both occasions all the Sparrows on the place rushed to
cover at once hiding behind the slats of blinds or in the
vines which cling to the walls of the Museum and not venturing
forth again until after the Hawk had departed.
  Several of the species above mentioned, although of not
uncommon occurrence here at this season, were evidently at-
tracted to our grounds in unusual numbers and with exceptional
frequency by some suet of which, late in December, I hung a
large piece in the elm over the driveway in front of our
dressing room window at the same time placing another piece
in the crab apple tree at the east end of the Museum within
two yards or less of the library window. For a week or more
both pieces passed apparently unnoticed but early in January
the birds began coming to them and after this one or both were
visited more or less regularly and frequently by Chickadees,
Brown Creepers, a White-breasted Nuthatch, several Downy Wood-
peckers and a number of English Sparrows. The Chickadees and
Woodpeckers were almost daily visitors; the Creepers appeared
less often but still not infrequently; the Nuthatch came reg-
ularly up to the 11th after which it disappeared. Crows and