Cambridge, Mass.
1899.
February.
(No. 9).
bulk of those which had departed would perish. But when
the weather moderated on the 15th they began to return
and by the next day they were apparently as numerous as
ever. During the first ten days of February they swarmed
about the suet in the elm at all hours of the day and evi[-]
dently kept away the native birds (even the Chickadees)
but after the middle of the month they neglected the suet
and the native birds returned to it. On the 9th they at-
tacked the suet at the Museum for the first time and in
considerable numbers but we drove them off and they did
not attempt to return.
6. Corvus americanus. Crows were frequently heard cawing in
the early mornings in the old lindens and during the
great snow storm of the 12th and 13th one alighted re-
peatedly in the elm over the driveway and inspected the
suet closely but I did not see him touch it.
7. Cyanocitta cristata. Only one February record for the gar-
den - that of a bird which visited the lilacs behind the
house on the morning of the 15th.
8. Dryobates p.medianus. Two female Downies have been fre-
quent - in fact almost daily - visitors to both pieces
of suet, coming sometimes singly, sometimes together, but we
have not seen a male in the garden this month. On the