Cambridge, Mass.
1899.
March.
(N o. 3).
were deep in mud and slush. In the Lower Mystic just below
the inlet where there was a space of open water several acres
in extent, two Black Ducks and five Herring Gulls were stand-
ing on the edge of the ice and as I was passing around the
head of the Upper Mystic a Whistler alighted in the open chan-
nel where the brook empties into the pond. These with a few 
Crows were the only birds observed, although I stopped
and listened for Bluebirds and Song sparrows in several places.
  The following birds were noted during the month in our
garden or its immediate neighborhood:
1. Merula migratoria. Six silent birds, all apparently males, 
feeding on the fruit of Parkman's apple and Viburnum 
opulus on the morning of the 26th during a blinding snow
storm. Four of them returned in the afternoon after the
storm had ceased. A single bird was calling in the gar-
den on the morning of the 27th. and one was seen there on the morning of the 31st.
On the evening of the 31st six appeared just before sunset and one bird, perched in the linden at the east end
of the house, sang steadily and loudly for ten minutes or more flooding the whole neighborhood with his rich notes.
2. Parus atricapillus. Seen daily, (excepting on the 10, 12
& 19th) in numbers varying from one to six. Their at-
tacks on the suet were frequent and energetic when the
weather was stormy or cold, infrequent and listless when
it was clear and mild. The Sparrows interfered with them
much less often than was the case in January and early
February. No storing of food was observed during March.