Cambridge, Massachusetts
1899.
March 
(No.4).
After the middle of the month the phoebe call was heard almost
daily. "Sine cauda" has not been seen since February 17th. 
3. Certhia familiaris americana. A single Creeper seen on
March 3, 9, 15, 17 and 25th. On the 29th four birds were seen
together in the large willows at the N.W end of the garden.
They came flying across the garden in quick suc-
cession and when all were assembled chased each other a-
round the trunk and among the branches. The willow con-
tained for a brief time, not only these Creepers but four
Chickadees and a Downy woodpecker. The full song of the
Creeper was heard on the 9 &15th and on the morning of
the 29th a bird sang at short, regular intervals for
nearly an hour and in tones as loud and clear as I have
ever heard in the Maine woods. On the 17th I saw a Brown
Creeper run down the lower part of the trunk of an elm
for a distance of two feet or more to the ground on
reaching which it hopped about [delete]about[/delete] precisely like a
small Sparrow (most nearly like Spizella socialis), stopping
every now and then to pick up and swallow a fragment
of suet which had fallen from above.
4. Sitta carolinensis. One seen in the garden on the
morning of the 4th by W. Deane.
5. Zonotrichia albicollis. One seen in the garden on the