Cambridge, Mass.
1899.
March. 
(No. 6).
7. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus. Mr Fisher (of the Nuttall
Club) reports seeing a flock of Bronzed Grackles on 
March 5th at the Greenleaf place, Brattle Street, where
five were observed by W. Deane on the 15th. Lothrop met
with two somewhere in Cambridge on the 11th. A solitary 
male appeared in an apple tree in the garden on the 21st
and others were heard there on the 28th, while a bird was
observed on Brattle Street on the 27th. A flock of 14 flew over the garden at sunset on the 30th. These are all
the Cambridge records for the month.
8. Corvus americanus. Seen every few days, flying overhead
or perched in the lindens, usually in pairs, never more
than three or four together, very noisy after the middle 
of the month. I am satisfied that the birds are the same individuals which
visited our place in January and February, and that they are also 
the birds which breed in this neighbourhood.
9. Dryobates pubescens medianus. Downy Woodpeckers were al-
most daily visitors to the suet in the elm or that near 
the Museum. A pair appeared together on the 16, 17 and
20th, on the other occasions a single female. No drum-
ming was heard and but rarely a vocal note of any kind.
The Downy habitually spends a longer time at the suet
than any other bird.
10. Colaptes auratus luteus. Present on the 2, 4, 5, 9, 14,
15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28 and 29th; two
birds being seen together on the 2, 4 and 21st, one on
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