Cambridge, Mass.
1899.
April
[margin]Birds 
noted in our
garden by
W. Deane.[/margin]
  6. Passerella iliaca. - Two, apparently a pair, scratching among
the sun flower stalks, the male singing
exquisitely by spells, on the 8th, one
on the 10th, and a fourth on the 11th.
  7. Quiscalus q. aeneus. - Apr 2: 2[circled] (flying over), Apr 5: 1 [circled], Apr 6: 7 [circled], Apr 8: 1 [circled], Apr 27: 1
A flock was also seen in the Smith's place,
Brattle Street on the 3rd & 13th, twenty
birds being counted on the latter date.
  8. Corvus americanus. - Six flying over high on the 1st
& a single bird seen on the 13th
  9. Cyanocitta cristata. - One heard screaming in the
garden on the 25th.
  10. Dryobates pubescens. - 1: 2 [female] [female] on suet, 6: 1 [female] on suet, 10: [female] on suet, 11: [female] on suet,
12: [female] on suet, 13: [female] on suet, 20 [female] on suet, 21: [female] on suet, 22 [male] [female] on suet, 
25: [female] on suet, 26: [female] on suet, [male] [female] on suet, 29: 2 [female [female] on suet [male] in crab apple.
  11. Colaptes auratus. - a [delete]fem[/delete] male frequented the garden during
the whole month. On the 5th he [delete][?][/delete] began
working on the entrance of artificial nesting box
covered with bark which I had put up in
an elm in the jungle. After this date [delete][?][/delete] he
[delete]the other bird[/margin] frequently visited the box and
pecked away at the edges of the entrance hole
which I finally (on the 14th) enlarged for him.
On the 15th he appeared at the box accompanied
by a [female]. After looking in & pecking the edges
of the hole for about 10 minutes the [female] entered.
Soon after this both birds flew away together.
[margin]Flicker's [sic]
nest in
artificial
box.[/margin]
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