Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1899.
November
  Sitta canadensis. - Two in our garden on the 19th and 
two feeding on seeds of the Norway Spruce at Wellesley College
on the 25th.
  Ampelis cedrorum. - During the heavy rain storm of the 11th
a flock of 12 Cedar Birds visited the garden spending
some time sitting in the top of the large apple tree
near the lilacs (W. Deane)
  Loxia c. [curvirostra] minor. - On the morning of the 20th as I
was walking in the garden I heard the flight calls of
Red Crossbills and looking up saw a flock of 15 birds
passing over head, low down, towards the W. [west]
  Loxia leucoptera. -  On the afternoon of the 25th I found 5
of these Crossbills feeding on the seeds of a Norway Spruce in 
the Wellesley College grounds. One bird was a rosy-red male; all
the others being either females or young males in yellowish green
plumage. The flock worked busily & for the most part silently
each bird clinging to the upper end of a cone and bending forward
and downward as it pried out the scales which contained the
seeds.
  On the 30th I heard the flight call of White-winged Crossbills 
near Payson Park & on the 29th at Fresh Pond Grove where Faxon also saw
seven birds on the 25th in the arbor vitae hedge along the driveway.
  Spinus tristus. - Heard by W. Deane in the garden on the 5th & 8th.
  Plectrophenax nivalis. - As I was driving around the western 
side of Fresh Pond on the morning of the 28th a flock of
14 Snow Buntings came flying in over the water and alighted
on the rip-rap stone pavement on the shore.
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