Cambridge, Mass.
1899.
December
  Loxia leucoptera. - On the morning of the 9th I heard the
flight call of this species as I was walking in the garden
over which the bird or birds were apparently passing. At 
about the same time Walter Deane saw a flock of six in
a [delete]Norway Spruce [/delete] White pine on the Lawrence place, Brattle Street. Other
flocks were reported in the neighborhood of Cambridge
but the consensus of opinion seems to be that the
species was less numerously represented here this month
than last (a flock of from 50 to 100 was seen in W. [West] Roxbury on Dec. 20,) by Dr. A. C. Reagh.
  Spinus pinus. - Heard one calling over the garden on
the morning of the 3rd.
  Spizella monticola. - A single bird in company with English
Sparrows among weeds behind the Cambridge Hospital on 
the 3rd.
  Zonotrichia albicollis. - No White-throats were seen in the
garden this month and I doubt if any are passing
the winter in our neighborhood but I heard one chirping in
the deep, brush-grown hollow below the grave yard to
the S.W. [south west] of Fresh Pond on the 10th.
  Corvus americanus. - Crows visited our place every few days
frequently alighting in the lindens and answering the 
cawing of my pet Raven, sometimes descending to perches
only a few yards above the pen in which the latter
is confined. The number of crows seen at one time varied
from one to four.
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