Cambridge, Mass.
1900.
January.
(No. 4)
and stayed four or five hours. They spent much of the
time feeding on the fruit of the Parkman's apple tree in
the middle of the garden and on the High Bush Cranberry
at the N.E. corner of the Museum. I saw one bird pass a 
cranberry to another. The recipient swallowed it.
  6. Passer domesticus. Present all through the month, occa-
sionally attacking the suet in spite of the fact that
they have been driven away every time they have been seen
near it.
  7. Spizella monticola. One seen on the 10th.
  8. Corvus americanus. Crows were seen either in the lindens
or flying over the place on the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th,
19th and 25th.
  9. Cyanocitta cristata. One heard screaming on the 6th.
  10. Dryobates p. medianus. A male in rich plumage visited the
garden on twelve days between the 11th and 31st, and al-
most invariably fed on the suet in the crab apple tree.
A female was seen on the 22nd, 24th, 30th and 31st. She
did not visit the suet but spent her time vigorously
hammering on the neighboring trees in search of food.
Once she flew into the crab apple tree within three feet
of the suet but she seemed unconscious of its presence
and spent fully five minutes drilling into a piece of
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