Cambridge, Mass.
1900
April 1-12
Garden Birds
  Spinus tristis - On the 7th and again on the 11th
I heard what appeared to be the full song of a Goldfinch.
Very near at hand but I failed to get a sight of
the bird.
  Melospiza melodia - Two Song Sparrows and a Fox Sparrow
spent the 2nd in the garden feeding on chickory  seeds
and retreating into a thicket of hemlocks when disturbed.
One of the Song Sparrows sang faintly and brokenly in
the early morning, in full, loud tones just before
sunset.
  Junco hyemalis - A single bird in the garden on
the 6th & 8th and 11th.
  Passerella ilica. - The bird above mentioned was the
only one noted in April. Like those seen in March
it was silent.
  Molothrus ater. - One heard early in the morning
of the 4th. I think it was flying over the place.
  Quiscalus q. aeneus. - Grackles have been seen nearly every
day and sometimes several times in a day - flying 
singly or in pairs over the garden always in either
an easterly or northerly direction and passing, no doubt,
between the breeding station in Norton's woods & that
in Mr. Smith's pines on Fayerweather Stand. On March
24th a fine old male alighted on the ground in the
garden and rambled about over the flower beds but I
have seen none there since not did they alight often in
our grounds last spring.
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