Cambridge, Mass.
1902.
July 
(No 3)
Garden Birds
  7. Setophaga ruticilla. - Present through the month and heard signing
almost daily, vigorously and well up to the 15th afterwards in feeble
lisping tones. I saw the pair which breeds regularly in our lindens
feeding nearly full grown young late in June but all the birds seen
in July appeared to be adults and I think the singing has been done
wholly by a fine old male. This bird was without a tail & otherwise
ragged & disreputable-looking on the 21 and 24. (I heard him in full
song in the lindens at 7 A.M. on August 1).
  8. Vireo olivaceus. - Constantly present. In full, regular song up to
the 22nd & heard again on the 29th (the song did not possess its
normal vigor & fluency after the 20th).
  9. Vireo flavifrons. - In full, vigorous (but not always sustained) song
on the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 26th, 27th, and 29th of the month.
  10. Vireo gilvus. - One heard singing on the 12th and another scolding
on the 27th. The species has been positively rare throughout
Cambridge this year & has not, so far as I am aware, bred anywhere
in the immediate neighborhood of our place.
  11. Spinus tristis. - Noted in the Garden on the 10th 11th 15th 16th, 20th
22nd, 27th 28th 29th and 31st. Only adult birds seen, usually
singly, occasionally in pairs. In full song on the 11th 15th 16th 27th
28th 29th & 31st.
  12. Spizella socialis. - Seen at frequent intervals up to the 27th usually
singly occasionally 2 or 3 together. In full song up to the 16th,
singing feebly on the 27th.
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