Miscellaneous Bird Notes.
1902.
  "I found the male Henslow's Sparrow between
Leominster and Lancaster [Mass.] the other day. One
of them was fooling with a female so I presume
they will breed there. I had not heard of their
being here before" (H. Porter Hall, M.D. Leominster
Mass. in lit. under date May 9th 1902.) This I
believe is an earlier date than any that I have
ever noted for Henslow's Sparrow in Massachusetts.
Henslow's Sparrows between Leominster & Lancaster, Mass. (Early arrival
date)
  Under date of May 27, 1902 Abbott N. Thayer writes
me from Monadnock ( = Dublin) N.H. "I suppose
you have seen lots of Pileated [Woodpecker] nests?
We have one 3/4 of a mile from us."
  "Took Hel. leuco. this morning - good sized
yellow spot on the breast" (J. H. Sage, post card
dated May 7, 1902)
Helminthophilus leucobranchialis at Portland Conn.
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