Cambridge, Mass.
1903
July 3
(No. 2)
near him but on June 19th Gilbert saw him
collecting building material in the Garden and taking
it across the street into the Horsford's grounds.
  I watched the Robins come into the roost in
our lilacs last evening and made a rough count
of them making the number 217. No doubt
I counted some of them twice but on the other
hand very many must have slipped in from 
the rear of the thickets without being seen. I
am inclined to think that at least 300 now
visit this roost. The old males still sing boisterously
but they make less noise than they did a 
month ago. They have frequented the roost every
evening, so far as I can learn, since the lilacs
became well-covered with foliage.
Robin roost in the Garden.