Near Wareham, Mass.
1900.
June 12-14
(No 12)
  35. Cyanocitta cristata. - Very common throughout the woods.
  36. Tyrannus tyrannus. - Mr. Bangs considers King Birds
scarce this season but to me they seemed
very numerous - certainly much more so than
they have been at Concord the past month.
They occur throughout the thin woods on the
burnt lands as well as in orchards near
farm houses.
  [Myiarchus crinitus. - Mr. Bangs took me to two different
orchards a mile or two west of Wareham where
he has found a pair of these Flycatchers in
former breeding seasons but the birds were apparently
absent this year.]
  37. Contopus borealis. - Present in about the same numbers as
in 1894. It is an easy matter to find four or five pairs
during a drive of six or eight miles in any direction from
Wareham. Indeed they are quite as numerous in this
region as in any part of northern New England. Their numbers
do not vary appreciably in different years & certain pairs
return year after year to the same localities to breed.
Their favorite haunts are isolated groves or clusters of rather
tall pitch pines on high ground usually not far from a
pond or stream for they seem to require the near presence
of water. Several pairs resort to wooded islands in the
larger ponds. The birds that we saw this season were
for the most part silent & showed little interest in our
presence. Mr. Bangs thinks they were not breeding. Usually
their eggs are laid by June 10 but the season is two weeks
late in regards vegetation this year. 
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