Naushon Island, Mass.
1901.
May 26
(No 5)
  16. Piranga erythromelas. - 2 males & 1 female seen by Harry Forbes.
  17. Carpodacus purpureus. - A red male with a female or gray male seen at
Tarpaulin Cove in a tree by the roadside.
  18. Spinus tristis. - 2 pairs seen
  19. Passerculus savanna. - A male singing on the open downs near the
north shore about midway of the island.
  20. Pooecetes gramineus. - 2 pairs and a single bird seen, all
on the open downs.
  21. Spizella socialis. - About 12 seen most of them near the
houses.
  22. Melospiza melodia. - Found chiefly about the edges of wet
hollows & thickets near the shore. About 30 noted.
  23. Pipilo erythromelas. - Fully 50 seen or heard. They are
generally distributed & are nearly as numerous
in the open beech & oak woods as in the
dense, briary thickets near the shore.
  24. Cyanospiza cyanea. - An adult male by the roadside at Tarpaulin Cove.
  25. Agelaeus phoeniceus. - About 15 near swampy hollows & small ponds.
  26. Sturnella magna. - One singing on the downs. They were once
common but were trapped in large numbers by
steel traps set on poles for Hawks.
   27. Quiscalus aeneus (?). - About 6 or 8 near Wm Forbes's house
sitting in white pines & in a bushy swamp.
Not seen sufficiently closely for identification of
subspecies.
  28. Corvus americanus. - 15 or more mobbing a large Owl near
W. end of island.
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