Cambridge, Mass.
1910.
July 4
[July 4, 1910]

Birds in the Garden
Scarcity of Robins

  I returned to Cambridge on July 1. Since then
I have noted no less than twelve species of birds in the
Garden viz. Robin, Red-eyed Vireo, Chippy, Goldfinch
Crow, Blue Jay, King bird, Wood Pewee, Oriole, Flicker
Downy & Chimney Swift. As far as I have been able to
learn no Yellow Warblers, Redstarts, Cat-birds or Cuckoos
and no vireos except the Red-eye, have bred in or near
our grounds this year. As was the case last year we
have had only one pair of breeding Robins and they
with two or three of their young are the only representatives
of their kind that I now see in our cherry trees, loaded
just at present with ripe fruit. This would seem to 
indicate that there are few Robins in this part of
Cambridge now. The only other birds I see in the
cherry trees are Orioles (a pair with young), Crows,
and House sparrows - the last named in large numbers.