6

1916
April 4
to
July 9

of the same species will be seen. Nothing of that kind transpired
this spring, even the movements of May 2 [May 2, 1916] & 20 [May 20, 1916] being in no
wise exceptional. Some species arrived later than usual - especially
in April - but most appeared at about their customary dates
and a few - including the Bobolink - somewhat earlier than
common. Migrants bound further north were at no time
very numerously represented but almost constantly passing on
their way, singly or in small flocks. They included many
of the species ordinarily seen, besides the Orange-crowned
Warbler and the Evening Grosbeak, neither of which has ever 
before been met with by me in spring anywhere in Massachusetts.
Tennessee Warblers were so exceptionally common as to be noted
oftener than the Black-polls [Blackpoll Warbler] - which, however, were fewer than
usual. The Tennessee [Tennessee Warbler] appeared almost daily from May 20-27.
in trees close about our house, where as many as four
or five might sometimes be heard singing at one time.