Cambridge, Mass.
1916
November
23-30

Shufeldt's Junco in our Garden

  During this period the Shufeldt's Junco reappeared in the Garden
on five different days. He was accompanied on the 23rd [November 23, 1916] by two
Eastern Juncos (hyemalis [Junco hyemalis]), on the 25th [November 25, 1916] by five, on the 27th [November 27, 1916] by five or six,
on the 29th [November 29, 1916] by six, on the 30th [November 30, 1916] by four. Walter Deane had a good
view of him from my study window on the morning of the 23rd [November 23, 1916]
and was much impressed by his rich, dark coloring, especially that
of his chest which looked, as Walter said, quite as glossy black as
that of a male Towhee. The bird was then feeding with the other Juncos
and still more numerous House Sparrows, on a space of bare ground
within a few yards of the Museum, where millet seed had been
scattered profusely. A liberal supply of it, renewed from day to day,
continued to attract birds of all three kinds up to the very close
of the month, after which the Shufeldt's Junco was not again
seen although from one to four common Juncos came to the seed on
December 2 [December 2, 1916], 3 [December 3, 1916], 4 [December 4, 1916] & 5 [December 5, 1916].