liddleasz Co. Mass. 



June 25-30, 1889. ?>i*A^J^ 



Bd*. Obs. n«»r Sheffield, Berkshire 

 Of, M&aa. June 17-afl. '88. W. Faxon 



75. Merula migratoria. American Robin.— Abundant 



Ag^,VI. Jam. , 1889. p. 46 



niMs Kno-wntoPaBS Breeding Season 

 nr. inchendon, Maes. Wm. Brewster 



i 81. Merula migratoria. "'• ] 



Auk, V, Oct., 1888. p. 389 



Birds of Bristol County , Mass. 

 P.W.Andros. 



j Merula migratoria (Linn.), American Robin. 

 1 Summer resident, abundant. Breeds. 



O.& O. XII. Sept. 188 7 p. 141 



Frequently 



Aitk, in. April, 1889. p.lo7 



■Winter Birds in South-eastern Iffaai^ 

 Harry G. White 



11. The liuhin. Probably no winter passes 

 without a few Robins remaining within the 

 State, but as their habits at that season are very 

 different from those of otlier times they are 

 seldom seen, as they keep tolerably elose in 

 the thick swamps. During the past winter 

 they seem to have been somewhat more plenty 

 than usual and have been reported from a 

 number of localities. At Taunton they were 

 only observed on one occasion, viz., on Decem- 

 ber 2d, when two were recorded. At Wood's 

 Holl, they were observed on three days in 

 December and on one during February, the total 

 number being twelve. The Highland Light 

 record, is, as usual, very complete, as they 

 were seen on twelve days in December, two in 

 January and seventeen in February, with a 

 total of one hundred and fifty-nine birds for 

 the winter months. The number seen at one 

 time varied from one to twenty-five and 

 averaged five. 



This is another case where the actual num- 

 ber of individuals increases from west to east, 

 and also of a lesser difference in the numbers 

 of migrating birds and winter residents; than 

 in the most western of the three counties, as 

 demonstrated in the following table : 



Migration 



Winter, 2 12 169 



Approx. Ratio, 1.1272 2.02 1.2 



Thus, we see that tlie degree of pleiitifulness 

 Increases from east to west in times of migra- i 

 tion and from west to east during the winter 

 months. 



0.ftO. Vol.17. JTiiie,1892 p.8a 



Ttimilon. Woo<J'6 JIoll. No.Trh 

 2545 744 298 



Brief Notes. 



I Edward Thayer 

 seen on Morris' 

 I Jan. 16. 



reported that Robins were 

 Island, Chatham, Mass. 



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