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Unusual Winter Records. — Owing to the unusually mild weather and 

 frequent thaws of the past winter, a great many birds have wintered 

 here (Cambridge, Mass.) which usually pass farther south. I have ob- 

 served the following : — 



American Robin. Large flocks, seen about Arlington Heights until 

 February I, after which date only a few were seen until the spring mi- 

 gration. Their chief food was the berries of the buckthorn. 



Auk, XIX, July, 1902. p.^9S, 



