Slalla slalls 



Concord, Llass. 



1897. One pair established and no doubt nesting in Benson's or- ' 



April, chard, another among the willow stubs along the river h&^^&ia. 



between the Holt and Himt's Pond. I have also heard a male 

 singing rather frequently in the orchard near the W.Bedford 

 station. About Concord proper I have seen rather fewer Blue- 

 birds this season than last, but I have spent little time there. 

 Faxon tells me that they have increased amazingly since last 

 year in the Belmont -Arlington region where he thinks they have 

 about regained their normal abundance. A similar increase is 

 reported by Charles Faxon for the West Roxbury region. 



