Aeeivals. March 1st, Bluebirds arrive ; / 

 O.&a Vlil.May.l883.p.S^ 



T "Feb. 22 and 2:i, 1 saw aud heard several Blue- 

 |%ird8 {Sialia sialis), 



O.&O. XIII. July. 1S88 p. 104 



The Bluebird Wintering near Boston.— On the gth of December, iSgo.-V/. 

 my neighbor, Mr. E. F. Holden, reported a Bluebird in the village. I 

 found one in the same valley on the 2ist of that month, and saw it after- 

 ward at different times up to Febuary 5. My own dates were as follows : 

 December 21, 22, 27, 29; January 3. 30; February i, 4, 5. On three of 

 these occasions the bird was perched in an ash-tree beside an old barn, in 

 which I suspected it of finding shelter. At three other times it was within 

 a very few rods of the same spot, and at the farthest it was less than a quarter 

 of a mile away. The casual appearance of a Bluebird here in mid-winter 

 would not be worthy of record, but I am not aware that one has ever been 

 reported as actually spending the winter with us. The present season, it 

 should perhaps be added, has been exceptionally severe.— Bradford Tor- 

 REY, Melrose Highlands, Mass. 



Auk, 8,April,189L p. ^J^-^V^ 



Bds. Ohs. ne»r <»ii«f fiel<? , Berkshire 

 Oy. Mass. Jttnft 17-26, '88. W. i^axon 



76. Sialia sialis. Bluebird. — Common. 



Auk*TI. JaJI.. 1889. P. 40 



BdB. Obs. near Graylock Mt. Berkshire 

 Co. Mass. June 28 -.July 16. W.Faxon 



80. Sialia sialis. BLUEBIRD.-Rather common in the settled parts ol 

 the country. -^^^ 



Auk, VI. April, 1889. p.lo7 



"Hir-^s Known to Pass Breeding Season 

 ur. iDchendon, Mass. Wm. Brewster 



82. Sialia sialis. 



Atlk, V, Oct., 1888. p. 889 



