Refiul us c alendula . 



Concord, Mass. 



Chatti^.rs like a Solitary Vireo, 



1898. 



Just after breakfast a Solitary Vireo was in full song 



May 1. 



near tlie crest of Ball's Hill and a T^UDv-crowned 



I'.in^let was 



chattering and singing among the dense pines just behind this 

 hill. I was struck by the close resemblance between the 

 chatter and that v/hich the Solitary Vireo utters vmen its 

 nest is approached. 



Decenber. crowned Kinglet at Fresh Pond, it was in the arbor vitae 



hedge that borders the driveway to the hemlock grove, but it 

 afterwards flew to an apple orchard near by. Its characteris- 

 tic chatter was heard several times but the bird's sex v/as 

 not definitely ascertained. This is the only December record 

 known to ne. 



Eastern 



.iassachusetts . 



1899. 



On the 2Srd 



Faxon and Ralph Hoffmann met with a Ruby- 



