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Appearance of the Tit-lark and Black- j 

 throated Bunting in Worcester ' 

 County, Mass. | 



On tlio moniiug of October :!d, while out col- 

 lecting, 1 was crossing- a large ploughed field 

 in pursuit of a bird, when suddenly a flock of 

 about twelve birds rose befoi-e me. From their 

 note I kview they were something I had never 

 seen before. I looked around and saw one on 

 the ground at some distance to my left. I ad- 

 vanced and shot it and found it to be a Tit^ 

 lark. I looked for more but could not And 

 any as the Hock had gone. 



I went on and returned in about two or three 

 hours and found a flock of about fifteen or 

 twenty. 1 shot two tine specimens before they 

 could get out of reach. Later in the day 1 

 shot a Black-throated Bunting. This was the 

 only one 1 could find. 



According to Mr. C. K. Keed this is the first 

 appearance in Worcester ("onnty, Mass. For 

 several years ornithological notes have been 

 taken in Fitchburg, and these birds have never 

 been recorded before. This yeai-, as usual, i 

 find the Snowbirds in great numbers over a 

 belt of about thirty miles which I have trav- 

 elled, but last year there were none here except j 

 on February uth and (Hh, when three or fonr j 

 were reported to me. I did not see any. j 



The Red-bellied Nuthatches are here also; 

 these have not been seen before for several I 

 years. j 



October 19th Mr. Kimball and myself saw a } 

 flock of about seventy-five Tit-larks neai- Lun- 

 enburg. Mass. I. (\ Qrcciic. 



O.&O. XIV. Nuv. 1889 P/,Z^ 



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