NOTES ON SOME OF THE WINTER BIRDS OF 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
BY HERBERT K. JOB. 
It has been my privilege for several years past to enjoy many 
opportunities for observing the habits of the birds found in 
Eastern Massachusetts, and being less engaged during the winter 
season than at other times, I have been enabled to become rather 
better acquainted with the birds found then than with those 
seen at other times. Last winter (1882-83) was quite interest- 
ing as regards its feathered creatures, and it is my purpose in this 
article to refer to such of our visitors during that season as may 
be of interest to the readers of the Bulletin, and also to give 
some notes relative to past seasons. 
All collectors in this section must have noticed how promptly 
most of our winter birds arrived last year ; so, although my 
subject is winter birds, I shall have to begin back as early as 
October. The nth of that month brought immense flocks of 
Pine Finches , some flocks containing as many as three hundred 
individuals. They remained mostly in localities where cone- 
bearing evergreens grew more or less plentifully, and were 
abundant until early in November, when they suddenly dis- 
appeared. A few scattering ones were seen in February, but 
scarcely any until a short time since, when quite a number ap- 
peared in my garden in Roxbury, feeding invariably in a small row 
of larch trees. Many of them were single birds, and none were 
seen in parties of more than three or four. A number were shot, 
but others kept coming. This was May 8 to 11 inclusive, 
since which time no more have appeared. 
Bull. N.O.-O, 8, July. 188S, p. / V 7- 
Bda. Obs. 'ear 0r*ylock Mr Berkshire 
Oo. Mass. jUU*^8-JulylG. W. Faxon 
28. Spinus pinus. Pine Siskin.— On the morning of July 16 a few 
Siskins were seen near the old Adams path on Graylock, about 3000 feet 
above the sea. 
Auk, Vi. April, 1889. p.100 
Some Additions to the List of Birds 
of Bristol County, Mass. 
BY C. L. PHILLIPS, DIGHTON, MASS. 
Pine Finch ( Chrysomitris pinus). Seen in 
severe winters. I have taken a great many at 
various times; they are usually found breeding 
on birch trees. 
Spinus ninus . 
tVu-eowv 
Skin no. 30456 in the Brewster Collection 
was found by Walter Deane sitting on the edge 
of a flower pot in the pond by the Museum in 
the P.M. It sat on a perch on his table for 
an hour and a half and then died. When he took 
it up and carried it into his room it made no 
resistance whatever. 
