w - Middlesex Co. Mass. 
June 25-30, 1889. 
Mt Watati c Abundant all over the mountain from 
its base to its summit, but seen most frequently in or near the 
thickets of young spruces in the pastures, although several pairs 
were met with in the dense forest of large spruces on the western 
side of the mountain. It was also observed in the pasture at the 
western base of the mountain, butnot a single individual could we 
finci any where else m the surrontimg region. Apparently like the 
fellow pumped Warbler the species w aS restricted to the mountain. 
The Snow-Bird in Summer on Mount Wachusett. — Mr. Brad- 
ford Torrey writes : “ On the 8th of July (1878) I saw a pair of Snow- 
Birds ( Junco hyemalis ) on the summit of Mount Wachusett, and, as I do 
not find any mention of their breeding there either in the ‘ History of 
North American Birds ’ or in Mr. Allen’s ‘ Catalogue of the Birds of 
Massachusetts,’ I venture to send you this item, trusting that you will 
overlook the seeming presumption if the fact is one well known.” Al- 
though there is, I think, no record of the presence in the breeding season 
of the Snow-Bird on Mount Wachusett, it is well known to occur there 
at that season, where it has been met with by Mr. Brewster and other 
observers repeatedly during the last few years. The occurrence of an 
isolated colony of these birds on Mount Wachusett seems well worthy of 
record. — J. A. Allen, Cambridge, jUteM* N , O . O. 3, Oct. , 18 fo , p 
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