Birds observed in Naval Hospital 
Grounds, Brooklyn, G.H, Oouea 
46. Molothrus ater. Cow bird. Once seen. 
BulLN.O.O. 4,Jan. , 1879, P. 32 
79. Molothrus ater \Boddaerf) Gray . Cow Bunting. — Not rare. 
Bull N. O.O, 0, Oct, 1881, P. 230 
Notes, Shelter Island, N.Y 
W. W. Worthington, 
O.&O. X. May. 1885. p, VO 
Arrivals of Mig'y Birds, Spring-1880 , 
Central Park, N. Y , City. A. G. Paine, Jr. 
April 12, Molothrus ater, (495). Cowbird. 
O.&o. XI. July. 1880. p.109 
Cowbird Wintering in Western New York— A few weeks ago my 
attention was called to a strange bird which was feeding on the street 
with Passer domesticus. On getting a good view I saw it was Molothrus 
ater. The egg from which it was hatched was probably laid and 
hatched in a Sparrow’s nest, and the bird, reared by the Sparrows, failed 
to mingle with the rest of its species. I have seen it a number of times 
since, and a young man told me last week that he saw it nearly every 
day. I am quite anxious to know if it will survive through the winter 
with its foster parents. Being itself a vagabond, it is a fit companion for 
Passer domesticus.—]. L. Damon, Lockfort, N. T. 
Aok, 2, July, 1886. p. 30 9 . 
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