Agelaius phoeni c ens . 
Concord, Mass . 
Feeding in front of the cabin. 
1393. When I came down the ladder a little after sunrise the 
April 6. Sparrows were assembled in front of the cabin but their seed 
was buried under four inches of damp snow. I swept off the 
bed and put out a fresh supply which the hungry birds attached 
at once but a few minutes later a Red- winged Blackbird plumped 
down in the middle of the bed and scattering the Sparrows 
right and left began eating greedily. Ke was quickly joined 
by others of his hind until no less than ten of the beautiful 
birds were clustered together devouring the sedd. """"""" 11 
These are the first Blackbirds that I have ever had the pleas- 
ure of feeding here. 
Peterborough, New Hampshire. 
1398. 
July 5 
to 
Aug. 15. 
Apparently rare here as, indeed, it is in most of the 
elevated, interior parts of New England. The only bird seen 
by me was an adult male flying over the Contoocook River near 
Noone's Station (South Peterborough), July 27th. Mr. Deane met 
with a female accompanied by three young at Long Pond, E.Jaf- 
frey. This sheet of water is so admirably adapted to the 
Red-wing's habits that hundreds of the birds would be breeding 
there were it near the coast. 
TU ylcAsu^ ^ x&JL. -/W y 
/; (ru^g v.’.. S. - hr, A- 
r, . Tj 
