22 
1865. 
Chrysomtris tristis. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Apr. 23. 
A flock of about fifty singing in chorus. 
July 19. 
Nest, three fresh eggs {French), 
“ 29. 
Nest v/ith young (Deane). 
1866. 
Apr. 14. 
Saw several males in apparently perfect breeding 
plumage. 
1867 
July 16. 
Found a finished nest. 
1868. 
June 10, 
Saw a female putting the lining into her nest which 
was built in a white pine at the height of about fifty 
feet in the Harvard College grounds. 
1869. 
June 3. 
Saw a male commencing its nest. 
1868. 
Mar. 28, 
Saw one to-dayj they are not as numerous now as 
during the tnter. 
“ 29. 
Hoard a male singing. 
Apr. 26. 
The males have at last perfected their suninsr plu¬ 
mage and are singing on all sides. 
Aug. 9. 
The males for the most part silent during the last 
two, months are now singing vigorously. 
^Mov, 14. 
Saw a small flock of those and Red-polls, 
1869. 
fi’eb. 27. 
They have been rather scarce this winter. Saw 
small flock today. 
Mar. 28, 
Saw a large flock the males all singing, although 
they have not as yet changed plumage. 
Sept.10. 
The young all flying. 
Nov. 23. 
Saw several large flocks; they have been numerous 
all through the autumn. 
Dec. 29. 
A flock of half—a—dozen, 
1870. 
Jan 13. 
Saw two. 
“ 31. 
Several in company vrith Tree Sparrows. 
