1870. 
Chrysomitris tristis. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
(Apr.2) 
Have not seen any for one or two months. 
“ 8. 
Saw a small flock; one of the males as singing 
finely. 
9. 
Took several of both sexes; they were all changing 
to the sp ing plumage; males singing everywhere. 
Sept. & 
Oc t. 
Have them noted as late as Octotter 8. Think I 
saw them at intervals through that month and the next 
but am not certain; not recorded again till December 
27. 
1871. 
Jan. 10. 
See them frequently; a few in almost every flock 
A.J^inarj;^ also occasionally in small companies of 
six or ten. 
Apr. 20 
About in small flocks,the males changing plumage. 
Jan 27. 
Two among yellow pines; very silent. 
Peb, 6. 
One. 
May 2. 
The males have all attained their perfect su-mer 
plumage. 
July 11. 
Although now probably breeding they are ofte in 
largo flocks. To-day i saw as many as thirty or forty 
of both sexes feeding together on the seeds of scjmo mea¬ 
dow grass. Hen started they would rise altogether and 
after whirling about in a close body, pitch down again, 
acting precisely as in autumn and winter. 
1874. 
Peb. 19. 
A flock of at least one hundred feeding in their 
characteristic manner in a small birch. 
1875. 
Mar. 30. 
A number in full song. 
Aug. 24. 
Most of the young now on wing. 
July 28. ! 
A nest in a tall maple in the Maple Swamp, twenty- 
five feet above the ground and inaccessible; the sitting 
female kept up a continual twittering v/hich guided me i 
to the spot This seems to be a regular habit as I 
noticed at Lake Umbagog in 1873. i 
1876. 
Mar. 25. 
Several small flocks. i have sen them at fro- : 
quent intervals throughout the winter. 1 
• 31. 
A flock of six, all in winter plumage. | 
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Several {Watertown, i 
