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1874. 
(Dec.16)1 
Chrysoraitris pinus. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
among these I found it impossible to separate the sexes 
by plumage although adults were readily distinguishable 
from birds of the year. 
1875. 
Saw them in several places in Watertown. Near the 
cedar ridge, from a flock of Linnets feeding on the seeds 
of woods I killed at one shot one of this species, five 
Gold Pinches, and two Rad Polls. 
Pour among birches in West Newton; I shot throe of 
them when the survivor remained, hopping about his dead 
companions, evidently much puzzled, and chirping loudly. 
He was so tamo that I nearly caught him in ray hand sup¬ 
posing him to be wounded. The thermometer has fallen 
below zero every night for the last ten days and there 
is more than a foot of snow on the ground. 
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27. 
Mar. 
22. 
Apr. 
15. 
May 
24. 
Juno 
7. 
a 
8. 
Nov. 
5. 
A flock among the cedars in Watertovm. 
Have not soon any for a month or more. 
Hoard a male, the first since early in January. 
Saw and hoard numbers in Belmont. 
They have been abundant in apple orchards during 
the past week; before this reappearance I do not remem¬ 
ber to have seen any since late in the winter. Their 
movements, like those of the Crossbills, defy explanation 
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Heard several to-day. 
Saw a few (Belmont). 
