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1876 . 
Apr, 21. 
Corduelis ©legans, 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Shot a pair in an apple orchard bordering Fresh Pond 
Bene. They uttered a singular note resembling ker—dack, 
kej*—dee j ker *“d_ B_ck , ker—dee; repeated at frequent in¬ 
tervals in a harsh tone, they wore exceedingly shy 
flitting on ahead through the orchard alighting on the 
top-most tv/igs, sometimes whirling off before the wind, 
then returning again. Their flight was undulating and 
very like that of Ghrysomitris tristis . Their bright 
plumage very conspicuous. When I finally succeeded 
in shooting one the others shovrod much anxiety and would 
not leave the place. The female would have laid in the 
course of a week or tvro. Thompson in his “Birds of 
Ireland” says that he has found a nest as early as 
April 9. 
