67 
1866. 
May 3 . 2 , 
Spizolla socialis. 
Middlesex County^ Mass, 
Nest with four eggs (Deane), 
1866. 
May 15. 
Nest with two eggs. 
June 1, 
Heard a male singing at 10.25 P.M. 
“ 20. 
Saw a nest abo t a foot from the ground it contained 
throe young. 
1867. 
May 11. 
Saw one building. 
“ 22. 
Nest with two eggs found. 
1868. 
Apr. 17. 
Several males singing. 
May 6. 
Shot a male with a white tail feather. 
July 5. 
The eggs of the second set have been Just laid. 
The males all singibg. They nov/ sing frequently at all 
times of the darkest nights. 
Aug. 9. 
A fev/ still singing. 
Sept.27. 
Still abundant. 
1869. 
Apr. 17. 
Several, 
Sept.27. 
Abundant, frequenting beds of weeds in large flocks 
and rising at ^,ho least alarm to the tops of the nearest 
trees. 
Dec. 31. 
Saw one in Watertown. Although the weather has been 
severs the ground is now completely bare and the tempera¬ 
ture mild. 
1870. 
Apr. 19. 
Several males singing. 
Nov, 2. 
Mwle- s-iTig-itrg, 
1871. 
Several (Watertown). 
Apr, 8. 
Male singing. 
* 10. 
General arrival. 
