95 
1871. 
Passorella iliaca. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
(Apr.12) Getting scarce. 
“ 13. 
The last, a single bird. 
i 
Oct. !♦ A single bird. 
Nov, 3. 
They are now abundant. 
1872. 
Apr, 2. 
A single bird in a flock of J.hiemalis. 
All have apparently left| I have soon only three or 
Ana near a nut one male si ng. A few 
were seen at Grant»ville by Henshaw. 
1874. 
Mar, 31, 
A flock of at least one hundred in old oak and pine 
growth in Brookline the males singing in chorus like Blao^ 
birds. They were extreme ly shy. 
- 21. 
A male in full song among evergreens in Cambridge. 
Oct. 30, 
Here in moderate numbers but much less common than 
usual. 
1875. 
I'ar. 30. 
A single bird in Belmont. 
Apr. 2, 
Two in the Presh Pond swamps in full song. 
• 7. 
Several in a dense thicket near the Watertown Ar¬ 
senal, o ne of the males singing superbly. 
• 15. 
A flock in the Watertown cedars the males singing 
exquisitely, although there is a foot of snow on the 
ground. 
“ 20. 
Large flocks in WatertoMm. 
“ 21. 
Migration is now at its height. 
May A. 
All gone. 
Nov, 3, 
Abundant in Watertown, 
• 13. 
Several (Belmont). 
“ 25. 
One, nrobably the last (Bojmont), 
1876, 
Mar. 11 . 
Several large flocks in Lincoln. 
Aor. a. 
A 1 ... . . 
A iarge iiocK xn Watertown. Some of the males 
were singing incessantly though it was nearly noon at the 
time, the songis characterized by richness and wildness 
of exnressinn 
