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Cyanospiza cyanea. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
1866. 
June 9. 
Nest with four eggs. 
1867. 
June 13. 
Pound a nest with one fresh egg. 
1868. 
May 23. 
A male. 
June 6, 
One building. 
July 20. 
Male singing. 
1869. 
May 17. 
Several males. 
June 9, 
Nest two freshe eggs; raspberry bush. 
1870. 
May 21, 
General arrival. 
Sept.22. 
One, the last. 
1871. 
May 21. 
A male. 
“ 22. 
Abundant. 
Sept.29. 
Shot a young female, the last. 
1874, 
Sept.26, 
A male in full song at Concord. Also saw a brood 
of young on v^ing. 
1875 . 
May 14* 
Three males. 
June l.ii 
Singing every evening in our garden; its notes in 
the gathering tv/ilight sound more tender and beautiful 
than at ordinary times. 
“ 7 
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They are very scarce this season. 
“ 23. 
A female has built two nests in our garden and de¬ 
serted both shortly after they were finished, in the 
second instance laying one egg. The first nest was in 
a pair tree, the second in a lilac. 
Jaly 30. 
A male singing in Belmont. 
Sept, 6* 
Shot an adult male in fall plumage. 
