112 
1865. 
May 30. 
Doliehonyx oryzivorus. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Nest with two eggs (R.Deane). 
1866. 
June 5. 
Nest v;ith five eggs. 
Sept, 7. 
Hoard a male sing as well as at the height of the 
breeding season. 
1867. 
June 6. 
Pound a nest v/-ith five fresh eggs. 
1868, 
May 2, 
Several males in the Brickyard Swamp singing on the 
tops of bushes at sunrise. / /■ /jrfo ^ ^ / 
July 8, 
Already in flocks, both sexes uttering the fall note, 
but the males occasionally singing. 
Aug. 8. 
Small flocks. 
Sept,16, 
All gone. 
1869. 
May 12. 
Several males singing. 
“ 17, 
First female. 
1870. 
May 13. 
Several. 
1871. 
May 12. 
General arrival. 
* 16. 
First female. 
July 11, 
Collecting into large flocks. 
Sept.19. 
Saw one flying over the Fresh Pond gwamp in company 
with two Dendroeca striata- 
Oct. 14. 
A young bird shot in the Fresh Pond swamps, by At¬ 
kinson. It as exceedingly fat. 
1874. 
May 15. 
In full song on the Fresh pond marshes. 
June 13. 
A nest containing five eggs incubated a few days. 
Female sat so closely that I neqly trod on her. 
