1866. 
119 
Agelaous phoeniceus. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Feb. 26. 
k flock of a dozen or more on the Coolidge ^arm, 
Waltham. They seemed to be all males and v/ere singing 
freely. They v/ere feeding on the ground and wore ex¬ 
ceedingly shy. 
May 21. 
Nest with four eggs. 
1867. 
Oct. 16. 
A number of adult males singing in chorus precisely 
as they do on their first arrival in sprin g—(Fresh Pond 
Swamp). 
• 21. 
Numbers roost nightly in the Fresh Pond swamps in 
company v/ith Rusty Grac-klos. They arrive soon after 
sunset in largo flocks and-pitch into the bushes, keep- 
ingnp a great racket until it gets dark. Early in the 
morning they rise in one immonso flock (usually) and de¬ 
part towards the v/est. 
« 26, 
Shot a young male which had the shoulders of a dull 
yellow, the rest of the plumage nearly like the female. 
1868. 
Mar.12 
Three or four males on the tops of low bushes in 
the Briskyard swamp. As the sun rose they began their 
usual song. 
- 25. 
Still here in spite of the deep snow. 
May 25. 
J 
•July 7. 
A nest was found containing four eggs. 
The young now in flocks with their parents; a fov/ 
adult males still singing. 
“ 25. 
They fly over head every evening in eomipany with 
Crov/ Blackbirds. 
Aug. 9. 
A few still in the Fresh Pond sv/amps. 
Sept.27. 
A large flock of these and Rusty Blackbirds roost 
nightly in the treeless Brickyard Swamp, arriving from 
the westward just at dusk and leaving for the same direc¬ 
tion early in the morning. 
1869. 
Mar 14. 
Several at Concord this morning. 
“ 24. 
A flock of twenty migrating. 
• 25. 
The bushy portions of the Fresh Pond swamps alive 
v/ith them; all males and all in full song. 
Sept. 3. 
Saw a flock of nearly a thousand going to roost in 
the reeds on the edge of Charles River above Watertov/n. 
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