1870. 
120 
Agelaous phoeniceus. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Mar. 23. 
About fifty during the day. They did not seem to 
be in as large flocks as usual for I did not see more 
than ten together. 
“ 31. 
A large flock. 
Apr. 7. 
Abundant; no females seen yet. 
May 26. 
Nest two fresh eggs. 
1871. 
Mar. 6. 
Three males in the tops of some tall oaks bordering 
a pond, all in full song andvery shy. 
May 5. 
1 
Most of them are now.scattered through the meadows 
and swamps, but a few flocks still frequent the uplands 
The first females were seen about April 15. Both sex¬ 
es are now so tame that they can be shot without difficul¬ 
ty, whereas early in the season it'was almost impossible 
to get a shot at them. 
1872. 
Mar. 25. 
Thirty or more males in full song; in company with 
three or more Crow Blackbirds. 
* 30. 
General arrival at Concord ; males scattered all 
over the meadows. 
“ 25. 
A flock of about twenty five feeding in an old corn 
field; several of the males sang. 
1874. 
Mar. 21. 
^ Ton or a dozen in the tops of tall oaks in Water- 
own all xn full song, recalling pleasant recollections 
billowy seas of waving grass, the croak 
of the Rail and the mellow trill of the Swamp Sparrow, 
single bird of this species was soon yesterday 
“ 26. 
Scattered about single over the Rresh Pond swamps 
for the first time. ^ 
Oct. 14, 
Shot a male on the Fresh Pond marshes. it v;as alorfi 
“ 20. 
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1875. 
*^ar. 30. 
Several males singing in Watertown. 
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