1865. 
May 
13. 
ft 
30. 
1866. 
May 26. 
1867. 
May 18. 
1868. 
May 
11. 
U 
13. 
tt 
15. 
July 
14. 
Aug. 
9. 
1869. 
Way 11. 
“ 12 , 
“ 20 . 
1870. 
6 . 
" 7. 
“ 13. 
1871. 
Hay 9, 
“ 12 . 
1874, 
^ay 11. 
Icterus baltimore. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Building; nest afte v/ards deserted, probably I 
because I ■watched it too closely. 
Nest with six eggs (R.Deane). 
Nest with one egg. 
Saw one building. 
A male was seen to-day. 
Several males. 
A female. 
The song of the male is now seldom heard both old 
and young, being banily engaged In opening pel pote 
eating cherries and comnittlng similar depredations! 
r,-cb “r I haard the full 
rich notes of a male to-day. * 
^ during the day. The 
for^Le^anL^"'® blossom a sure signal, apparently 
I or the appearance of this bird. 
They seem ^o have all arrived as the gardens and 
orchards are full of them. Saw first femfir“!dar. 
Nest nearly finished. 
One seen at Cambridge, Mass.«J.A.Allen). 
Two more, were seen to-day. 
General arrival. 
The aaw and heard numbers of males 
yeL L Of the birds this 
year, as the cherry blossoms are beginning to fall. 
The first female. 
r.%. Abundant, although the trees are leafless anri 
cherry blossoms noy yet out. -leaiioss and the 
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