Scolocophagus forruginaus 
Middlosox Gourrcy, Mass. 
or SIX, the firsi., thoy arrived from tho sou ah 
-u... company with a fe\7 Red-v/ings and irnnmdiatoly pitched 
into a largo- sv/amp. 
i! 
Apr, 29.^: ^ Saw a largo flock and shod -dire-), all males; thov 
na/) been thicker ihis spring than I ovor sa ^7 thorn bo 1 
" ^ novor soon no\7, as in tho rur'”.mn in 
th.3 bushy sv/amps but froquant tho lov/ r'aplo Sv/anps! 
have boon very nunorous this sprang but are 
II g.)9oing scarce; sa\7 three to-daju 
8 , 
Oct 
27'. 
Nov. 7. :! 
18U9. 
May 
Oe 
4. 
5. 
One, 
Sa-w numbers of than daring tho dap and shot so-nra] 
Sa?/ the first to-day. 
Sa’v a flock of about forty or fifty. 
Sa3/ large numb ws . 
Large flocks this afternoon. 
tpi ^ ipusa nds of these and Crov/ Bl'.eibirds 
Tne,, alighuod on oho ground in a uasture, and aft-- re’ 
ma.ining a fov/ minutes, started off in a southorirdi rec 4 . 
niglu passed through th-e tops of the ■ 
o oos, coming witliin about one hundred yards of 
i "'^f^^^ding. The roaring produced ^by 
^ df t-.oir united cries v:as positively 
y....oning and rosomblod the sonnd o.r a -tale blowing 
they now almost" i.in., 
°pae:i;'“h m an aero of' “ 
Five flying. 
Numb )i s in or a,bout the ^da-'s '> e t ra-w c- r^'v 
their f-Ave -ito Um. r ^o./ swampy v/oods, 
spring. The males ■■ror'^ -aII 
singiz.g. ' 
Several. 
One, probably tli ) last 
(j. 
ov. 13. 
. ^ Ir>monso flocks going to roost in tuo b-shoa ] imr 
,! ne^oanks of Concord River above tho town. They'pouv 
directions, until ;.hero could not ha4 bn^ 
'f^Vht at Somethm^s thoy would all rake 
'around ^mginary danger, and after circling - 
, aiound ior a rnornen ; in a dense cloud niteh ^ ^ 
: again into tho tangled thickets. ’ ' ^ 
One, the last. 
