1870. 
Scoleeophagus f orrugiiieus. 
widdlesex ^oun'',y, T^ass 
War. 23. 
: Sav/ upwards of a dozon during the day, many doubt¬ 
less arrived yesterday. 
“ 25, || Heard a flock. 
Apr. 7. 
i: Several immense flocks. Have soon no females as 
jj yot. 
“ 9. 
Humbers of both sexes. 
S e p t. 19. 
^ ^ Sav/ one, they have not been numerous this autumn 
owing, probably, to the severe drought. Sav/ the last 
: November 25, a single bird. 
1871. 
Mar. 4. 
T\/o malosin a sv/arnp near Concord )Deano). 
“ 13. 
Saw sev.eral large flocks for the first time. 
Apr. 26. 
Still abundant on Concord River, though thev are 
|i getting scarce about Cambridge. 
"ay 2. 
On -. 
“ 6. 
1 A largo flock of both sexes, the last.^ 
Sept.20 i 
1 General arrival. 
1872. 1 
Mar. 30. 
General arrival at Concord. 
1874. 
Mar. 25. ^ 
Four males and a female gabbling in their rsual dis¬ 
cordant manner, in the top of a tall oak over the brook 
in Watertown. 
May 15. 
Still numerous. 
1876. 
Mar , 30, 
; General arrival; one flock of tv/enty. 
-’Pr. 12. 
i 
I 
! 
1 _ A flock of at least one hundred a.ud fifty feeding 
i in alder t]..ickots bordering tlie Pino Hwamp. They hona.ed 
' mL^'^ out among-the fallen tops and debris like s^ ma*ny 
ICO. All wore on the ground at once no-sentinels be¬ 
ing posted. When tsartled the whole flock would rise 
in„o the neighboring trees and begin a deafening clamor' 
eacr bird apparently making as much noise as he could ’ 
nn th= ground thoy ware invariably ailont a iL °u.ck 
lie xeeding oney v/ero tame, in th.j tree tops shy. 
