1 
1866. 
Apr. 18. 
1867. 
May 1. ; 
I 
Oct. 19. l! 
Nov. 7, 
18G8. 
Mar. 18. 
" 19. 
“ 23 
May 14. 
July 13. 
Quiscalus purpurous aoneus, 
Middlosox County, Mass. 
OO I 
“ 26. 
5opt.lS. 
Oct. 27. 
'"ov. 7. 
1869. 
Most froshly linod vrLth rnud. 
Most found Y/ith tl-irGv3 fresli oggs. 
SaY7 a flock of at least ono tho sand at Concord, 
ney uore flying north and at a height of several h ndrod 
oot, L.nair v/ings rnaJcing a loud rushing sou.nd. 
A fiocK of at loast one thousand high in air fr-iruy 
no r t hvrar d. - t x „ j. 
One, tjiG f irs ' . 
A flock of about thirty, 
A flock of about tvonty; snow exghteen inches deep, 
Nest five fresh eggs, 
for t-o past \7Gok or tv/o I have seer. 
taem nymg northward in companies of a dozen or so. 
ijiib e zoning several flocks each composed o f as r-.anv as 
forty or fifty individuals, following ono m tho wake of 
tnc oLher, passed northward. This second migration 
noticed in former years ’ 
oYombor, as tiioy did last year 
Saw a large flock passing over tovzards tho North. 
A single bird. 
Savz largo flocks. 
SlaekhiTdr'' birds mingled vzith Rusty 
JiacKbirds in a vast flock. ^ 
■ tiorninB, It caite sivoopinB .lown from *h- 
28 . 
Upwards of a dozen several of them fornalos. 
‘ f>T all the afternoon passing over in lart 
[ at°:his':::sL'"" 
!i 
xr , - I' 
i! Savz one to—da'" the Tesi' of 
'-It-'.. , last, oi tiie season 
