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1870. 
Ouiscalus purpureus aonous . 
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I'iddlosex Oounty, ’^ass. 
-ar. 22. 
^av; ono just at Punsot, pitch dovnu into a grovo of 
pinos (a favorito brooding place), and after ut:.>ring a 
fo\Y loud notes, sottlo himsolf for tho niuht. 
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" 23. 
; 
Several of leotli soxes. 
" 25. 
Three or four. 
Apr. 3. 
They aro now probably as abu.ndarvt as they will bo 
but, in this locality, at least, thoir numbers fall far 
short of thiose of for’vjr 
“ 10. 
The flocks soon to bo breaking up and the birds no \7 
go in pairs. 
1871. 
Msir . 6. ' 
Three. 
“ 9. 1 
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A fov/ aro seen overj day, but they aro by no moans 
numerous as yet. 
" 13. 
Abundaiit e ’/oryv/'horo, 
Apr. 21. * 
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ric, /o sepai'auod into pairs oi..d aro nov/' much less shy 
than they wore earlier '.n tho secison. 
June 30. . 
Tho young aro iio\f all fl^'ing. Happening to bo re— 
t*. 1 1 'i' T •, 1 1"'. ' J " ; T f -f 1 \ 4- .T._l 
II in^ .:U ou^n swamp just at dusk, I obs;;r-/od thorn 
|| in small blocks eontirr.ially arriving and pitching dovm i 
I uO til') maplo tliickots- l-fnr.T ttin-- nr-.rUMTK'+' t-, r _ 
u li-b o oo . n^ji j biio^' iinaor.b 8 odly corno ovor*^?’ 
I night GO roG.-st, at this season. 
July 18. 
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; Just at dusk observed thorn in flocks of hundreds co - 
staiitly arriving and pitcliing dorm into a large maplo 
sv/arnp near Spy Pond; this accounts for the supposed 
northern, migration noted above, as thoy corno in from r’l.T 
sottl rd regions to the south whon they food, during tho" 
day, in tho novring fields. 
Oct. 9. 
Sav; throe flying southward over ^rosli Pond. 
“ 11. 
A large i lock mixed with ScoloeoDhauus forrueinous 
soon in tho svramps (noano). ' 
“ 14. 
Sevoi'al flying south, the last. 
1872. 
Mar. 25. 1 
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Sovoral in a large flock of Rod-wings in a corn 
stubble. ' 
1874. 
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