153 
1074. 
Cyanocitta cristata. 
MiddlesGX County, Mass. 
29, 
Th.G„ aro got ting abundant. 
A nest vrith. two oggs. 
Voi y oca.rcG as tnoy al 'ays aro o^t this s ^ason 
ihoy bv^gin jO i oappoar ^arly in "^arch and by Februarv 
or liarch aro abundant. Whoro thoy go during this ir-rt )?■- 
mi., is not cloar. I hava noticod, however, that in the 
more extonsivo v/oods fnrth ;r inland, as at Concord, there 
is lossa apparoi'it dirninution in t.;.eir n.TJibers 
A few in T.incoln. 
1075 
Jan 23 
May 29, 
Oc t. 13. li 
Ono in West "ewton darted into a snail thick pino 
at my approach; hero it v/as impossiblo to dislodge it 
or to got a sufficiently clear sight for a shot, as it 
movea .i,ts posi ion a few feet every time I got my eye on 
It. Thos- tactics reminded me of a Grey Squirnols under 
Similar c ire urns t can ces . 
Nes .j in oak sapling with throe fresh oggs. 
healing a flock in .he distance at Concord, I began 
to imitate their low cojuplaining note. They instantly' 
ceasea their clamor, and a fev/ moments later began to 
appear, one af ...or another stealing through the trees si- 
lerit, and evidently intensely carious. ’ 
Abundant in Watertown. 
Saw a good many on Wavorly Hill, Relmont. 
Nov. IG. 
A largo flock in Watertown acted in a remarkable 
mannor graly:. or rift or. vroro siitine in a thickot of 
aldors oordoring a brook at somo dista.aco froa the v, oods 
Ihhof'" sutming themselves and as I approach- 
. I rtom.aineu p.irfectly motionless. V/hon within ten yards 
^ I soopped and looked at thorn for several moments. I 
!j at them in quick succession 
ll.-iie, -v/o before any of them moved. At length +]igv 
began screaming at mo one imitating the whistlJ of\he 
, Rod-shouldorod Hawk. Finally, as if suddenly reali- 
1, -mg bheir danger, they all started for the n-arest woods 
factoring ao tnoy went. I never saw Blue Jays behave 
ii heti:orr;^L''!!“;t..h^ ^or i? „..i/4 
I; 4.1 .^1 U CtUtyUUUb I or It Olilv in 
i' oV'to'mL'/ 
They aro very abundant just now. 
Nov. 30.' 
Numbers in Lincoln. 
