186 
1872. 
Empidonax trailli, 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
May 30. 
Saw one distinctly at Grantville. 
1876 . 
May 31. 
Heard one uttering its characteristic pin in Mr, 
Spelraan’s garden on Sparks Street. 
June 1. 
Hoard three in the Presh Pond swamps and shot two 
of them. They uttered the qjue-wichv^ aue-nnrt?i,;h and a 
siPglQ_pjjl. Two were in willow thickets in the“Rriek- 
yard sv/amp* where they were as noisy and apparently as 
much at home as in the alders about Lake Umbagog. The 
third was in the Pino Swamp. As usual they wore ex¬ 
tremely shy. 
Augi,B4, 
Shot ©DO in the willows bordering the Brickyard 
Sjrarap; it was in full fall plumage and silent. 
1876. 
May 23, 
Shot one in Concord on a hill-top sparsely covered 
with yellow pines. It v/-as preparing to eat a largo 
worm, which it held under one foot and beat v/ith its 
bill like a Vireo. 
