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1869. 
Philohola minor. 
Middlosox County, Mass. 
(Oct.8) 
Many here to-day in low lying birchess As we have 
had several touches of frosty weather lately it is proba¬ 
ble that the flight has commenced. 
“ 18. 
Shot one, flushing it on a hill-top among scanty 
birches. 
“ 25. 
Started seven to-day and took five of them. Al¬ 
though wo beat the hillsides carefully wo found all our 
birds in lo\7 lying bushes birch coverts and r-uas. wot runs. 
They were all undoubtedly flight birds. They lay;very 
close, permitting an approach to within a few foet^ The 
majority whistled less loudly than summer birds. 
Nov. 8. 
Started six and took five of them. Three we found 
on hillsides in dry birch covers, tv/o in wet runs, the 
sixth in a swmpy maple grove. 
“ 9. 
Took throe, one on a hillside, one in the “runs* 
and the third among low lying birches. ' 
“ 13. 
Started two on a birch hillside. 
to 
Started two, the last of the Season, on a birch hill¬ 
side. One of them rose only a few feet in front of- the 
dog and after trying vainly to got through the thick 
branches,^ dropped backwards to the ground, and starting 
again, whistled off with wonderful quic.knoss. 
1870. 
Mar., 26. 
One v/as seen to-day I think at West Newton. 
Apr. 7. 
Saw one taken to-day; upon dissection it proved to 
be a female which contained eggs So fully developed that 
t ey would probably have been deposited in a day or two. 
“ 7. 
Took a female that ws on the point of depositing 
her first egg. - b 
Sept.12. 
Started several in a dense, m oist covert of swamp 
maples. 
Oct. 25. 
Started thirteen flight birds mostly among birches 
(Concord). 
Nov, 13i 
Two were seen. 
1871. 
Mar. 25, 
One soon in Belmont (C.Cartor); they have undoub¬ 
tedly boon hero for sometime. 
