Sialia sialis. 
!; Middlesex County, T^'ass. 
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Apr. 12 Nest \7ith tvro eggs. 
1867. 
Apr. 32. ! 
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Oct. 14.f 
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Mar. 11. i! 
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Nest vath tv/o eggs found. 
One was seen build i.rg^ in an old Cliff Svrallow’s 
nest 
Heard a male sins-’ing as finely as in spring. 
Tvro males, the first. 
One. 
The first pairj the female entered several of my 
boxes. Saw about forty males. 
A hea \/y fall of snow. Many of tlie bluebirds per¬ 
ished . 
^2, || Dufinfj this so ' 01*0 wocithor 3 .r*o roclucod to grosit 
'I extremities, collecting about springy places, and spots 
where the snow has drifted off. A number to-day were 
feeding on cedar berries, poising over the trees in the 
|| manner of cedar birds. 
“ 24 . Scarce. 
Apr. 7. 
Sept.26. 
186S. 
Six inches oi. sno¥/ fell to-day. The Bluebirds 
again hard put to it for a living.' 
Common. Tv/o adult males in full song t his morning. 
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A male, tlie first. 
One. 
A pair inspecting my boxes this rooming. 
One singing. They are not common yet. 
A flock of six or seven. 
Abundai.'.t. 
One, the last. 
A pair in ’7atortov/n. 
They are vory late this j^'oar 
