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Sia3-ia sialis. 
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(Mar.24 ) ’ 
Middlesex County, ^'ass. 
for the tlireo species of’ Hlaekbirds arrived before 
: then a thing I never knov/ to 
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" 25. A pair. 
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Apr. 2.1 Abundant. 
“ Hu il cling. 
1870, 
May 1. 
Nest four fresh eggs. 
1871. 
Mar. 1.: 
A flock of fourtoei', or fifteen inel'iding several 
females; they Yrere silent and restless, flying frorn 
post to post, and orchard to orchard froq’^ently, alight¬ 
ing on t}ie ground; they v/ere moving in a southv/esterly 
d-’.rectio?- (Belmont). 
« 2. 
A flock of five the males in full sonf|. 
“ 3, 
A f 1 o(j]c of f i f teen . 
“ 4. 
Ger::oral arrival. A pair entering my boxes. 
“ 6. 
Abundant everjoYhoro in the fields ar-d orchards. 
Apr. 18. 
Seen buildiiig to-day ( T. P . Atkinso-. ) . 
May 6. 
Mast in bird liouse v/ith six e,;gs far ad'/anced; an¬ 
other in similar si tuation - v/i th i.ovrlj hatched young. 
Nov. 10, 
Tvfo, the last. 
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I'Sr. 22. 
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! A flock of four all males on a hillside in Helrnont. 
Perfectly silent. 
" 26. 
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i Several seen. 
1874. 
Mar. 2. 
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! A flock of eight, silent.and dejected, flitting 
; under the lee of a protecting ridge during a sr,ov/~squall; 
I] sarr males on the loth-*. 
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« 3. : 
: About a dozen, all males ini full song. Saw the 
1875. ! 
. first February 23. 
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Four or five males v/arbling near the cedars ii;i v/a- 
1 tertov/m; numbers v/ere seen in Mev/ton on the 27th, and orP 
' on the 26th. 
