1B75. 
Sialia sialia. 
Middlosex (;oi.uity, ' ass. 
Apr. 13. 
Shot a femalo. Vfhon her mate dashed dovm with¬ 
in a foot of my head snapping his bill angrily. 
15.'' Shot a male vrhon its mate hoVered over it a moment 
but as I approached flew off warbling very like the male, 
|i but rather more disconnectedly. 
Nest, five fresh eggs. 
A general arrival this Piorning. 
17., W.W.Patten, tells me that during a sr.ov/’-storm to-day 
I ho mot v/ith a flock of about fifty bluebirds v;hich 'vere 
I feeding on cedar berries. 
i’ 
22. !i A flocJc of thirty seen by Frazar in Watertovm, feod- 
ing on cedar berries. 
“ 25. 
1877. ll 
Oct. 11.i: 
A few in ’Yatortovm. Frazar tolls me that he has 
seen them mixed in 'vith a, large flocks of Cedar iirds, 
flying and feeding v/ith them. 
Singing as perfectly'''’as in spring. 
1B79. 
Oct. 
B.! Bluebirds are very abundant this autumn, more so 
than usual I triink; they haunt pastures sprinkled vrith 
;i tall rnullen stalks, apple and oak trees, or occasional 
j pitch pines. They are incessantD.y chasing one ar-,oth¬ 
er about, apparently in play rather than from any ill 
tomp'T. When the v.’-ind is high ar-.d cold they often seek 
i shelter among the dense foliage and remain motionless for 
long periods at a time. I have often stood beneath an 
i oak or apple tree and scaned its branches for rnariy minu- 
j; tes at a txmo before T could make out e'^’en one of a num- 
1 ber that had Just taken refuge t-h-ere. Sometlp-'os they 
cling against the sheltered side of a branch supporting 
1 themselves precisely in the manner of Woodpeckers. They 
I occasionally sing at such times v^hon the -./ind nearly 
j drovms their feeble notes; finally one s+art-s and all 
I the others straggle after, each uttering its plain-^.ive 
i! call note as it flies, and long a^’ter they are lost to 
j; Sight in the distance the sa.d call comes back on the 
vrind over the painted vraodlands. 
15. i; October is the month fidr t’le Bluebirds, air’ the Blu-?- 
bird’s voicer, is one of Octobers most characteristic 
sounds Nearly every morning at sunrise, lately, v/hen 
the river fog hangs over the fields and orchards T hear 
!| his plaintive note v/andering through the mist like a lost 
I voice. Every\7hore along the roadside I see loose strag- 
I gling flocks. At this seson they are especially fond 
of fields witli scattering apple trees and an occasional 
w-hite oak under vh\ich the cattle lie at noor\-day. They 
associa,te freely with J’obins, Blackbirds and t'eo various 
Sparrows. 
