Gorthia familiaris arnericana 
Ij Middlesex Gounoy, !''ass. 
1871. 
Sept.21 )li 
One, th.o first. 
1872. 
Feb,12. 
I Shot a pair. ''■Vhen one became separated from the 
other it would call loudly pzo-pzo- pz e , cre e-ep and when 
I the other ans^/erod v/ould ^'ly directly to thie foot of the 
j tree and run up to Join it ut-oring a series of low 
j notes. When these birds discovered that l v/as watcti- 
ing them they remained perfectly silent and motionless ■''or* 
many minutes and v/ere most difficult to see among rdue 
I scales of' rough pino bark. 
18'; 4. 
Feb, 19. 
Up fco tills date T hpr''e not heard or seen a sirrele 
individual, alThou';h I have been +di.rouuh fieir usual 
haunts at frequent inoervp.ls during the winter. 
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1875. i! 
One seen in drooklino, 't'-lie first this ;/oar. 
Very numerous at present. 
Shot two males which were toget>ier in 'Tatertovm. 
This species does not, X think, pair for the entire 
year. It is true tha-. at thi S O ci 3 on t\7o are frequerit- 
ly found trr:ethGr but they are as often of th.o same sex 
as othorv/’iso; and in either case seem oually attached 
to one ar.othor. 
Jan. 18, 
Distinctlv sa'v otie sv^allow so’/era.! largo mouthfuls 
of snov; "'rom patches adhere Lnu to the bark of a linden. 
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Male in full sonu% 
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1876. 
On G i n ’i'a ter t own. 
ar. 
7, 
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'I'wo, froquoritly bursting into 'lalf surprossed song 
as if Linavie to quite restrain their feelings yet con- 
clous that such a betrayal of them vras unseasonable. 
4 day very vtarm ^or arch . Thermometer rising to 
70° . 
Ij Saw five. One ontered a shod on our place ar.d 
Cl ep t up one of t '’0 eosits inside iii sea.rch of insects. 
i| The same bird also s.liglited among the e^'torior tv/igs of a 
lilac sittiii_g with t,uo liody erect, its ta.il crossed do'.tn 
l| among the -Gwigs for support, the vUiole attitude in fact 
j as when the eird is ascendiiiu a tree trunk. I have 
j never Goe.n this species sit crosswise on a hra.uch. 
