Holniinthophila chrysoptora. 
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Middlosox County^'- Mass. 
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1B70. ,, 
May . IB. i! 
1871. 
May 22, 
Shot three males in '^’^ewtonvillo. One in the pe¬ 
culiar plumage afterv/ards described as Moucobronc hialis. 
Tv;o v/ere on hillsides in young oaks, the :,hird in a birch 
S¥/-aiTlD . 
Savf five betv/-0Gn Tincoln and Concord, one female. 
One vras ineompany vhth r . striata in an apple orchard, 
all the others in birches. They \/ere restless, continu¬ 
ally taking long flights. 
1872. 
May 15, 
1874. 
Shot two males in frrantville. 
June 3. ' Females singing among birdies, along the Warren Run 
r in V/altham. 
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Shot a male in Waltham. The song of this species 
sometimes consists of four notes (including the prelimi- 
nar^' one) but moi'e commonly throe, ancS occasiona].ly only 
tv/o, Although when the bird is near at hand it seems 
Very loud, it cannot be heard much over one luindrod yards. 
July 17. '' Shot three young in nearly perfected fall plumage, 
|! in noli:ont. They uttered a fine shrill chirp differing 
j. from anything that I have hitherto heard. The chirp 
I oi t-.e moT.hor v.'as idontioal wi tli that of the Nashville 
|Vferbler. 
1875. 
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May IG. jj Throe seen at Newton by Purdie. 
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^ ^ pciir in the Gotten Run, Belmont, among the birc-os. 
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Shot a male on Shade St., Lexington. 
ihroo males singing in the woods between Lincoln, 
il nr Concord. The song of one v/as invariable eitlier 
,, .20^, den-dee-deG-doe-dee-r!A^„_ 
, never less than four final svilabl-^s 
May 24.: .- ^ . 
; Shot amale in Vfeltham near Rock Meadov/-s. 
1876. 
May 23, 
1879. 
May 16. 
A number between Lincoln and Concoi-d. 
Five males (Concord). 
