129 
1870. 
Dondroeca castanea. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Sept.13., 
Took one in the autumnal plumage; ii vms v/ith a ^ 
number of P..s_triata -which it closely resembles in mo¬ 
tions and general appearance. 
“ 22. 
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Another taken to-day; it v;as in the same piece of 
■woods as the last but kept aloof from the small companies 
of D. striata that filled the tree tops. 
“ 26. 
Took still another (in the Maple Swamp). 
18S1. 
Sept*30. 
H.Honshaw took one in immature plumage. ^ 
1872. 
May 27., 
Shot seven in Watertov/n. There v/ere twenty or 
thirty in oaks on the hill behind French’s. They wore 
nearly all females and all vrere excessively fat. 
