158 
1875, 
Siurus naevius. 
Middlesox County, Maos. 
(Aug.13)^. 
j tod one from under tlio sink-spout. They pass I'.ost of 
I theii' time, ]iov/’'ovor, in a oioce of tall corn, whore they 
I search for food in the earth kept moist by its luxuriant 
i shade. Judging by their ea,lls there must be several in 
i this place. This bird seems to bo tlio only migrant 
i from the noutli, as yet, excepting the Hummingbirds. 
24. 
One in a maple swamp. 
Sept. 9. 
Saw several. 
“ “ Still abundant. 
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Oct. 14. |l Saw one distinctly on he shores of the trout-pond, 
;| in “Rairuland", Concord; I ae v one in ^lO same place on 
the 13th, and another in Ca,mbridgo on the 11th. These 
dates are late for Massachusetts. 
1876. i| 
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Aug. 25. I 
Oct. 7. i’ 
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1879. !: 
May 
Saw two in Mr .RusslelllfS garden. 
Several along the Assabet River, Concord. 
On e in tho Wi 11 o\7s , 
13. 
The Willow-s fairly swarming with thorn; I also no¬ 
ticed tliom in other places ‘whoroover syz-ampy thickets oe- 
Lttle and wore 
were exceedingly fat. 
curi-ed by the roadside., they sang but a 
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