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Ampelis eedrorum. 
Middlesex (k)unty, Mass . 
1806. 
Juno 5.' 
Nest with one egg. 
1807. 
V 
May 29. 
Savf several building. 
June 10. 
Nest found with one egg. Prosh. 
1868. 
Feb. 12. 
Three on our hav;thorn tree feeding greddily on its 
berries. 
“ 26. 
About fifty feeding on the berries o' a red cedar. 
; While i;hus engaged many were poising in air over the troo 
like so many umrningbirds . 
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Saw a flock of nine. 
" 14. 
Shot tvro. One had y/ax spots, the wings of the 
other v/ore plain. They v/ero alone and kept together. 
When one was sxiot the survivor showed evident sorrovr for 
tlie loss of i bS cornpanicn 
July 11. 
They noYr fi’oquontl tlio shores of Fresh Pond porchinsf 
on the oveihianging trees, and on ice hous.js. They col- 
lecu cnere in such livirnbors,, especially on a clo idy <iay 
that as many as thirty may bo ofoon seen in the air at' 
once, darting about aft ir insects, iiile o ihi :;rs are sit¬ 
ting on, the trees arcrund. With tiujir diarac teris tic 
greediness they glut themselves vri :h insects, un:xl ehoir 
crops ;ir e fillocl al 2 ost to bursting. 
Sept.24, 
Tliey are froquoi-ttl visitors to a largo vnild cherry 
tree on our place vhiich at prosont is cov’jrod with, fruit. 
1869. 
A flock v.’as soon to-day (Diano). 
“ 24. 
A j-lock of about fifcy near che asparagus bed, on 
tiio berri )s of whiele they clioifly depend at tliis s’ason. 
Mar. 1. 
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Several flocks. 
o • , 
A largo flock. 
•''•pr, 19. ^ 
Still in flocks. 
Juno 10. 
Nest witli t\7o fresh eggs. 
1870. 
fi^ar. 2. j| 
A flock to-day. Tliey us ally ■ rrive earlier. 
