216 
1872. 
Ampolis cedrorum. 
Mi dell GS ex County, Mass. 
Fob. 18. r Sevoral laruG flocks T^assod over c'ur place to-day; 
i, this may bo c oract'risod as their ^irst arrival although 
I a roYf scatterin:^ birds have passed t''e ^■/•intor. 
28.1 Seen daily nov; about Canbridfe, They are usaa]!” 
abundar t this season. Vf.b.Scott .killed t>4rty-fivo in 
tvro days. 
ar. 
I’ Shot oi!5htoef\; one had white spots on the pri- 
1874. 
Feb. 15. 
16. 
" 19. 
Mar. 3. 
“ 21 . 
May 14. 
Oct. 9. 
1875. 
Feb. 17. 
“ 24. ' 
i! 
Mar. 16. 
maries, and tvro wax on the tail 
They appeared in Ca"bridf?o to-day in lar'-o ^'Tocks; 
at loa.st one nundred and"’ fifty birds beini^ see-, in al ] 
A flock of about fifty remained in our yarde.:, all day 
apparonuly res tiny after their jouriioy and reconrroi ter iny 
the premises alf ouah none visited the rod cedar tree 
where tliey usually feed. 
Numbers seen all over Oambridoe. Many flocks visi¬ 
ting our cedar trees to feed on the berri-s; they never 
visit the asparagus beds or, their "irst arrival, appar- 
ontly preforing cedar berries while t'i.e i8,tter "!ast 
:-esidos t oir usual _tx^-t^^ they utter while uerclrod a 
note of tvro or throe liquid syllables. I saw several^ 
to-aay darting out after sr ow ^la.kes and catching them 
aaroitly in ttio rnanrier of Flycatcliers. 
eirc.iin;, about the asparagus bed in 
uarortowii out they ha re j ot as yet attacked tlroso berries. 
Less abunda- t tha.' two v/ooks arro, they have not 
uOuenGQ t :'0 aspara:-:us borrios vot, 
_ A flock of about one ’nmdrod at t^re aspara-us bed- 
in .atortown foeding on its berries for the first trine, 
iho]/ v/ere exceedingly shy, probably from ha vinu iro-n u uo- 
at a ::oof' real lately. 
^ A flock of seven or oinht flying over our garden. 
I nave never known t’vern return so early in t^ay bof^'re. 
A flock of ton in the u'aplo Swamp. 
mlock of a out th.irty in company with hobins 
iooaing on asparagus berries in vfatertown. A floc.k co; 
taining cobout fifty v/as seen in NowtonviHo on the 10th, 
Seen daily but not vwy numerous i-,ov/. 
Ha'ie seen only one flock for sometime. 
