220 
186S. 
May 4. 
.June 20. 
Soyt.11. 
1869 . 
AufJ. 31. 
1871. 
Apr. 14. 
1875. 
Progno purpuroa. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
One passing northv/'ard high up., 
;[ 
Sovara.! have boon soon in Otinbridfyo tJiis spring, 
lo—'.'a,y a na,lG tried to take possosssion of one of my 
ij boxGX, whon the White-bellied ^^allows assembled and drovo 
!: him off. 
i! 
!i 
ij 
Several, 
In Pout Pond at suns.et I n.oti.ced Purple Martins in 
small flocks alighting, apparer-.tly to roost, in t''O tops 
of t]ie red maples v/hich lined the oouosito s'lore. 
Four at Concord (D.C.French) 
If 
ay 
8, 
18. 
Abundar.t at Coiicord. 
Shot six oil the Chrrlos .diver rnea.dov/’ (Mov/ton) 
1877. I 
Aup. 26. i| Sa'/' the last ’'artin at Concord to-day. They con- 
j| grogatod in one vast flock several days since alighting 
all over a neighboring bar., aid, after spending, nos t of 
the f;ay in marskialling; tneir raiCcs, disappeared late in 
the a ■'terrioor., 
1879. 
July 14. 
For a week past I have noticed tte old birds .''ceding 
their young broods. The little fellows perch -i.n a 
cluster on the v.ery top-most branch (usually a dead one) 
of some tall tree and a'vait the food that is so dili¬ 
gently sought for tb'on by tl'.oir parents. Each sei.ms to 
bo fed in turn, but there is mevertholoss great oxcite- 
ment among bhe \7'\ole number as the father or mother 
approaclios, and v/itli rais-ed v/ings and oa^’or cries they 
clamor for "first help". One that . s’not justa^ter 
it j,ad .jnr.. £ ed, ais''ori'od a dra.gori fly of the .la.rgest 
size. It was infested v;ith a re.markablv actiV'^ kind 
of bird louse. ‘ ^ 
