Tachycirieta bicolor 
1 Boo, 
May 
22. 
1867. 
Apr. 
29. 
May 
18. 
1868. 
Mar-0 
18. 
Apr. 
2. 
|i Middlesex County, Mass. 
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il Nest v/ith f'ive eugs, 
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Sa'vT one building. 
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Found a n,ost v;-ith one "resh egg. 
One, the first o^ the season, flying iii anortberly 
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Sept,24. ii 
to-dajr, ohe snoiY fsilling to tlio depth of se'/oral indues 
and during all the morning the surface of Fresh Pond was 
covorod by a vast host of these birds. They flow dose 
to tho water o'/ery now and then dipping its surface. 
There r.ust liave boon sov-ral thousands over the pond. 
One was soon building. 
Found a nest 'vith one egg. 
ihe young will soon leave tho nest. 
The young are all on winf'. 
Stxll abundant about moado'/s and. othor low places. 
About six circling around my boxes. 
Upwards of a thousand on Fresh :-^ond. 
Nest in a !)ox v/ith one fresh egg. 
Several passing southv/ard. 
