1870. 
Tachycinota bicolor. 
Hiddlosox rjounty, ?fass 
(Apr.8) ? 
" 10 . || 
1871. 
Oar. 1^. 
|! 
Apr. l.il 
6 . : 
r 
29.1 
Sopt. 28. ji 
1872. 
Apr. 5. 
“ 6 , 
1874. 
y 18. 
Julv 21 
1875. 
Oar. 
Apr. 
30. 
2 . 
15. 
2 ^ . 
28. 
July 30. 
Sept.13.; 
Tvfo a,pp->arod about ny boxes this nornin<J, 
A b u n d a n t e a e r y vr h e r o . 
The first this norniug, a siriule male flying about 
and alighting on mj/- boxes. 
Savr a sin'.^lo bird in our yard t'hs norning, the 
first sij'.eo oareh 18; the intervening 'veathor has boon 
Very cold ar.d boisterous. 
Saw three or fou.r small -'locks ^lying over the mea¬ 
dows near Prosh Pond. 
Upwards of a hundred on 'rosh 'ond. 
They still frequoiit t'-o pond ir. cloudy Y/oather. 
Saw the la.st, a floc^'. o^ t irt’/ or r^ore, on t^^eir 
v/ay south. 
One around mjr boxes, 
Three around my box( 
I'wo matinf;,t.hQ male uttering continuously a ratt¬ 
ling sound rosonblin'- that produced by drawing a. stick 
across the slats of a "once, or a "mtchmian’s rattle tur 
ed sloi-rly. 
Numbers at dusk ali.-'lvting to roost in the thick 
alders bordering Assahet River, Concord. 
Two i li ''fat er t own . 
A pair a'.jout ny boxes t'-is nortiing. 
N’.mbers sJcimrning cd^out over the -"ields, v.d-ich were 
otitirely buried under a foot of' nrow that fell yesterday 
Ha/o see ,.one ''■'or the day.s t‘e v/oather has b'^en 
very cold. 
A p:iir building in one of my boxes t’-.is morning, 
I think the majority were killed by (U-e cold snap last 
week as t'-.ey wore much r;ore abuiu --nt before it thar. the’ 
have beeii since. 
Already r'ii;'ra.tin'g. 
Saw ix. 
