gregate and when did they first appear in any noticeable num¬ 
bers in our city? I can answer fairly accurately for my im¬ 
mediate neighborhood, — not for the entire city. 
My notes show that for one or two years, at least, the Yellow 
Warbler has appeared on the outskirts of the city a day or two 
earlier than I have recorded it on my street, a busy highway, 
lined principally with elms, and maintaining much of the 
traffic of the community. Would the records of several 
other observers, in varous parts of the city, have shown the 
same results.? How can my record each year, for my street 
only, be safely accepted as the date of first arrival for the 
season in Peabody? It certainly cannot, but the result of 
observations in several different parts of the city would be of 
real value. 
Chimney Swifts have bred one year, perhaps more, in one 
of the large chimneys in our house. How widely distributed 
is this species during the breeding season in the city? Who 
can give a reasonably complete answer to this question? 
For several years the Yellow-throated, the Red-eyed and 
the Warbling Vireos have appeared regularly each spring on 
my street and remained until fall, but the last two summers 
have been marked by the absence of the Yellow-throat, though 
the other two species have remained. In what other parts of 
Peabody has the Yellow-throat appeared regularly for years, 
and has its distribution been similarly affected? I can answer 
for my own neighborhood and that is all. 
Last spring I found a handsome male Killdeer in a ploughed 
field in Peabody, less than half a mile from my home. During 
the summer another member of the Club and I saw the bird 
many times. It is reported that during the season an adult 
bird with young was seen in this locality. There is little, if 
any, doubt that the species bred in this spot, but the nest 
evidently was never located, and this important link in the 
chain of our observations is missing. A little more systematic 
and aggressive effort on our part, coupled with the help of a 
few other members of the Club, might have resulted in the 
discovery of the nest and given us an indisputable record of 
the breeding of the species in Peabody. 
Any member of the Club can easily recall many a similar 
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