a rod or two away, and lighting on a low boulder watched us 
through the tangle. After taking a good look at bird and 
eggs, we left the place quietly so as to not further alarm her. 
The total absence of any attempt to make a nest seems to 
be characteristic of this species. In this case not even a 
depression in the ground had been sought or made. 
A. P. S. 
The Grasshopper Sparrow 
My first meeting with a Grasshopper Sparrow was at North 
Leominster in 1898. Later, with Mr. F. P. Spalding of Lowell, 
I saw the birds at Groton, Tyngsboro and Lowell, and became 
thoroughly familiar with their song. Consequently when at 
Peabody in May 1901 I heard the song, I knew that the 
Grasshopper Sparrow was at hand. The very next day I 
took a small party to the place, but every bird had gone, 
much to my chagrin. 
The following year Mr. Spalding was visiting me at Peabody 
and we were just starting out on a walk for White-eyed Vireos, 
when while passing along Sutton Street, Salem, we heard the 
notes of Grasshopper Sparrows in the pasture east of the 
road. We lost no time in getting a look at them and I con¬ 
gratulated myself that I had a witness this time. 
The following day Mr. Fred W. Bushby of Peabody and I 
hunted up the birds and collected the two specimens which 
are now in the Peabody Museum at Salem. 
Since 1902 I have not seen a Grasshopper Sparrow in Essex 
County, and barring Dr. Townsend’s bird at Ipswich, I have 
not heard of any. It would seem that with the ever increas¬ 
ing number of bird observers some of them would have ob¬ 
tained a record, but in the southern portion of the county 
the bird seems reasonably scarce. 
R. B. M. 
Nesting of Golden-crowned Kinglet 
Just beyond Floating Bridge in Lynn, on the old Salem 
and Boston turnpike, an avenue leads to the once famous 
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