page [3] 24 Mar 1901 (seq. 4)

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Cambridge, Mass.
1901
Mar. 24

George & I drove this morning (Sunday) through
Belmont & Waverley and part of Watham [Waltham], driving
for some distance on the highway connecting Wal-
tham and East Lexington. The mercury stood at 40°
and the sky was clouded with light rain part
of the time. The country is full of birds
but the leafless trees & shrubs and the brown grass
show that vegetation has not yeet taken a start.

We saw the following birds: –
1. Colaptes auratus luteus. Flickers were shunting continuously in
every direction.
2. Corvus americanus. Constantly met with.
3. Cyanocitta cristata. Two flocks of 8 or 10 birds scream-
ing. one in Waverley: one in Watham [Waltham].
4. Agelaius phoeniceus 30 or 40 in all, in Belmont & Waltham
feeding in open fields, perching on telegraph wires, etc.
5. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus 30 or 40 in all in Belmont &
Waltham in company with Red wings.
6. Sturnella magna. Saw and heard one in Waltham
and heard one in Belmont
7. Melospiza fasciata Singing everywhere continually
8. Lanius borealis. Saw one on top of tall elm. Belmont.
He scaled past us & lit in an apple treee where were
several Grackles & Redwings.
9. Parus atricapillus. A few in Cambridge & Waltham
10. Merula migratoria. Everywhere. Flock of 40 in open field
in Belmont; flock of 30, Waltham. We saw at
least 100 during our drive.
11. Sialia sialis. We saw 10 altogether and heard 4 or 5.
3 were in Cambridge near Fresh Pond.