Middlesex County, Mass. 41 1872, January 28. of Blue Jays which scatted in great alarm in all directions but when he lit in a great oak near by several of them followed him perching above him. Did the jays near the asparagus bed come across a small flock of Spizella passerine all sitting perfectly silent & erect while on the lower branches of an apple tree with the feathers on the summit raised and the tail forward and drooping the head drawn nearly out of sight between the shoulders presenting altogether a picture of perfect war & dispondency harmonizing well with the louring sky and thickly falling snow. In contrast with these I caught aland on a flock of Cyanus cristata with one Colaptes auratus, full of life & spirits; the latter bird I have no doubt has wintered with us as usual though I have not been out enough to see it. Here I also saw a single J. melizatorius sitting silent & still on a tall tree and afterwards two more came down with a few feble notes and sat near the asparagus bed; a little later they will be abundant here). A flock of Parus atricapillus accompanied by a Birdthir And, were feeding in a cedar grove and after whistling & few brown one of the males commenced his ambitious "le derry". See Bush pond grove saw a flock of thirty or more Chrysophris tristis that has entered there feeding in a birch tree. Saw also a small flock of Cbrinus Amm, A large flock of James hymalis was been in the grove by R. Dean last Friday Jan 26th. In the afternoon went down to see J.H. Allen for the first time since his return; found R. Dean there and stayed about two hours. Among other interesting facts he told one that on the Kansas plains he found Baptus