Corvus ossifragus (May 16) 119 Dend. tigrina Chordeiles picturatus May 17 in a very hurried train yesterday (Sunday) I saw a flock of about 20 crows coming over our place cawing loudly I chasing an individual that appeared a little smaller than the rest. As they were directly overhead the person heard their clamor and the person called out Crip or right times in succession in the not to be mistaken accents of Corvus ossifragus. I had made the acquaintance of this bird at Washington D.C. in 1873 and was sure that I was not mistaken. The whole flock soon swept out straight the Northern birds still harassing their maritime relation. Henry Purdie saw 3 & Mel. Chrysophia at Newton the same morning (May 16). Frank Whitney Esq. shot a Dend. tigrina to day at Belmont and another on the 14 inst at Watton! both own 8's and were found among box cedar. May 18 Alternately cloudy and clear with very high S.E. wind. drove one to Watertown last evening and spending the night with Purdie we row early this morning and driving one to the Upper Falls" 2 1/2 miles took a boat above the dam and spent the day on the sere. I shot 15 birds among them Chordeiles picturatus & Hirundo rubi 68 (Purdie killed) Dend. maculosa & etc. Found a nest of Sayornis fusca attached to a R.R. bridge and ready for the eggs. Birds very scarce in the woods & we saw nothing worthy notice. I reached Cambridge by 6 P.M.