ASS. (Middlesex Co.) 1876. Thursday Nov. 16 Singular behavior of Cy. cristata Least Paserilla iliaca, N. Audubari 399 A lovely day and especially welcome after the long period of rain which we had had. Spent the forenoon on "the farm" looking for small birds but saw nothing of especial interest. Shot four or five Specimens all common. Saw Yumus migratorius in small flocks; boleops auratus, a few; Quince hyacintis on flock; Pas. iliaca a single bird, the last of the season; Regulus fatrapa very abundant! Cathia lin. for a few, and Chry. tristis. A large flock of Cy. cristata acted in a remarkable manner. About a dozen or fifteen now sitting in a clump of low alders along a brook and at some distance from the woods. As I came up I noticed first that none of them moved but all sat perfectly motionless in the warm rays of the sun. Finally I approached within ten yards of them and walk in full view and after looking at them a few moments I fired four quick charges at them killing two before any of them would move. Finally they commenced screaming at me and one imitated the whistle of Bluejay, in vociferous accents. At length the flock seemed to take a sudden alarm and flew off hostile to the nearest woods scattering as they went. I never saw anything like it before, and can only account by the supposition that they are young birds who are unused to men. They are very abundant just now.