Concord, Mass.
1893 
July 3 
(No 2)                                                                                                
  While walking along the Estabrook road this evening after                                         Flight song of Indigo Bird
sunset I saw an Indigo Bird mount into the air over
an open field and sing on wing. A few low stuttering notes
were prefixed to the usual song which was delivered as
the bird was rising and ended when it had attained
a height of about 40 feet. It then closed its wings and
shot down a steep incline into some bushes on the
edge of the field.  I do not recall seeing this species
sing on the wing before.
[margin]Flight song of
Indigo Bird.[/margin]
  A Mr. Dodge who has brought the Dutton farm and                                                          Woodcocks nest
who is familiar with and much interested in the birds
of this region tells me that a pair of Woodcocks nested
near his house this season. He found the nest in
some birches on the west side of the Dutton lane.  It
contained four eggs which he thinks were safely hatched.
[margin]Woodcock's
nest.[/margin]
  Mr. Dodge also tells me that there is a Tanager's                                                                
nest with three eggs in an apple tree near his house
100 yards or more from the nearest woods. I have heard
the Tanager singing in the orchard  during my evening
walks the past week.
[margin]Tanager's nest
in orchard[/margin]