1892
Oct. 6
(No 4)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord.- As we came down the river at evening
I saw a small flock of Rusty Blackbirds flying
over Fairhaven Hill, several little parties of
Tit larks circling above the meadows piping,
and a very few Robins. A gunner (Jones) beating
Dugan brook meadow, apparently for Snipe, started
five Meadow Larks as we were passing and
following after them fired two shots with
what results I did not see. We also saw
three of these birds near the Fitchburg R.R.
bridge this morning.
[margin]Meadow Larks[/margin]
  A few Savanna Sparrows still linger in
the meadows along the river and I saw
several Grass Finches in a field. There are
Field Sparrows along many of the bush grown
walls and Chippies in swarms in the weed
fields & orchards. Some Song Sparrows were
singing doubtfully near Egg Rock this evening
[margin]Sparrows[/margin]
  Faxon tells me that the Arlington region
was flooded with migrants on the morning
of the 2nd inst. He noted 43 species among
them three White-crowned Sparrows, one Lincoln's
Finch (shot), and eight Yellow Red poll Warblers
three of which were the true palmarum. There
was no marked influx of birds in Concord
on that day. Apparently most of the great
bird waves follow a line near the coast.
[margin]Heavy migration
at Arlington[/margin]
[margin]White cr. Sparrows[/margin]
[margin]Lincoln Finch[/margin]
[margin]Palm Warblers[/margin]