1892.
Oct. 10
(No 3)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord. As we were returning from our drive this
afternoon I saw a White-crowned Sparrow in a large
pollarded willow on the causeway near Red Bridge. 
Getting out of the buggy and approaching the tree
I watched the bird for a minute or more when another
appeared and together they hopped slowly out along
the branches keeping within two or three inches of
one another most of the time. They pecked frequently
at the bark which seemed to yield them some kind
insect food, probably Aphidae. One or both kept up
a low chipping different from anything I have ever
heard from Z. albicollis. After a while they cuddled
close together (their bodies actually touching) on a
dead twig and ruffling their plumage until they
looked like shapeless buds of feathers appeared to
be taking a nap - where I left them. One was fully
adult, the other a young bird. There were no other
birds near them. They were very tame and
hardly seemed to notice me when I stood
within a few yards of the tree nor were they
perceptibly disturbed by the carriages which passed
every few minutes.
[margin]White-crowned Sparrow[/margin]
  Early this morning a Solitary Vireo, apparently
an old bird, sang for a minute or two in the
elms in front of our house. I do not often
find this bird outside the woods cover in migration.
[margin]Solitary Vireo[/margin]
  There was evidently a flight of White-bellied Nuthatches 
today. I saw four different birds three in Estabrook woods.
[margin]White-bellied Nuthatches migrating[/margin]