1894.
Oct. 11 to
Nov. 21
(No 23)
Concord, Massachusetts.
Resume of Field Observations.
  Ring-neck and this impression was confirmed by the manner
in which he at length took flight. He doubled back past me
and quickly disappeared in the gloom following the river down
towards the Holt. On Nov. 4th Woodward Hudson shot a
female Scaup (whether the Greater or Lesser Scaup I could not
ascertain) near the Cattle Fair building and this may possibly
have been the same bird which I saw on the 1st.
  Pied-billed Grebes were decidedly scarce on the river this autumn.
I saw but three in all, on Oct. 18, on Oct. 20, and on
Nov. 1. The one last mentioned was on the reach just below
Flint's Bridge, the other two below Ball's Hill.
  I kept a careful watch for Horned Grebes but the experience
of this season with that of previous ones only confirms my
conviction that these Grebes do not ever, unless fortuitously,
visit Concord River.
  Thus far I have seen no indications that we are likely
to have any of the "irregular" winter birds this year except
possibly Pine Linnets which I heard "in the air", Nov. 4
and again on the 18th. Faxon saw a few small flocks
of these Linnets and he also reports that Red Crossbills are here
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