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Peterborough, New Hampshire.
1898.
July 5 to
Aug. 15.
(No 26)
  Passer domesticus. - Confined to the village where it was 
not numerous the greatest number seen by me 
on any one visit being less than a dozen.
  Dolichonyx oryzivorus . - Mr. Day says that the Bobolink is
seen here regularly in spring arriving about May 18th.
He thinks that a few pairs breed. A flock of about
25 (including several old males still in black & buff)
were seen by W. Deane about half-way between our
house and the village on July 21. Later (on July
22 and again on August 10) I heard the chink [underlined]
note at Ben Mere farm. Also on Au. August 14,15
  Agelaius phoeniceus. - Apparently seen here as, indeed, it is
in most of the elevated, interior forests on New England.
The only bird seen by me was an adult [male] flying
over the Contoocook River near Moore's Station (South
Pittsburgh), July 27.  Mr. Deane met with a female 
accompanied by their young at Long Pond, E. Jaffrey.
This short of water is so admirably adapted to the
Red-wings' habits that hundreds of the birds would
be feeding there where it nears the crest. 
  Icterus galbula - A brood of young heard calling at intervals
near our house on July 12th. On August 2 a
single bird was seen by Mr. Purdie.
  Corvus americanus. - Common but less numberous than in 
Eastern Massachusetts. Frequently seen in
the roads, apparently feeding on horse manure.