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Peterborough, New Hampshire
1898
July 5 to
Aug. 15
(No. 27)
  Cyanocitta cristata. - Either uncommon or remarkably silent
and retiring through July but seen and heard
frequently in August. (Mr. Deane reports them
abundant and very noisy in July at Jaffrey)
  Tyrannus tyrannus. - Common and very generally distributed
throughout the open farming lands but less numerous,
I should say, than in Eastern Massachusetts.
  Sayornis phoebe. - More numerous than have ever seen them
elsewhere in New England. In full song July 20th
and 24th; singing feebly July 30th; full song
repeated several times at sunrise on August 9th.
  Contopus virens. - Mr. Deane is positive that he saw two
birds here, one over the brook on Ben Mere farm,
the other lower down the valley. I did not meet
with it.
  Empidonax minimus. - A few old and young birds, all
possibly members of one family, seen or heard
in maple and birch woods at the W. end of 
Cunningham Pond. Full song heard July 6 and 7, feebler
singing July 20.
  Colaptes auratus - Mortise holes and fresh chips, unquestionably 
the work of the Log cock seen by us in spruce woods
at the base of Pack Monadnock. Mr. Deane also
noticed similar signs at Jaffrey where, moreover,
a farmer assured him that he had seen one
of the birds early last spring.