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Peterborough, New Hampshire.
1898.
July 5 to
Aug. 15.
(No. 29)
  Chaetura pelagica. - A pair nesting in the chimney of the
old farm house here and others seen almost
every evening (as well as during cloudy days) flying
about over the fields & woods. The species, however,
is evidently much less numerous about Peterborough
than at most localities in New England.
  Trochilus colubris. - One seen July 7th, another on the 9th, and
a third on the 13th, all about Epilobium
blossoms.
  Buteo latissimus. - A pair of adult birds, seen in mixed
woods near the brook on Ben Mere farm, by
Mr. Deane, July 24th. He had a good view of
one of them & heard it utter the Killdeer cry.
He also reports seeing others at Joffrey.
  Accipiter velox. - On July 17th I saw a sharp-shinned Hawk
flying swiftly past our house pursued by a
mob of excited Barn Swallows which repeatedly
overtook it and apparently struck at its head from
above.
  Bonasa [blank space]. I started an old cock Partridge, July 11th,
and heard another drumming at short, regular intervals
just before sunset on the evening of August 2nd.
A local sportsman tells me that it is by no
means unusual to start fifty or even seventy-five
birds in a single day in autumn. Whether the
form found here is umbellus or togata I have,
at present, no means of determining.