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Peterborough, New Hampshire.
1898.
July 5 to 
Aug. 15.
(No. 30)
  Colinus virginianus. - On the afternoon of July 11th I
was surprized to hear the bob-white of a Quail
coming from a field near the house. The bird
continued whistling at intervals for half-an-hour
or more. My sportsman friend (who lives near at
hand) also heard it and was equally surprised
for, as he afterwards assured me, the Quail is of
very rare occurrence here although not uncommon
(he says) about Concord, New Hampshire.
  Philohela minor. - My sportsman (a carpenter, by the
name of Shattuck) further informs me that
the Woodcock breeds here regularly in limited 
numbers and that a good many birds are killed
every autumn in flight time. I think I heard
one whistle past the house in the evening of
August 9th.
  Actitis macularia. - On my arrival I found a Spotted
Sandpiper, that evidently had either eggs or
young, in a field that had been laid down
to grain near the house. Whenever our little
spaniel crossed this field the Sandpiper would
circle low around him calling pip incessantly
in anxious tones and occasionally alighting
on a fence post. I saw the bird last on July 20th.
  Bartramia longicauda. - Heard migrating on the night of July 29th
(warm and densely hazy) at about 8.30 and 10 P.M. on the
night of August 2nd (clear & very warm with a full moon)
at 8, 9 & 10 P.M.; and on the morning of August 3rd at daybreak!