Peteboro, New Hampshire.
1899.
July & Aug.
[margin]Notes &
observations
supplementing
those made
in 1898.[/margin]
  Piranga erythromelas. - At least three different males heard singing
in July.
  Progne purpurea. - Four flying over a meadow near Noon's July 29.
  Chelidon erythrogaster. - A brood of young were fed by their
parents on the same branch (a short dead branch of a beech near the house)
daily from July 9th to 14th.
  Clivicola riparia - Two birds skimming the fields in front
of the Days' on July 25.
  Carpodacus purpureus. - Rather common this year than last
and seen at many different places in the region. In full
song to July 18th.
  Pooecetes gramineus. Numbers reduced at least three quarters from
those of last year.
  Junco hyemalis.- Found in greatly reduced numbers this season
and only on the top and upper slopes of Pack Monadnock.
This fact taken in connection with the scarcity of migrants in 
Eastern Mass. last Spring shows that the species must have
suffered severely during the February storms in the south.
  Spizella socialis.- less numerous than last year. In full song
up to August 3rd.
  Spizella pusilla.- Numbers slightly if at all reduced from
those of the last season. Sang regularly and finely up to August 5.
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