Peterboro, New Hampshire.
1899.
July & Aug.
[margin]Notes &
observations
supplementing
those made
in 1898.[/margin]
  Melospiza fasciata. - Here as at Concord the Song Sparrow was
a comparatively uncommon bird this summer. The greatest number
that I heard singing in any one day was four and ordinarily
I did not meet with more than one or two. This indicates that
the species suffered severely in the South last winter. The
full song was not heard after July 29th. Most of the birds heard here
last summer ended the song in a peculiar way but the songs
of all that I observed this season were normal.
   Pipilo erythropthalmus. - In normal numbers and full song to Aug. 5.
  Zonotrichia albicollis. - Only two met with, one in the cedar swale
near our house, the other at the base of Pack Monadnock. In
full song up to July 27.
  Cyanospiza cyanea. - Sang regularly and strongly up to August 6,
intermittently and feebly as late as the 19th & 20th.
  Dolichonyx orzivorus. - Much more numerous than last summer.
Several old birds frequented the fields about Day's house almost
constantly from July 4th to 19th and small flocks of young appeared
there early in August. On July 12th I found nine adults (3 [male] [male] 6 [female] [female])
in the meadows bordering the Contoocoock River. Males were heard
in nearly or quite full song July 4, 7, 13, 14 & 19.
  Icterus galbula. - An adult male heard singing in the village
August 18 and either the one or another in the same
place on the 29th.
  Agelaeus phoenicius. - A flock of twelve birds, mostly young, seen
in a pasture nearby Noon's July 29th. Also seen from the cars about the pond near Rindge.
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