Glendale, Berkshire County, Mass.
1899.
September
1-15
Chaetura pelasgica. Sep 2: 8 ; Sep 3: 2; Sep 6: 8[circled]. All the birds were seen
at evening flying about Mr. French's studio into one of
the clearings of which they dropped in quick succession
after making a number of seemingly vain attempts to do
so. Such feints are not uncommon but on these occasions
the birds descended dozens of times only to show off
just as they reached the top of the chimney.
  Choreiles virginianus.- On the evening of the 3rd no less
than five parties of Night hawks containing respectively 6, 5,
4, 3 & 2 birds each passed within sight of our house all 
moving due south at a moderately light and evidently
migrating. I afterwards heard from Miss Keyes that 
a considerable flight passed over Mt. Monadnock the 
same evening. On the evening of the 5th I saw a
single nighthawk flying south on Stock bridge.
  Bonasa umbella.- The Glendale sportsmen considered
Partridges scarce this autumn. I saw three together
in the French's woods on the 11th and five two days later.
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