Cambridge, Mass.
1902.
August
(No 8)
  25. Chordeiles virginianus. - On the evening of the 21st and again
the following evening a single Night-hawk spent
fifteen or twenty minutes darting about low over
the garden in company with Chimney Swifts.
  26. Dryobates pubescens. - I heard the call note of the Downy in
the garden on the 12th 22nd 24th 26th 29th
and 30th.
  27. Colaptes auratus. - Flickers have been seen or heard at
frequent intervals throughout the month. On
the 1st 9th 16th & 29th one was heard shouting
in fairly full loud tones.
  28. Coccyzus americanus. - The full song of this cuckoo was heard once
at 6 A.M. on the 1st and 2nd, twice at 10 A.M.
on the 7th, twice at 6 A.M. on the 8th, once at
2 P.M. on the 12th, several times at 3 P.M. on the
14th and once at 8.30 A.M. on the 26th. A
bird cooed at frequent intervals from 7 to 10 A.M.
on the 2nd, at 6 A.M. on the 1st & 8th and at
3 P.M. on the 14th.
  29. Coccyzus erythropthalmus. - The full song heard once on the 5th and
21st - on the latter occasion at 5 P.M. On the 
30th about half the normal number of notes
were heard at 9 A.M. No cooing heard during 
the month, This species seems to be less
noisy in August than the Yellow-bill.
  30. Megascops asio. - One heard wailing in the Garden about
9 P.M. on the 4th.
  31. Nycticorax g. naevius (?) - Saw a large bird which I took to be a 
Night Heron flying over the garden on the evening of the 21st.
  32. Larus argentatus. - Walter Dean saw one flying over the garden towards
Fresh Pond on the afternoon of the 18th.
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