Concord, Mass.
1905.
Summer Residents of our Place.
  34. Swamp Sparrow: - Two males singing near Ball's Hill.
  35. Towhee: - Two or three pairs at the Farm where
they chiefly frequent the Berry Pastures & the
Barrett Run although the males sing frequently
in the trees close about the house & I have
suspected that there may have been a nest
in the thickets at the rear of our garden.
There are also a pair of Towhees this year
in Birch Field.
  36. Rose-breasted Grosbeak: - Two or three pairs 
in the farm woods, a pair at Davis Hill
and a pair in Ball's Hill Swamp. Last year
a pair reared their young in the forsythia bush
in front of the house but now have nested 
outside the woods this year.
  37. Indigo Bird: - Two pairs nesting at the farm
one nest being in the forsythia bush in 
front of the house, the others among wild
raspberry bushes in the rear of the Ritchie
barn. A third male has sung every few
days at the rear of our flower garden but
I doubt if he has found a mate.
  38. Bobolink: - Comparatively scarce this year. A
pair near West Bedford Station, another pair
in Mr. Harris's meadow & a third pair in
Lawrence's field (opposite the Bungalow) are all I
feel sure can be counted.