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Concord, Mass.
1913
Aug. 26
to
Nov. 13
(No 6)

6. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. Two or three birds seen or heard almost daily
through September and up to October 4 [October 4, 1913] at the Farm
where the species was noted for the last time on Oct. 11 [October 11, 1913].
There was also at least one bird in the swamp behind
Ball's Hill. The catbirds at the Farm were, I think,
those that had bred there. They haunted the thickets in
the berry pasture & those in front of the house and along
the lane, mewing a good deal at morning & evening but
keeping silent through the day. Through September they
seemed to be feeding chiefly on elder berries.

7. Harporhynchus rufus. September 3-27, a single bird haunting thickets
in the berry pasture & about our farm buildings. At
evening I occasionally heard it calling pheu & making
the peculiar snake-like blowing or hissing sound.

8. Sialia sialis. - September 1 - October 23. Rather less numerous than
usual but good-sized flocks occasionally seen drifting about
over fields & through orchards with Chippies or Yellow rumps
trailing after them. On September 14 [September 14, 1913] & again on Oct. 6 [October 6, 1913] at
least 30 birds were thus seen together.

9. Regulus calendula. - Noted much oftener than usual - on September 25 [September 25, 1913] & 28 [September 28, 1913]
and October 9 [October 9, 1913], 13 [October 13, 1913], 17 [October 17, 1913], 19 [October 19, 1913], 28 [October 28, 1913], & 29 [October 29, 1913]. On the 19th (Oct.) [October 19, 1913]
two were seen together. All the others occurred singly, in
birches, cedars & apple orchards for the most part. One
met with on October 9 [October 9, 1913] was in full song (at 8 A.M.); one
of those seen on October 19 [October 19, 1913] was singing sotto voce in
exquisitely soft & subdued tones.

10. Regulus satrapa. - Arrived Sept. 30 [September 30, 1913]. Afterwards present in normal numbers.
Six birds together in cedars & birches on Nov. 6 [November 6, 1913].