72
Concord, Mass.
1913.
Aug. 26
to
Nov. 13
(No. 23)

59. Pooecetes gramineus. - While strolling past Mr. Howe's
pasture on the evening of September 4 [September 4, 1913] I heard
a Grass Finch singing freely and the full song
of another came once to my ears on October 15 [October 15, 1913]
as I was standing in front of our farm house.

60. Zonotrichia leucophrys. - On October 1 [October 1, 1913] I heard a White-crowned
Sparrow uttering the whit call notes (so like that of
the Least Flycatcher) incessantly & excitedly in a grape
vine overrunning a young elm growing on the border
of the lane at the Farm. The bird proved to 
be an adult in handsome plumage. It was so
tame that I approached it within three or four
yards & watched it for several minutes, without,
however, discovering the cause of its evident
apprehension or suspicion - which may, perhaps,
have been due to the near presence of a cat.

61. Zonotrichia albicollis. - Beginning to appear by September 9 [September 9, 1913] (when 
a single immature bird was noted) White-throats [White-throated Sparrow] became
abundant at the Farm not long after the middle of
the month. On the 24th [September 24, 1913] there were upwards of 50
assembled there. In nearly or quite equal, but at no
times greater, numbers they continued to be seen daily
up to about October 10 [October 10, 1913] after which they became
gradually less and less numerous, the last (eight in
number) being observed on the 29th [October 29, 1913]. During the period
of their greatest abundance they haunted our grape vines
by day and fed almost exclusively on the fruit of these
vines preferring that of the Concords and Delawares and
neglecting that of the Niagaras until after the supply