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

65. Junco hyemalis. - Arrived September 21 [September 21, 1913] when seven birds 
were seen together in Birch Field. It continued, 
through the remainder of the autumn, to be one of 
the most locally favored haunts of the Juncos. Upwards 
of fifty were seen here and rather more elsewhere, on 
October 16 [October 16, 1913], apparently the date of the heaviest of all
the autumnal flights, although almost as many were 
found together (I counted sixty-two) in our apple orchard 
on November 7 [November 7, 1913]. Up to this date, indeed, there had been 
no very appreciable diminution in the average number 
of birds present from day to day. After it they 
decreased rather rapidly. Returning to the farm 
on November 24 [November 24, 1913] I noted only one Junco on the 25th [November 25, 1913]
& but one on the 26th [November 26, 1913], so practically the entire 
migration of birds found still further south must 
have passed before these dates. When most numerous 
they occurred practically everywhere, even in the forest
of dry upland woods, but far more abundantly in 
weed grown fields and grey birch thickets than 
elsewhere. Early in November they were constantly 
present at the farm in flocks of from 10 to 12 
to 40 to 50 birds each which drifted to & fro 
through the day visiting every patch of woods and 
gleaning, also, the smooth cut  belts of lawn close
about the house. About sunset they flew either
into the pines in front of the Bungalow or into 
the dense thickets across the road, to pass the night.
As I was returning one evening, when the light had
had almost faded from the west, across a wide
& perfectly open mowing field I flushed three Juncos
from a little prostrate white pine top that one of the