83
Concord, Mass.
1913.
Aug. 26 
to 
Nov. 13
(No. 34)

Hummingbird [male] adult with full ruby throat at later date.

85. Trochilus colubris. - At the Farm a gorgeous bed of zinnias
attracted a white throated Hummingbird on September
4 [September 4, 1913], 9 [September 9, 1913] & 14 [September 14, 1913] when another was seen in the lane on
the 5th [September 5, 1913]. At Concord village one came to nasturtiums
in front of the Colonial Inn on the 20th [September 20, 1913] & 24th [September 24, 1913],
according to James C. Melvin, who, on the
26th [September 26, 1913], saw an adult [male] with full ruby throat
above those same flowers.

86. Chaetura pelagica. - At sunset on the evening of August 26 [August 26, 1913]
I saw three Swifts flying straight & low S.W. [southwest]
past Balls Hill, apparently on migration. This
species was last seen on September 14 [September 14, 1913] when a
single bird passed low over the Farm towards 
the S.E. [southeast] at 4 PM. During the interim between
these dates Swifts were noted not infrequently
but in no great numbers. Indeed with the exception
of four observed on September 1 [September 1, 1913] I never even saw
more than two together or in any one day. Most
of them were heading southward & doubtless migrating.  

87. Antrostomus vociferus. - At the Farm I heard Whippoorwills [Whip-poor-will]
singing on several occasions in early September.
At day break on the 1st [September 1, 1913] about a dozen successive
calls were given. At the same hour on the 11th [September 11, 1913]
a bird sang almost continuously for at least two
minutes and repeated its call a few times (8)
at evening (6.20 PM). On the 12th [September 12, 1913] one
indulged in five brief snatches of song (4-8 calls
each time) between 6.20 & 6.26 PM. (Once I
thought I saw it gliding low past me in the