Concord, Mass.
1911.
Oct. 30
(No 2)
[October 30, 1911]

Wheatear?

than ever before for it passed directly over me slightly
below the tops of our lateral elms & then S.W. [Southwest] over an open
field. It looked about the size and shape of a Snow
Bunting and flew not unlike one, in long, deep undulations,
rising and falling rhythmically. During the second or two
that I had it in good view I could see that its tail was
very widely spread & apparently cut off rather squarely at
the end. Just before & after this it seemed to be closed.
I thought it showed a good deal of white but could not
be sure of this nor of the bird's general coloring for it
was against a whity-blue sky ablaze with sunlight.
It called whit, whit at short intervals and once interpolated
between these calls a double note (pip-it) which sounded
exactly like that of our Titlark. It is possible of
course that the latter sound may have been made by
a Titlark but it seemed to come directly from the