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Concord, Mass.
1916.

1. Wood Thrush. A [male] with rather thin weak voice singing in
the Run near foot of lane 5-6 A.M. on May 8 [May 8, 1916]. I heard
one at the same hour, in the same place, on May 9 [May 9, 1915] of last
year. In both instances the bird was not again noted & 
hence must have gone elsewhere to pass the summer. Mr. Dexter
reports hearing the song of a Wood Thrush near his house in
Concord village on May 19 [May 19, 1916] of this year. We know of no
other instance of local occurrence.

2. Wilson's Thrush. One calling in our Run on evening of May 13 [May 13, 1916],
another singing faintly in Berry Pasture on that of May 24 [May 24, 1916].
First full song heard in latter locality on that of 26th [May 26, 1916].
During the month of June I heard the males constantly in
both localities, often two answering each other in the pasture,
once (on the evening of June 17 [June 17, 1916]) three in full song, not far
apart, in the Run above & below Pulpit Rock. There were
apparently not more than two breeding pairs in Ball's Hill
swamp, one in Davis Swamp & one in Pine Park swamp.

3. Swainson's Thrush. Noted only once - in our Run, on May 20 [May 20, 1916]
when a bird was heard calling at 11 A.M.

4. Hermit Thrush. Three silent birds, presumably north-bound
migrants, together among dense young pines near Pulpit Rock,
on April 15 [April 15, 1916]. A male singing there on June 2 [June 2, 1916], in Birch Field 
on June 6 [June 6, 1916] & 7 [June 7, 1916], in a knoll by the river just north of
Davis Hill, on the 29th [June 29, 1916]. Elsewhere in Concord, the species
seems to have been more numerously & generally distributed
during this breeding season than ever before within my
experience. In the scrubby, oft-burned-over woodland