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Concord, Mass.
1916
Aug. 30
to 
Nov. 4

Barred Owl.

of sight within the body plumage before he had gone
ten rods. Marking his course we followed it for several
hundred yards but failed to set eyes on him again.

Carolina Doves.

  Early in the forenoon of September 18 [September 18, 1916], while strolling
through Birch Field, I flushed ten Carolina Doves from
a sunny opening on the east of a sandy knoll for
the most part densely overgrown with tall grey birches
and young white pines. Eight birds rose all at once, in
as compact a flock or bevy as so many startled quail, 
and like those drew further - yet not widely - apart
after flying a few rods. The silvery whistling sound
made by their rapid-beating wings was very pleasing
especially when coming more and more faintly to my ear
as they passed out of sight beyond a line of trees.
They were followed by the remaining two birds a few moments
later. It is unusual to meet with so many of these doves
together anywhere near Concord. They occur there less
commonly now than fifteen or twenty years ago.