Last D. aestiva [Dendroica aestiva] Concord Mass. [Concord, Massachusetts]
MASS. (Middlesex Co.) [Middlesex County, Massachusetts] [Last] Hir. Horreorum [Hirundo horreorum] Last Chaetura pelagica
Singular habits of [Chateura pelagica]
[Last] Progne purpurea Falco sparverius columbarius & [Chaetura pelagica]
1877.
Aug. 26 [August 26,1877] Cloudy and foggy morning: trees dripping
after yesterdays heavy rain. At least
one hundred Chaetura pelagica circling
rapidly about the tops of the elm
trees in front of the Buttrick's
picking off some insect from the
topmost leaves. Saw the last
Dendroica aestiva: - most of them
left about a week since. Saw
also the last Progne purpurea. A
few swallows of the other species
still with us. The Martins congregated
in a vast body several days since
lighting all over Mr. Keyes' barn
and after spending nearly the
whole day in marshalling their
ranks, they disappeared.
  Sept 13 [September 13, 1877] Shot a female Pyranga rubra in the
apple trees behind the Buttrick's house.
I [It] was in company with a lot of sparrows
and a few Sayornis fuscus. Saw several
Contopus virens yesterday and shot
two. This afternoon a vast body
of Chimney Swifts appeared over the
river and dozens stooping down
swiftly skimmed above the water, occa-
sionally dipping to the surface either
to seize an insect or to drink, I
could not decide which. While watching
them I noticed a great commotion
in their midst and a trim little Falco
columbarius appeared with one of the
Swifts dangling from his claws its
long wings hanging conspicuously.