Progne sub Is . 
Peterborough, New Hampshire. 
1893. Two or three seen flying over the village July 25th and 
July 5 
to 28th. Also heard calling at Ben Mere farm August 1st. 
Aug .15. 
Concord, Mass. Early morning song. 
1899 . Awaking just before daybreak (at 3 . 20 ) this morning, be- 
June 8. fore the first Robin had uttered his first call, I heard, as 
I v/as lying in bed at the Keyes' , and for the firs(3 time in 
my life, the song of the Purple Martin. It was a monotonous 
er _o-er-itty-er-e repeated rapidly without pause or interval 
many times in succession. As nearly as I could make out there 
were two or three birds singing at once and they kept iu up 
for at least eight or ten minutes. The sound came from the 
I 
direction of the Hosmer's meadow and always from the same 
point leading me to conclude that the birds were perch~ed, 
probably in the tops of the large elms that line the road 
which skirts this meadow. Faxon heard this same song when he 
was living at Lexington a few years ago. If I remember right- 
ly he told me at the time that it was never uttered excepting 
at daybreak. 
