Poocoetes ^raminous . 
Peterborough, Hew Hampshire. 
1893. 
Throughout this region the Vesper Sparrows appear to have 
July 5 
to 
Aug .15. 
the upland mowing fields wholly to themselves and everywhere 
they are abundant. The record of singing is as follows 
July 5 to 12 (2 or 3 daily), 17-x, 13-x-, 19*, 20*, 2l|, 24*, 
•X ■% K 
25*, August 8*(in full song once at sunrise). The birds noted 
on the 24th were found by W. Deane near the summit of Pad: 
Monadnock. 
Concord, 
Mass. Scarcity in Concord, Mass. 
1899. 
The only Grass Pinch I know of in the whole Ball's Hill 
May 13. 
region is one that has sung up to within a few days in Law- 
rence's field within hearing of the Barrett house. 
Jptne . 
Two Grass Pinches which I heard singing on June 3th near 
White Pond were the only birds that I met with during the 
month. The species must have suffered terrible losses in the 
South last winter. 
