Passer ina cvanea . 
Concord, 
1895. 
July 19. 
Aug. 16. 
Mass. More in July than June. 
There was an Indigo Bird singing on Ball's 1-13:11 this af- 
ternoon (the first that I have ever heard there) and another 
near Hunt's landing on the river bank. Thus I heard three in 
all to-day. It is singular that I find so many more about 
Concord at this season than in June. Can it be that there is 
really an increase in the number of old birds or do they mere- 
ly come to the neighborhood of the rivers from the remoter 
fields and pastures? They are in full song now at all hours. 
Can they be "second brooded"? I have never seen any proof of 
it but this midsummer singing is suspicious to say the least. 
Eat wild rice. 
Indigo Birds feed much at this season on wild rice. I 
frequently see or hear them in the belts of this grain along 
the margin of the river. 
