Me losing a fas data . 
Peterborough, New Hampshire. 
1393. 
July 5 
to 
Aug .15, 
i Concord, 
I 1898. 
J Oct. 4. 
Oct. 6. 
Oot . 8 . 
Generally distributed, without regard to altitude and 
nearly everywhere the most numerously represented of the Fr in- 
fill idao . In full song up to July 24th after which my record 
is as follows:- July 28*, 28*, 31*, Augudt 1*, 2§, 3|, 5.*., 7* 
(once only, at sunrise), 8*( sunrise), 9,|( early morning ), 10* 
(in full song from sunrise to 9 A.M. ). 
All the birds of this region (including those on the top 
of PacK Monadnock according to V/. Deane ) have a peculiar, ab- 
rupt way of ending their songs. With most of them the song 
ends with a guttural wut -wut but sometimes it is nearly cut 
short before the usual termination is reached. Their voices, 
however, seem to me unusually clear and sweet. 
Mass. 
Song Sparrows and Meadow Larks in full song near the 
house early this morning. 
A Song Sparrow singing at sunrise. lie kept it up steadi- 
ly unti l nearly eight o'clock . It was delightful to hear his 
sweet, cheerful voice coming in at the window at short, regu- 
lar intervals. I do not remember to have heard Song Sparrows 
sing in this way in autumn before. 
At sunset I walked across Red Bridge to the club boat- 
house. Song Sparrows were singing almost as numerously and 
freely as in spring. From every direction over the meadows 
