Concord, 
1SS6. 
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{ Apr . 1 . 
Apr . 6 . 
I Apr. 7. 
Sayorn i s Phoebe . 
Mass . 
Arrival (?) solitary bird at Ball’s Hill in thickets a- 
long river path, silent, flying down to ground and hack like 
Bluebird. 
Bird in full song at North Bridge, 3.30-9 A.M. 
Same bird singing same Place at intervals from 9 to 10 
A.M. I noted song as follows: Phoebe . phoe-be -o (rising in- 
flection), Phoebe (falling sharply). Sometimes Phoebe four 
or five times in succession then changing to regularly alter- 
native Phoebe and uhoe-be -e . Occasionally the male calls 
whe-tit . or wre-t it . a single cry not connected with the song. 
Either this bird or another (I thought there were two at the 
time but afterwards could find but one in the neighborhood) 
flew in under the bridge twice or thice in quick succession, 
each time alighting on a beam where it sat for an instant 
quivering its wings and making a peculiar rattle which strik- 
ingly resembled that of a Kingfisher being of about the same 
length and general character but softer and less loud. 
