CONCORD 
1892. 
Fj^niarj__2 
Ball's Hill 
Buteo 
borealis 
Chickadees 
Large flock 
of Tree 
Sparrows 
One sings . 
Partridge 
'cks 
during flight 
The morning was delightfully soft and warm with¬ 
out a breath of wind, the sun peeping through a thin 
curtain of clouds at intervals. The roads were muddy and 
the snow melted rapidly on the northern slopes. On 
reaching Holden's I got out of the buggy and cut across 
the intervening fields and wood-lots directly for Ball's 
Hill. /The first bird I saw was a fine old Red-tailed 
v»«*. 
Hawk soaring over the woods on Holden's hill. Soon after 
entering these v/oods I heard a Chickadee giving the phoebe 
notes at regular intervals. On reaching Ball's Hill I 
found a large flock (I counted 43 birds and certainly missed 
some) of Tree Sparrows in the bushes on the edge of Bensen's 
cranbury meadow. There was a Downy Woodpecker with them. 
One of the Tree Sparrows was in nearly, if not quite, full 
song when I first came within hearing and afterwards when 
I was following the flock either the same or other 
males sang a dozen times or more, making the woods ring 
with a mild, sweet strain. 
When I first approached the edge of this meadow 
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a Partridge rose from the wood edge on the opposite side, 
flying back into my maple swamp. Just after it left the 
ground it began calling, keeping it up until it was out of 
sight beyond the crest of the ridge. I noted the sound 
on the spot thus: Kr-r-r- uck , kr-r-r- uck , kpk, kuk ; this 
repeated. The bird flew rather slowly but made quite as 
much whirring as usual although it went only a short distance 
