CONCORD 
1893 
July 17 
Warbling 
Vireo 
Orioles 
Grosbeaks 
Chimney 
Swifts 
Robins, Song Sparrows, Chippies, and Yellow Warblers 
singing this morning, the last-named rather feebly and list¬ 
lessly. 
After a profound silence of two days — due, per¬ 
haps to the weather which has been windy and more or less 
cloudy — our Warbling Yireo was once more in full song 
this morning — from sunrise to about 10 A. M. 
I have not heard an Oriole sing since the 7th, 
but the birds are about the house in the elms and orchard 
at all hours. I see them usually in little family parties 
composed of the old female and her young which are now 
fully grown and strong on wing but still addicted to 
uttering the monotonous here- we- are call. The old males 
are seldom with their families and I see little of them. 
Broods of young Grosbeaks also visit the elms and 
orchard daily. The young have a call which closely 
resembles the sad, autumnal plaint of the Bluebird. A 
loud, explosive cry, not unlike that of a Downy Wood¬ 
pecker anxious about her young, is also frequently given, 
by the adult female Grosbeak,as nearly as I can ascertain. 
A little before sunset this evening I saw a flock 
of fifteen Chimney Swifts flying in a large circle over the 
Derbys 1 house, acting precisely as if they were preparaing 
to descend into one of the chimneys to roost. Unfortunately, 
I was unable to watch them for more than a minute or less, 
