CONCORD 
1893 
Despite the hot sun there was a quality in the air 
like September and the morning and evening were decidedly 
fresh and cool. The air, also, was very dry and almost 
prefectly free from haze. These conditions seemed to 
please and excite the birds for such species as have not 
become wholly silent sang freely during most of the day. 
Early this morning and again at evening the 
singing seemed aKs^Lpt as vigorous and general as in early 
June, but analysis showed that it proceeded almost wholly 
from the Robins, Sparrows, Vireos and Blackbirds, the 
Warblers being reoresented only by two Dendroeca a estiva 
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J , who warbled listlessly a few times, 
and by two Pine Warblers which were singing freely at sun¬ 
set. The Bobolinks, Orioles, Least Flycatchers, Phoebes, 
Bluebirds and Wilson 1 s Thrushes were wholly silent and I 
heard only one Cat Bird along a stretch of four miles of 
river. The Brown Thrasher has been silent ever since 
the month came in and I have heard the Nashville Warbler 
but once. Robins, Wood Thrushes, Song and Swamp Sparrows, 
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Towhees, Grass Finches, Yellow-winged Sparrows, Indigo 
Birds, Meadow Larks, Redwings, and Quail are the most 
prominent and persistent songsters now. The Red-eyed 
Vireos are equally vociferous but the Warbling and Yellow- 
throated Vireos sing only a little at morning and evening. 
Chippies and Field Sparrows are still singing but not at 
all freely. The Red-wings have fallen off very decidedly 
