CONCORD. 
1892 
August 
22 
At 7.30 A. M. I found a rather large and interesting 
mixed flock of birds in the elms in front of our house. They 
stayed in these trees over an hour and with the aid of my 
glasses I identified them all positively and made out the 
following list: Black and White Warbler( Mniotilta var ia), 4, 
(one adult male in autumn dress); Parula Warbler 
( Compsothlypsis americana ), 2, (moulting about the head and 
fore neck); Nashville Warbler ( Helminthophila ruficapilla ),1, 
(apparently adult male in full autumn plumage); Chestnut¬ 
sided Warbler ( Dendroica pensylvanica ), 2, (in perfect autumn 
plumage v/ith olive-green upper and white under parts, the 
yellov/ wing bands and whitish rings about the eye very con¬ 
spicuous); Warbling Vireo ( Vireo gilvus ), 4, (three young with 
very yellow sides, the fourth bird an old male not through 
the moult but warbling every now and then in low tones); 
’White-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitt a carolinensi s) , (female very 
ragged and pin-feathery) ; Baltimore Oriole (ic terus baltimor e) )> 
(adult male and female, both in nearly or quite 
perfect fall plumage); Wood Pewee ( Contopus virens) , 1, 
(silent and apparently young) ; English Sparrow (Passer 
domest icus) , 5 or 6; Chipping Sparrow ( Spizella socialis ), 4; 
in all ten species and about twenty-six individuals. The 
four species first named were probably migrants which came 
from the north last night and joined the others, all of which 
