COKCORD 
1902 
«S.ovember 8 
first Shrike appeared this morning — in one 
of the elms behind the house. He will find it hard to get 
a living here for I never knew small birds scarcer at this 
season. The autumnal migration is practically ended and it 
seems to have drained the country of about everything 
excepting Crows and Jays. I cannot understand v;hat has 
become of the Tree Sparrows. Thus far I have seen only three 
or four and never more than one in any one day. 
I was surprised this afternoon to find a Ruby-crowned 
Kinglet in company with three Chickadees among some dense 
young pines in the Prescott woods. It was a female and the 
only bird of the species that I have noted this year. 
About eight o’clock this morning I heard a deafening 
clamor of Crow voices belov; the barn and on going past it 
a little wey discovered a flock containing over fifty birds 
(l counted sixty) walking about on the ground in the cow 
pasture which they fairly blackened in places. They did not 
seem to be feeding but were apparently holding a caucus 
of the most noisy character. 
Partridges have been scarce of late in the woods on 
the Farm but I statted five near Ball’s Hill this afternoon. 
One of them rose from a thicket close to the cabin. The other 
four were among the dense young pines just behind the Hill 
where they were evidently preparing to go to roost. One 
bird, indeed, had already taken to the trees. I happened 
to see her sitting bolt upright on a pine branch about 25 
feet above the ground. She allowed me to pass d^r 'e- etl y 
