1870. 
Anthus ludovicianus. 
I MiddlosGX County, Mass. 
Sept.21. 
Appe aired 
in large floc.ks 
on 
Ml > salt marshes. 
Oct. 24. 
A flock 
shy and vory 
of forty or more 
cictivo and rostl 
on 
ess 
;.ho hillside; rather 
(Belrnon ■ ) . 
I f .■'rv T 
0 / 1 . 
Sop ■; .21. 
Oct. 3. 
1373, i' 
Oct. 29. 
1374. |! 
Oct. 5, ' 
Hundreds scattnrod oYor the great Meadov/'S in Concord 
both in riooks and singly. 
Havy one in tlio ""rGsh ^ond marshes. 
IiargG numbers on the Creat Tfoadov/s, Concord. 
A fov; at ' oncord. 
1376. ! 
" 23. ^ 
1375. I 
Septal. 'i 
Ij 
Oct. 9. 
13. i 
App ) red to-day in largo x^'locks in the liO Lghbou hood 
of Pr ;s}i Pond. 
Found them at Concord.in flocks of hundreds. In a 
large ploughed field as majiy as a thousand vmre collec :ed 
f eeding on a spec‘.os of Diptora that sv/’armed everywnoro 
on the sa dy soil. Although all rose in the air at 
the report of rny gun tlioy soon returned to the ground 
again and I found it impossible xo drive iliom avxay from 
the spot. 
A largo flock feeding on ploughed land in Belmont. 
When startled they v/ould alight in a grassy meadov/ vdiero 
as v/o approached, they v/ould remain perfectly silent and 
motioiiless, being very difficult to see. 
A flock on the Fi’osh Pond mars’ios. 
Oct. 12. i An immense flock flying over the marsixos bordering 
ji Cambridge River. 
A flock on the Fresh Pond mai'shos. 
A single bird, the first. 
Hov. 11, 
1877. 
Oct. 2. 
1379. 
Oct. 10. 
A flock of at least a hundred feeding in a ploughed 
field at Fairhavon Bay, Concord, Mass. \7hen closely 
approached they v/ould starxd perfectly still and vxoro then 
very hard to see. They were absolutely silent vdxon on 
the ground. 
